Category Archives: videogames

Song of Saya : Dear God, That’s Bleak

I’m not the best person to talk about visual novels, because it’s a genre that I rarely have patience for.  While it’s probably unfair, I associate them with the old “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, which were 99% horrific endings … Continue reading

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I have a new shiny thing

So, like I mentioned the other night, I’ve been playing a Vita RPG called Demon Gaze.  I have a portion of our house that I’ve set aside as a gaming station, so it has a nice comfy chair from Ikea, … Continue reading

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Just Another Amnesiac With A Mysterious Past

Sony portables have been pretty much rhythm-game machines for me for the better part of this year, so it’s something new to find myself playing Demon Gaze, which is essentially a very pretty take on the Wizardry / Might & … Continue reading

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In which, Nintendo attempts to drain my wallet

I have a dirty confession to make: I bought Disney Infinity 2.0 a few weeks ago and haven’t played it once. It might, in plain fact, be an amazing game, or it might be awful, but it honestly doesn’t matter, … Continue reading

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Call of Mitchell: Advanced Mitchell: The Mitchelling

So, as I mentioned a few days ago, I bought the latest Call of Duty game, or at least tried very hard to buy it in the face of a corporation determined to give it to me for free, and … Continue reading

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I’ve become one of THOSE guys.

Oh dear. I may be becoming part of The Problem, where I define The Problem as people who take videogames too seriously for their own good. I was playing through a couple of songs in Project Diva f during my … Continue reading

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Wishful Thinking

I think pretty much everyone has a “things I’d do if I had a time machine” list, and mine has all the usual suspects on it. Selfies with Jesus, maybe suggest to Lincoln that it’s a TERRIBLE night to go … Continue reading

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Overextended

Well, I managed to unlock and buy all of Miku’s costumes in Project Diva: Extend, which has been my criteria for “finishing” games in the series so far.  It didn’t take terribly long to get to this point, though, because … Continue reading

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Thanks, Amazon

Although I recognize that it seriously conflicts with my carefully-crafted hipster gamer image, I tend to buy and enjoy the annual Call of Duty game. I don’t feel a lot of shame for this – they’re unabashed celebrations of testosterone, … Continue reading

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Rhythm and Greens

It’s barely a month into Fall here and we’re already well on our way to the six solid months of rain we normally get in Oregon. This means two things, of course: First, that I can get pumpkin-spice-flavored ANYTHING I … Continue reading

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