Category Archives: videogames

Strap on your kitty ears, and save the world.

  With every computer with any kind of muscle around here spending most of its life crunching h.264, I haven’t done a whole lot of gaming. Well, I did have a good friend over for a day of blowing up … Continue reading

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A Catgirl Saved Is A Catgirl Earned

I really didn’t want to download Save Toshi, because it looked like a game designed specifically to cash in on people in their Oh My God Japan Is So Cool And Everything About Japan Is Just So Awesome phase. I … Continue reading

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Experiments in TERA

Way back in “The Day”, I played Everquest over Ultima Online because, well, Ultima Online had full-on PvP combat, which scared the hell out of me, on all its servers, whereas Everquest only allowed PvP on one (later, four) of … Continue reading

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Tera updates.

My latest MMO addiction continues to consume a surprising amount of my evenings, though I have found a way to get at least some of my time back. Simply put, I park my adorable butt in town, put myself into … Continue reading

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Witch Touching

After recent trysts with the Tower Defense genre, I think I’ve actually gotten to the point where I can consider myself a fan.  It’s a genre that can be very formulaic at times, but I believe the similarities between tower … Continue reading

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Apologies to Anne McCaffrey

One of the last Dreamcast games released in the United States was an adventure game, “Dragonriders of Pern”, based on the popular series of books. It was abysmal. No, really.  I vaguely remember reading the books as a kid and … Continue reading

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I say, this Need For Speed business is a spot of all right.

I have a friend who is a big fan of the racing genre and who has made several attempts, over the years, to hook me as well. He has succeeded only once, thus far, with the absolutely brilliant Flatout: Ultimate … Continue reading

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The Legend of Legendary Legends

I like a little bit of fantasy in my first-person shooter, so I was quite looking forward to Legendary back when the first previews were released, back in 2008.  The idea of breaking open Pandora’s box and accidentally filling with … Continue reading

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Need for Speed Carbon – Steam Grid View Icon

I happened to find a copy of Need for Speed Carbon yesterday, a game that is significant to me only because it happens to have the car I actually drive on a daily basis in it. Well, technically, I have … Continue reading

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iMiku

During my senior year in college, I spent almost an entire month obsessed with Project Diva on the PSP.  I probably put about 40 hours into it before I’d finally beaten every song on hard difficulty with a high enough … Continue reading

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