Category Archives: videogames

To Heart 2: A Minor Snag

I’m so very proud of myself; I’ve actually made it through the PROLOGUE in ToHeart2.  That’s, oh, maybe a hundredth of the way thorough the game and it’s taken me 3 hours or so of fervent dictionary use. Playing a … Continue reading

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Living In Just One Mind

This is probably going to break me. But first, some backstory. I went through a period of a few years where I kind of fell away from being an anime fan, for various reasons.  Lack of money, lack of time, … Continue reading

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Wii PoP and Rain in MMOs

I put The Forgotten Sands aside for a couple of days while I was trying out D&D Online, but I’ve gotten back to it.  The more I get in to it, the more I’m glad to have picked it up … Continue reading

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In which I try an F2P MMORPG

I don’t think it’s any shocker to anyone that my formative years revolved, in great part, around a bag full of polyhedral dice and a handful of friends with whom to roll them. Dungeons and Dragons is something that I … Continue reading

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Wait, I have a reason to turn on the Wii?

I have to confess that I ran into a bad case of writer’s block about a month ago. See, after finishing Defense Grid, I decided to play through Brutal Legend, and when I was done with it I simply couldn’t … Continue reading

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No Unicorns Whatsoever

So, if past years are anything to go by, there’s a Steam Summer Sale coming soon, and if you like cheap games, it’s like a little Christmas in June. It’s also a reason to pause and reflect on the games … Continue reading

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Speaking of Unicorns…

My excursion into casual gaming is in no way an indication of any sort of unicorn fixation.  It’s a curious coincidence and nothing more. I do not have a unicorn problem. Let’s proceed, shall we? Popcap’s “Peggle” franchise was, before … Continue reading

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Brush brush brush brush

  So I noticed something very odd when I booted my Windows box yesterday, specifically something very odd on my Steam friends list. I had two friends on and actively in-game, and both of them were playing something called Secret … Continue reading

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Thinking with Portals

It is terribly tempting to continue talking about games that have few redeeming qualities other than cute girls with glasses, but I do occasionally break out of my rut and play something that, well, you could have out on the … Continue reading

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Shoot it in the head, and other advice from Otomedius

It’s been nearly three years since I stumbled across an Otomedius machine in an Akihabara arcade, two and a half years since it got a home release, 15 months since it got a budget price re-release, 10 months since I … Continue reading

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