Category Archives: videogames

Scary done right proper.

After playing several games recently that flirted with the tame edge of the “horror game” genre, I’ve decided to give myself some real scares.  I started Fatal Frame last night, and damn if it isn’t a fine way to freak … Continue reading

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So, I have a couple of movies to watch.

So here’s the thing: I own, on DVD, “Parasite Eve: The Movie”, and I bought “Silent Hill: The Movie” off iTunes a few months ago when it was a $4.99 movie. I haven’t watched either yet, mind you, because I … Continue reading

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A Night at the Opera, Square style.

So, full disclosure here, I don’t know much about opera. The performance form, anyway.  Not the web browser.  Actually, I don’t know much about the web browser other than that Opera fanatics tend to have that extra level of crazy … Continue reading

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Koudelka: Finishing thoughts.

I wound up staying up until 1:30 last night to push through the final disc of Koudelka.  All told, my playtime was on the order of 17 hours and I was hopelessly overlevelled for the final boss by the time … Continue reading

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Lightly vexing things

So apparently Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time got marked down to $1.00 on Direct2Drive for a few hours. I found out about this while I was still at school, so when I got home one of the first … Continue reading

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Here’s a weird little criticism of Koudelka.

So, I’m still playing through Koudelka and really starting to realize that when a reviewer says “12-15 hours of gameplay”, it means “24-30 hours” in my personal time space.  Fortunately it’s still quite enjoyable and the game’s “escape” command works … Continue reading

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So a psychic, a thief, and a priest walk into a monastery…

That’s a pretty good setup line for a joke, I think, but I’ll leave the rest of it to your imagination. I’m a big fan of buying Shadow Hearts games, even though I’ve never finished one, but I have an … Continue reading

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Thank you for assuming…

…the party escort submission position. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Anyway, after playing through the two Half Life 2 episodes the other night, it was time to get down to the original reason I started the whole trek through City 17 a … Continue reading

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Episodic Content…

I have no idea why I put an ellipses in the title of this post.  Honestly, now that I’m thinking about it, “ellipses” is a funny word.  It sounds plural.  I don’t think it is plural, I think it’s just … Continue reading

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Moving done, yay

Not that I imagine people out there are breathlessly awaiting my next post, but things should be getting back to normal around here now that we’re done moving. We’re learning that being in a house instead of an apartment comes … Continue reading

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