Category Archives: videogames

An afternoon with Lupin.

After playing through a couple of rather dark PC games, I was going to give the Saturn action RPG “Magic Knight Rayearth” a try.  I own the thing twice over, after all – I bought the domestic version when it … Continue reading

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Game: Subtitle

After finishing Project: Snowblind, I found myself reflecting on the title, which is just one step above “FPS” printed in bold black letters on a white box. There’s an awful lot of PC FPS games with titles consisting of “Name: … Continue reading

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A study in contrasts:

I finished up a pair of games over the last few days, which would feel like more of an accomplishment if I didn’t have over 500 games left in my “play this someday” stack. I don’t mean to imply that … Continue reading

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Full on scary backlog numbers:

I found a most excellent site that allowed me to enter and track my games backlog. You can see the results here. I need to tweak these a bit, because there are some games in it that aren’t mine, or … Continue reading

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More Oneechanbara Goodness

I have now finished two, count them, two whole games on the Wii.  That brings my average up to just under 1 per year.  I should play through another one before next April. Anyway. After Klonoa, which was a nice … Continue reading

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PCE on PSP? Sony, I owe you an apology.

I enjoy me a good bit of Sony bashing as much as the next guy, perhaps more. Perhaps a lot more. That said, their recent attempt to catch up in the downloadable retro game biz wins points with me simply … Continue reading

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Witching at last

I bought “The Witcher” back in December of 2007, paying extra for the UK edition because it wasn’t censored like the US release, then promptly failed to get around to playing it. Part of that is because it brought my … Continue reading

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Some random thoughts

One of the things that got chucked in the recycle bin during the latest move was a run of 2600 magazine from roughly 1988 to 1993.  Hey, I was a geek and a teenager, I think I can be forgiven … Continue reading

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Nintendo and I have an arrangement.

It works something like this: Every console generation, I buy the Nintendo console.  I buy some accessories for it, and a handful of games, and then I ignore it in favor of playing every other console.  I make sure to … Continue reading

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Wow, I finished an RPG

I am quite the fan of console RPGs.  Of buying them, anyway.  I have boxes full of them, all patiently awaiting the day I decide to play them. The problem seems to be that, when I’m awash in the glow … Continue reading

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