Category Archives: videogames

In Which, I Rant About Sequels

So, I have a good friend who occasionally comes over for a day of couch-potatoing.  It’s good in several ways, especially because it helps me cope with the schedule of full-time-work and full-time-school that I’ve saddled myself with, by blowing … Continue reading

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Killer 7 : Final thoughts

There’s a particular Japanese ghost story that I see repeated quite often, with some variation – that, not knowing the official name, I think of as the “extra person” story.  If you’ve ever seen They Were Eleven, you have the … Continue reading

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More Killer 7

Just for the record, when I was making fun of adventure games in my earlier post on Killer 7, I did not know that I would, at a point approximately halfway through the game, actually have to look around for … Continue reading

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Getting through backlogs… how to do it wrong.

So I’ve been really cranking through the games backlog this year, up to over 40 games finished and I might just be able to push that to 50 by the time 2009 rolls around. On the other hand, my wife … Continue reading

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20th Anniversary Phantasy Star Wallpaper

A little while ago, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Phantasy Star series – you know, the really damn cool Master System and Genesis RPGs that Sega has been trying to pretend never existed now that they’ve decided that … Continue reading

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Firmware frustration

I’m letting my PSP annoy me lately. See, here’s the thing:  I have a Ceramic White Japanese PSP-1000, hand-imported from Akihabara back in August of ’06.  I rather like having the Japanese firmware; it means that when I go looking … Continue reading

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Smith, Party of Eight?

As often as I see the topic come up on forums and blogs, I think it’s safe to say that most – if not all – gamers have a list of games that they loved and that they think got … Continue reading

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Rub IS Love

I didn’t jump on board the DS bandwagon until a couple of years after its release.  Honestly, when it was announced, I thought that Nintendo had lost its collective mind, and by the time it became apparent that they’d actually … Continue reading

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LittleBigPlanet – It was worth the rental.

I came extraordinarily close to falling for the LBP hype and dropping the sixty bucks. Thankfully, I didn’t.  I rented it from our neighborhood video store instead.  This was $7.99, and the game was definitely worth that. Let me be … Continue reading

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Fatal(er) Frames

After finishing Fatal Frame 2 : Crimson Butterfly : Director’s Cut at the Normal difficulty, I had two endings unlocked in the game’s gallery mode, with two endings still locked. Since the normal mode ending is a little depressing – … Continue reading

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