Category Archives: videogames

Would you kindly…

…share in my sense of accomplishment? It took staying up far, far too late, but I am done with Rapture, and of course got the “mega happy” ending because I’m such a swell guy. Enough good things have been said … Continue reading →

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Shocking Bio, Crashing Ninja

Playing through Omegane Teacher until I’d unlocked everything restored enough of my pervy fanboy cred that I felt justified in installing Bioshock and giving it a try. Amazingly, it’s not that I bought Bioshock at launch for full price and … Continue reading →

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OK, now, THIS is shameless pandering.

The concept of “unlockables” in games has been around since, oh, shortly after some bearded guy in California got the bright idea to simulate table tennis with a CRT and a handful of discrete logic ICs. As far as rewards … Continue reading →

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Double Your Ninja, Double Your Fun

I don’t think that will ever win any awards as an advertising jingle, but it’s a good enough motto to live by. Izuna 2 certainly tries to live by it, and I’m trying to decide whether that’s a good thing … Continue reading →

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I have not lost my way.

It has not escaped my attention that, with all the dungeon sieging and dooming and quaking and racing of late, I have become seriously at risk of losing my “pervy fanboy” credentials.  The occasional nekomimi-themed wallpaper doesn’t do much to … Continue reading →

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With apologies to Neil & Chris

For right now, I think I’m running A race I know I’m gonna win And I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing — I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing … Continue reading →

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Achievement unlocked: You’re a son of a bitch.

OK, so a little more on Flatout: Ultimate Carnage, just because I got an achievement that was both insulting and strangely satisfying. There’s a computer-controlled driver in Flatout UC named “Frank Malcov”. Frank drives a big SUV, and he’s not … Continue reading →

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(Re) Licensed to Kill

As previously noted, my poor Xbox 360 went off into the wild and scary world that is the Microsoft repair center in Texas, someone else’s poor, refurbished 360 was sent to me in its place and all should have been … Continue reading →

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Quake ‘n Bake

So, if Wikipedia is to be believed – and they more-or-less match my own recollection, so we’ll go with it – Quake was released on June 22, 1996. That’s a bit over 12 years ago. So finally getting around to … Continue reading →

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Xbox, come back to me.

Well, Microsoft gets reasonably good marks for turnaround time in supplying me with a “Certified Microsoft Replacement Xbox360 Console” to replace my sadly deceased console.  It arrived last night, happily encased in a plain, but well-padded box which I will … Continue reading →

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