Category Archives: videogames

I achieve perfection!

…well, in at least one way. I finished Phantasy Star Universe’s offline, single-player Story Mode tonight, and that gave me 1000 gamerscore of a possible 1000.  So, I got a perfect achievement.  See? Moving on… While I still wish that … Continue reading →

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RPG goodness on the cheap.

Scored at Goodwill tonight: Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate : Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur’s Gate II, all for a massive $10. Boxes trashed all to heck and back, so not pictured, but discs in reasonable shape. No manuals for … Continue reading →

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I think I’ve had about enough Tangos.

Whole mess of “firsts” recently: I finished Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six : Vegas on the 360… This is the first “Tom Clancy’s subtitle subtitle : subtitle” game I’ve ever played through. I do own “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell”and “Tom Clancy’s … Continue reading →

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Heavenly Sword: See Gong, Throw Hat.

I have to admit, I laughed at the Penny Arcade “Heavenly Sword” comic. Well, let me rephrase that.  It’s a comic, you’re supposed to laugh at it, laughing is a natural and expected response.  What I meant is that I … Continue reading →

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Nihilanth fall down, go boom.

Or, in other words, I finished Half-life today. I was actually kind of surprised that there WAS a Big Boss Fight to wrap up the game.   I’d gotten quite used to the idea that Big Stompy Aliens weren’t for … Continue reading →

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Getting a (Half)Life.

So, I’ve spent the last year going to school, losing weight, studying Japanese, and …oh, right, playing an awful lot of highly regarded games.  Being able to strip-mine the last decade or more for new-to-me titles has been quite a … Continue reading →

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Curse You, Cowbear Level…

I feel a little ashamed about this next, for a few reasons: 1) I bought it at launch in 2005. At least it was only $30. 2) After buying it, I then played the previous game in the series, waited … Continue reading →

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Platforming glee.

I don’t know if I’ve ever finished two games on the same day before, but before I went out and bought Call of Duty 4 this afternoon, I tackled the last levels of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. Thankfully, … Continue reading →

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Rental, adj; See: Call of Duty 4.

Well, that’s a bit harsh.  I bought Call of Duty 4 expressly for the purpose of playing online multi-player matches with friends, so the single player mode taking roughly 5 hours to play through doesn’t really count against the game.  … Continue reading →

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Not having school is nice. It lets you blow stuff up.

Being able to put aside books for a few weeks and blowing off my Japanese studies for the same length of time has kinda helped clear the backlog a little bit. Despite previously-mentioned glitches with cutscenes, I was able to … Continue reading →

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