Category Archives: videogames

Giant bugs and hoppy bunnies

I came *this* close to having another game on the “played through” pile Saturday. I don’t often have people over – I have lots of friends who I’ve known for years and share interests with, but most of them live … Continue reading

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Mouse & Keyboard… how very odd.

Back towards the beginning of the year, when I was trying out Vanguard, I upgraded my PC. I wound up with something that would play Vanguard on the highest visual settings and actually push out 35 fps or so. This … Continue reading

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More on piles o’ stuff

It took far too long – six hours or so I’m guessing – but everything for eBay has been hooked up, tested, and photographed. Now I need to get the auctions going and I’ll be in a good mood for … Continue reading

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Piles o’ stuff

…that’s what our living room is full of now. One pile o’ Jaguar & Jaguar CD stuff. One pile o’ Nintendo 64 stuff. One pile o’ Virtual Boy stuff. One very small pile o’ 3DO stuff. One pile o’ SNES … Continue reading

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I broke my No-RPG rule again…

Last time, it was for Shining Tears – this time, for the European-but-trying-hard-to-be-Japanese XBox RPG “Sudeki” Just like Shining Tears, it’s an action RPG with fairly limited character customization. I’ve recently come to the conclusion that the degree of character … Continue reading

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P.N.03 – played & confused

Another game off the “to-play” stack, which is a good feeling. P.N.03 was a game that got some pretty poor reviews, and I can see why at the same time I see good things about it. The main character certainly … Continue reading

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Today, I am a man.

OK, well, that’s up to interpretation. But I did finish Ikaruga. Granted, I finished it by playing it until the “pity the shooter-impaired person” mode kicked in and the game switched into unlimited continues mode… The best I was able … Continue reading

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Shine on…

Shining Tears, while not a substitute for a new Shining Force game, turned out to be a really enjoyable experience. I don’t think I’ll be taking the offered “re-play in hard mode” option, even though I’m curious whether there are … Continue reading

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Shining Tears, an interpretive version

Our hero: Boy, that was a heck of a lot of killing just to get to this boss. Who’s evil now, even though he’s supposed to be a legendary hero and not evil. Boss: Hi! (*keanu whoa*) Like, you’re still … Continue reading

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Becoming less Retro…

I love me some classic gaming action.  Unfortunately it takes up a lot of space, so stuff gets disconnected and put in closets and then just takes up space and never gets used. Also, I have a couple hundred non-played … Continue reading

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