Category Archives: vita

Wishful Thinking

I think pretty much everyone has a “things I’d do if I had a time machine” list, and mine has all the usual suspects on it. Selfies with Jesus, maybe suggest to Lincoln that it’s a TERRIBLE night to go … Continue reading

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Puzzled

OK, so to start: I finished the three main characters’ challenges in Tottemo E Mahjong, played through the 2 DLC characters’ challenges and even downloaded the 3rd and final DLC character though I haven’t actually played any of that yet.  … Continue reading

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“E” for “Effort”

I haven’t played a mahjong game in a while, because proper mahjong games don’t get localized, I’ve played all the ones I already owned, and I hadn’t been to Japan to restock for a few years. So, I made sure … Continue reading

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That’s not gonna help the backlog.

So I just got back from a week and a bit in Japan.  I’m happy to report that it’s still there, still terribly polite to clueless foreigners, and generally a fun place to wander around in even if it occasionally … Continue reading

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I’m just not meant to play “Uncharted”

Several years ago, when we bought our first PS3, one of the first things I tried out on it was the demo for the at-the-time-brand-new game, “Uncharted”. I got a few minutes into the demo and got to the point … Continue reading

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Dragon’s Crown

I don’t play many 2D brawlers.  I’d like to blame this on a generational thing – the genre more or less started with Double Dragon, and that came out right around the same time I stopped going to arcades.  So, … Continue reading

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An unexpected benefit to Playstation Plus.

I’ve had a certain fondness, ever since the days of the original Playstation, for the “futuristic racing” genre.  Specifically, the F-Zero and Wipeout series, though I admit to a brief flirtation with Extreme-G.  The fondness is not returned.  I was … Continue reading

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GraVITAs

After playing through Call Of Duty: The One For the Vita and Assassin’s Creed: The One For the Vita, I thought that it might not be a bad idea to actually try a game designed specifically for the system. Fortunately, … Continue reading

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Liberating

Let me just get all the bad things out of the way to start: Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation is a mess in some ways.  It’s glitchy at times, particularly with regards to character animations, the enemy AI can be as … Continue reading

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CODBLOPS:Vita

After my recent Assassin’s Creed binge, my wife got me a Vita so that I could play Assassin’s Creed: Liberation before AssFour comes out this holiday season. The store had two different packages available:  One box with the console by … Continue reading

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