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THE WHEEL OF DUBIOUS RPGs GAIDEN Hey, remember how this was the first BioWare game to be finished and published under the ownership of Electronic Arts? Well, it's good that didn't change anything about BioWare's development practices. Don’t say that I don’t commit to the bit. Thanks to my popular streaming/blogging series “The Wheel of Dubious RPGs” I’ve taken what should’ve just been 2-3 two h...
arbitrarywater (Premium member)
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That's right, I'm back on my randomizer bullshit. That chalupa-chomping fart connoisseur Dan Ryckert decided to start a fresh The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time playthrough on his Twitch channel and it's inspired me to investigate if the randomizer tools for Ocarina are as ingenious and rewarding as those available for A Link to the Past . The one downside I foresaw here was that Ocarina of T...
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I've been playing a lot of PS3 lately, specifically making my way through the Ratchet & Clank series but not just that, and I think the games hold up extremely well. I don't mind playing games in 720p and while modern games have more refined controls and other conveniences (like better checkpointing) they really don't feel that different from 7th gen games. I compare something like Ratchet & Cl...
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You read that right, folks, the day has finally come. After years of waiting for price cuts that didn't happen, years of not buying that Black Friday deal with the Switch at full price but at least it came with Mario Kart 8 bundled in (which I scoffed at because I already owned that game and the DLC on Wii U), I gave in and just bought a Switch. No special deal. No bundle. Just a Switch, a Pro...
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Oh, How It Sucks To Be A Mobius Final Fantasy Player Whelp... it was fun while it lasted. It's not every day I get a notification from Steam saying a game I downloaded will no longer be usable. Unfortunately, that's where I am with Mobius Final Fantasy, a game that absorbed over 100 hours of my life. Before you ask, I'm not ashamed of this fact; nor am I especially proud of it. It happened, and...
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For years, I've been fascinated with the Steam icon for The Little Acre , with its vaguely Bluthian doggo and moppet staring at some unseen treasure, and I'd occasionally spot it whenever a Steam sale rolled around at some ridiculous discount. It belongs to my beloved old-school point-and-click adventure genre and seemed well-received enough, so I decided to slake my curiosity a few months back...
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I’ve been a fan of the Giant Bomb crew for a long time. Over 20 years by my estimate. Long before the invention of quick looks or this video thing . Before they built a bomb or bombcast. Before the entire crew were all together, I followed Jeff, Brad, Vinny, Alex, and Ryan on their silly adventures on the internet. I imagine it's hard to understand the type of relationship someone like me can h...
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I'm going to be picking away at the Itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality for some time to come yet, having already appended my Indie Game of the Week backlog to account for some 70+ new games. However, the bundle has many more items of a smaller and/or freeware nature that I'd have trouble building a whole IGotW blog around but fits quite nicely in a group setting like this. So here's...
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For a while I have been thinking in trying to write something, but feeling not very confident at all and was unsure of what. In the end I decided to write about a franchise, the Might and Magic crpg series, which I have a small amount of confidence. In fact, I often imagined writing about it several times, but never made to paper, despite have replayed almost all the games, even taking screensh...
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Note: The following article contains major spoilers for Observer. Stories set in fictional worlds provide a type of exploration that those positioned in the real-world never can. A different universe means different cultures, technologies, and histories. While the societies and timelines of sci-fi and fantasy fiction are never as storied as the real thing, there's enough of them out there that...
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In case you somehow missed the spoiler tag in the title, hey spoilers. Here's a picture of a True Legend if you need some time to bail out of here. My Not Quite Review of The Last of Us Part II Since I finished The Last of Us Part II a week ago, I've been processing how I feel about the ending to the game. The overall experience is without a doubt exceptional. The graphical fidelity and art is...
clagnaught (Premium 64 member)
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Whenever I see a 16-bit pixel JRPG on Steam I'm often hesitant to dig any further, knowing that every new edition of RPG Maker always brings with it a host of zero-budget games from well-meaning hobbyist developers that are looking for their start on the platform. The few exceptions tend to come from established developers like Zeboyd , who not only know how to modernize the genre but deliver o...
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Had to skip a week due to... life (and getting back into Sekiro and getting HOOKED. That game is a masterpiece, y'all), but here we are again. Let's turn our eyes from responsibilities and talk some Trails! Though this one is going to be VERY short, since I haven't gone through much and there wasn't much to talk about. As always, Spoilers! Though there really isn't much in here this week. Previ...
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Ravenloft: Strahd’s Possession Darkness falls, and you suddenly find yourself surrounded by a strange mist. You are no longer in the realm of popular, seminal RPGs, that much is certain. Developer : Dreamforge Intertainment Time Played : A little more than two hours Dubiosity : 4 out of 5 Spookiosity : 3 out of 5 Would I play more? If I was compelled. There are two things you should know when i...
arbitrarywater (Premium member)
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Arkham Origins is far from a flawless game. Putting technical issues aside for a moment (though we’ll get back to them shortly) it is a lesser game than Asylum and City in almost every way. Its open world lacks Asylum’s tight design and Metroidvania feel while also lacking City’s visually distinctive and memorable locations. Its story is simple and straightforward, relying on tricks we’ve alrea...
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I Love Chess ♔ @xQc gets checkmated in 6 MOVES by @MoistCr1TiKaL ! 😮😮😮 @GMHikaru in SHOCK and goes silent. pic.twitter.com/Kcmj1pcLX6 — Chess.com (@chesscom) June 9, 2020 Last week marked the conclusion of the PogChamps chess tournament on Twitch. The event pitted dozens of well-known YouTube and Twitch streamers against each other in a classical chess tournament that drew millions of views fro...
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I figured it's high time I get started on all these Itch.io games that landed in my lap recently. For disclaimer's sake, I was going to look at Serenity Forge's The King's Bird this week but decided last second that I didn't want to be playing a very challenging platformer in 30 degree heat, and so made a lateral switch to Vertical Reach 's Tangrams Deluxe : a relaxing puzzle game that explores...
