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All reviewsCode Name: S.T.E.A.M.2015
2 out of 5 starsDear Intelligent Systems, I'm pretty stoked that Fire Emblem is finally doing well for you guys, but I'd also really like you to make a new Advance Wars. Or a Paper Mario RPG that isn't crap. 2015 has not been a great year for me and turn-based tactical games. Aside from the systems-heavy, 110% Anime stylings of Disgaea 5 (which I’ve found surprisingly enjoyable thus far), I’ve found this year to be lacking in…
The Legend of Korra2014
2 out of 5 starsAlternate Title: A brief review of an even more brief game. I'll admit, my expectations weren't high when I picked up The Legend of Korra off PSN for $6, but if you've followed my game playing history you should well know that I am someone who engages with the questionable to sate my own foolish curiosity. Sometimes that works out, as with the last game I reviewed . This one? I'd say my low expectations were well…
The Evil Within2014
3 out of 5 starsAlternate Title: ArbitraryWater versus Grindhouse Bootleg Resident Evil and its barbed-wire friends Though the Metacritic stands at a respectable 75, I’d say the general reception of The Evil Within was far more... mixed when it came out last October, one of those games that I knew I’d have to play for myself to have any sort of concrete opinion on. One of the advantages of getting a PS4 during the summer drought…
Massive Chalice2015
2 out of 5 starsAlternate Title: "Games I should like, but don't 2: With Apologies to Brad Muir" It's weird to think that around two years ago I seriously considered backing this game on Kickstarter, but didn't. A turn-based tactics game with Crusader Kings-esque dynasties of heroes? That sounds like a thing I might have given my money to! But I didn't. By June of 2013, when this game was funded, I think the initial hype machine…
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All articlesArbitrary's Infernape: Getting Back into Pokemon in 2026 and Ruining Myself in the Process (PART ONE???)
Aug 29, 2026
ArbitraryWater recounts what it's like to get back into Pokemon after several years, up to and including finishing the pokedex. He's not sorry.
ArbitraryWater's Official Unsanctioned and Unsolicited Blight Club Suggestion List
Jul 19, 2025
With the continued success of the Giant Bomb feature “Blight Club” I thought it good and proper that I, Mr Dubious Wheels himself, inject himself into the conversation uninvited and undesired. Here are a handful of games I think would greatly benefit from the Blight Club treatment, mostly because I played them at some point myself and think other people should suffer as well. I recommend all of...
Help I'm Trapped in Mid-Budget Action JRPG Heck 04: Haha whoops I guess I'm still writing stuff here
Jun 14, 2025
Hahahahah oh fuck I guess we’re still doing this huh? While the state of this website and its various features are in flux, I guess I’ll still keep posting my write ups here, partially because I would like to still keep writing things and partially because I still haven’t gotten up the enthusiasm to purchase a stupid domain name for too much money. That’ll still happen though. Anyway, here’s th...
End of Arbitrarygelion
May 1, 2025
I've been writing dumb bullshit on this website since I was sixteen years old, literally half my lifetime ago, and this year was the year where I decided I wanted to be a little more regular with that. That didn't end up being the case, although you can be sure that I'll finish my Mid-Budget Action-JRPG write ups once things in my personal life have calmed down a bit. Unfortunately, given the s...
Help I'm Trapped in Mid-Budget Action-JRPG Heck (03): Gachapon Panic
Apr 11, 2025
Well I didn’t manage my goal of doing this on a weekly basis, so you’ll have to forgive me. I had the flu, then I had the charity. A lot of stuff has happened. As recompense, here are more unnecessary words about role-playing video games made in Japan with an action component to their combat. I think I’m about done streaming these, so please look forward to more Dubious RPG write ups in the pot...
Help I'm Trapped in Mid-Budget Action-JRPG Heck (02): "Vita means Stank"
Mar 17, 2025
Hello and welcome back to my blog thing. Look at me, putting out another blog in short succession to that last one I wrote! Now that's productive! Or maybe not, given that I probably should've been doing my grad studies homework instead of writing this thing, but it's fine. Once again, I'm here writing about the video games I've played for my silly internet streams, or at least what I was playi...
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