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Personal Dragon Quest Ranking

9 items in list • Created Sep 14, 2017

My Favorite Game Released Every Year I've Been Alive

32 items in list • Created Sep 13, 2017

Best Of 2014

13 items in list • Created Apr 27, 2014

Best of 2013

23 items in list • Created Oct 8, 2013

Best of 2010

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Best of 2009

9 items in list • Created Dec 28, 2009

Strange Trend

Jul 26, 2009

Multiplayer games seem to be an escalating form of competition, and fighting games can be some of the most intense multiplayer games, seeing as it's direct 1 on 1 conflict. Also, for the most part, the companies that are known as fighting game companies have revamped their games to an incredible degree, making them minimalist affairs in the face of their predecessors. That return to ease of use...

An ICO review that was written for somewhere else.

Jun 15, 2009

(Backstory: At one point this year, I was going to start a website. A few of you knew, a few of you were asked to work on it, et cetera. Well, that collapsed. This was the first review that was going to go up on the website.) Life is full and wonderful. There are things of all kinds; materials, distractions, ideas, people, animals, energy, light, shadows, and tools. Of course, the development o...

21st Birthday Playlist

May 29, 2009

Track#: "Song", band, album #1: "Stardust Fanfare," Katamari Damacy Soundtrack #2: "Race for the Prize," The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin #3: "He Doesn't Know Why," Fleet Foxes, self titled #4: "Van Helsing Boombox," Man Man, Six Demon Bag #5: "Welfare Bread," King Khan & The Shrines #6: "Smiley Faces," Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere #7: "Time To Get Away," LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver #8...

Why isn't music dangerous any more?

Mar 31, 2009

I've heard all these great stories about music and it's effects on people, of the urgency to make music, and the people who got attached to that music. The visceral, spiritual power that music had. I've listened to people like Henry Rollins telling stories about how the first time he saw The Ramones, how it changed the entire direction of his life, and how he and his friend Ian MacKaye, were in...

60 Games I Like In No Order

Mar 24, 2009

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 King of Fighters 2003 Street Fighter 2 Gunstar Heroes Dynamite Headdy General Chaos Super Metroid Super Castlevania IV Phantasy Star IV Half-Life 2 Portal Cave Story ICO Mark of Kri Time Crisis 2 Pac Man: Championship Edition Audiosurf Rock Band Call of Duty 4 Quake 2 Braid Streets of Rage 2 Final Fire Pro Wrestling WWF Wrestlefest NBA Jam NFL Blitz 2000 Daytona USA Burnout...

Broken Lampcast Feedback Drive

Feb 21, 2009

I am tired of trying to figure out what you guys want without talking to you, or figuring out what happens from errant bits of conversation I overhear. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK, and be as frank as possible! For those needing a link to the podcast, you can try on iTunes, or braving our terrible site here. What is your overall impression of the show? What parts of the show do you enjoy? Would you l...