I've been somewhat immersed in a bunch of game of the year articles, videos, and podcasts the last two weeks, so I figured I should throw down a few quick words at some point. Only about half the games I played this year were from 2013, so dear god this is not a representative sample. Found some great ones though. #5 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS) -- Still pretty early in th...
Quick update: finished The Walking Dead and loved it. Never played a game like that before, and I hope I never have so much trouble grabbing someone's hand while jumping off the side of a building ever again. I also played through Uncharted: Golden Abyss a couple more times and -- just like the first three Uncharted games -- now have every trophy except beating it on Crushing difficulty. I just...
I have a thing for portable gaming systems and knew I wanted a Vita . Having Uncharted: Golden Abyss at launch and eventually more Sony-friendly franchises and PS1 downloads was plenty for me, but not at full price. I was going to get that Assassin's Creed bundle on Black Friday at Gamestop but then heard about Amazon's crazy Vita bundle, which I got in on. The price alone at $180 was less than...
I'm having trouble focusing at the office since it's getting rather warm in here, so I thought I'd try typing up some sort of wrap-up blog for White Knight Chronicles II . I might play another hour, or another few, or once a week the rest of the year, or never again. But I've hit that point where I no longer feel the drive to push my character (via dozens of hours) to the elite levels of my mos...
I'm sure I blogged about the first White Knight Chronicles . It was highly addictive, mainly as a combination of being a rather beautiful game with a ton of crap to do and a great, massive online mode. The sequel is just even more. The first game is included, so it benefits from improved graphics and all the new errands, bounties, and combat adjustments they made for the sequel. And this inclus...
I'm that guy. The one who keeps playing Uncharted 3 multiplayer despite being horrible at it. My kill/death ratio according to some quick math off the Naughty Dog stats site is .42 and I'm actually surprised it isn't lower. I've managed to get up to level 19 because I've put in 6 hours and have still had so much fun this entire time. I learn from mistakes but still end up making stupid decision...
3 years to get to playing a game I've really wanted to since I first bought it, yikes. That's this version of DQIV at least, on DS. Wanted to play it for the NES back in the day but I was always about 2 years behind on the Dragon Quest/Warrior games, and by the time I wanted IV, it was either too hard to find or I'd have to pay $50 for a used copy. Also, I wasn't employed in grade school haha....
By what must be some accident, some gaming sites I like to use (though not all of them) are now unblocked at the office. So if I'm typing this now it means... well nothing good. I suppose when I get home I'd rather do the things I might blog about rather than actually blog. In reviewing a few recent posts I've found that I break a lot of promises with these words. I'll try not to make any crazy...
Yeah, horribly addicted to DQIX, 80+ hours with no end in site, loving it. Been able to meet with people from GameFAQs twice now for some tagging and maps, though my total tags are only at 7 unique characters -- a long way from 30. There is still hope though. Best Buy is hosting some tagging events on February 26th and March 5th. They're giving away the Orgodemir map, as well as some posters (f...
I started up Dragon Quest IX on Sunday. Just had a really strong urge to start something new, not having played it yet, but it was pretty much at the top of my backlog list anyway. Poor Final Fantasy XII... I'm sure I'll power through to the end, skipping a lot of the late hunts, just to finish the game out of guilt. It's almost a repeat of how I got sidetracked 4 years ago, though I'm much fur...
When you play nothing but rpgs and it takes months to beat some of them, well... I haven't been so good about finishing games lately. Or at least it takes me forever. I finally bought The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age on a whim a few weeks ago and got so swept up in my love for LOTR that I finished it off in just 2 weeks. The mechanics are ok, the story is weak (the story they give you on to...
Giant Bomb itself is like one big game, which is making it addicting. I really should stay off of it while at work. I really want to dig into the video content too but my POS laptop at home is being rather stubborn. New one ordered just yesterday, woo-hoo! Hey it's been 4 years, it was time anyway.
Been listening to the podcast for 2 years but finally created a profile, sorry for the delay. Let's see, gaming.... I've been working on a couple PS2 rpgs lately. I leave it at that for now. Well, ok, let me see if I can link them.