Also the story needed a bit more work. Before I proceed, I must confess that I haven’t finished Summon Night 3 and don’t intend to do so. I hate bosses with endlessly spawning minions, so I quit the boss battle 3 turns in. It’s not like I care how it ends any more. That’s what tends […]
Steambot Chronicles – Too hard!
I barely made it two hours into Steambot Chronicles before getting clobbered by some spiky train in a canyon. I like everything about the game: the story so far (amnesia excepted), the characters, the setting, the music, the art (the cover really doesn’t do it justice), everything. I like the hunger stat, the music mini-game, […]
Tokimeki Memorial 3 – Emi Tachibana GET!
Tokimeki Memorial 3 is the black sheep of the Tokimemo family, the least-praised, least-loved and least-remembered today. Fans complained about the dumbed-down system and 3D character design when the game was released, but I believe all would have been forgiven if the cast of girls had been even slightly attractive and memorable. Now I’m no […]
Need help with PS2 backlog!
Just when I had all but given up, I managed to get my PS2 limping along again. It wouldn’t read any disks, so I started by cleaning the laser. No use. Then a bit of googling told me there’s a second laser beneath the first one. I had to take the whole array out to […]
Happy New Year! + Gaming Resolutions!
Happy New Year! This was the quietest New Year’s Eve I’d ever spent in my life, thousands of miles away from friends and family. I didn’t even notice when the clock struck twelve because I was too busy reading morbid articles about pythons swallowing people. Don’t ask. Still, yay, 2012! There’s something nice and round […]