After writing my “10th Anniversary” post, I scrolled through my list of posts and noticed a couple of Japanese games I really enjoyed but that still aren’t available in English (AFAIK). With the advent of Kickstarter and Steam and other similar platforms, I thought for sure that more old games would have been licensed and […]
Summon Night 3 – Fine game, but a little too long
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 […]
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 […]
Half-year resolutions
I forgot to make New Year’s gaming resolutions this January, but better late than never. Last time I made them I managed to play all those games before the year was out, so I’m hoping I’ll have the same luck/leisure this time round. There are only six months left till 2012 (where does the time […]