This month marks Mass Effect’s tenth anniversary! On November 20th, 2007, the game was first released in North America. And what a ride it’s been for fans since then. Join me here as I share some of my memories from each game of the original trilogy. In this second of three posts, I stumble through…
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Mass Effect Memories
This month marks Mass Effect’s tenth anniversary! On November 20th, 2007, the game was first released in North America. And what a ride it’s been for fans since then. Join me here as I share some of my memories from each game of the original trilogy. In this first of three posts, I re-examine my…
What is an RPG without the “R” and the “P?” [Mass Effect 3]
Just prior to the release of Mass Effect: Andromeda in March, I chose to play through as many of the original Mass Effect games as I could. Due to limits in free time, I opted for a streamlined approach to the games in order to play each from beginning to end. I managed to make…
Truth, Justice, and the Kurain Village Way in Ace Attorney 2
After what seems like f-o-r-e-v-e-r, I’ve finally completed Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All. Much like with the first game, I find myself in awe of the experience. I know that “awe” probably isn’t a word applied to many visual novel games, but there’s something pretty special about Ace Attorney, and I think…
A Cry for Help from a Weary Kingdom Hearts Fan
Now that I’ve gotten through Breath of the Wild and Yooka-Laylee, my top two games of the year, I’ve been working my way through Kingdom Hearts 2.8. The bulk of this game’s time has, and will continue to be, spent on the remake of Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance. The most exciting game in this…
What is an RPG without the “R” and the “P”? [Part 2 of 2]
[I recently sped my way through Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2 in anticipation of Andromeda’s release, and in this two-part series, I’m recapping what it was like to play through only the main stories in both games. Click here to read Part 1 and see my self-imposed rules that would govern my…
What is an RPG without the “R” and the “P”? [Part 1 of 2]
When I decided at the beginning of March that yes, okay, I’d invest in Mass Effect: Andromeda, I thought that it might be fun to play through what I could of the original trilogy before Andromeda was released. But with my gaming time being limited, and with upwards of a several dozen hours, if not…
Phoenix Wright: Ace Finale!
Well, it’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Believe it or not, and despite all things Mass Effect: Andromeda, I have been slooooowly winding my way through the final chapter of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, a game that I picked up on a whim a few months back. And I’m pleased to report that I made it…
Initial Impressions of Mass Effect: Andromeda
Despite having a wholly exhausting Tuesday (the 21st – release day), I was determined to enjoy all that Mass Effect: Andromeda could offer that evening. The game downloaded in just a couple hours (score one for the new PC!). After all my nighttime chores, I settled in, only to be met by…uh…sputtering? Well, not immediate…
Phoenix Wright: Ace Update!
For reasons that still aren’t entirely clear to me, I was recently compelled to start Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. And what a strange ride is has been! Since my first post on the game, I’ve completed two more cases: Turnabout Samurai and Turnabout Goodbyes. If the first two cases were, for me, an introduction to…
VIRTUAL BASTION 