Tag: gaming

Revisited: Turning Over Mario Party 2’s Bank

Well, another August has just about passed, eh?  We’ll be back to regular posts next week, but for now I’ve got one more post to look back at with you. This one originally ended with my friends and I abandoning the goal, but I actually have an update for you on that. While we did…

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Between the Soulful and the Soulless Lies South of Midnight

Upon starting South of Midnight, players are met with some cautionary words. First is that this might not be the game for you if you have a strong fear of spiders. It’s a fair warning, as both literal and figurative spiders, and the things that spiders do best, are strewn throughout the game. The second…

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Top 5: My “Deserted Island” First-Person Games

For this “deserted island” list, I strongly debated with myself as to whether or not to distinguish between first-person shooters and first-person games. Only then I remembered that I’ve hardly played any FPS’s, strictly speaking, so I opened up the floor to games that only feature the first-person viewpoint, whether or not shooting at things…

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What’s in a Name…that You Cannot Have?

Several years ago, I posted some musings on the importance I place on naming characters. This has mostly (but not always) applied to modern-ish RPGs and MMOs that I’ve dipped into over the years; the ones where you create a character of your own design who has nothing, and then you build them into something….

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Looking Back at Chrono Trigger

A short while ago, I was asked if I’d ever consider doing classic game reviews, like Super Nintendo, N64, Gamecube and, heck anything older than PS4/Xbox One. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t have if I hadn’t been asked since I consider stuff from all those eras pretty well-tread ground. However, everyone’s experiences are, as they say,…

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Fallout 76: Flatlining Again

A few months back, after following the game’s new but underwhelming path to becoming a ghoul, I had a thought. What if I played through the game’s main story (and subsequent expansions) as a ghoul from the start? Though shotgunner Karla’s story ended with her turning back into a human again (because, at that point,…

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