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LAST.

UnSub — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:15:45 +0000

LAST.

Halberd is all about wide open space and …

jwiv — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:56:40 +0000

Halberd is all about wide open space and timing. Getting the hang of that and remembering I have a damn bow to kill the archers is making soul farming on 4-1 a lot easier. Soon, I’ll even have all of my armor repaired!

I know what I’m not playing right now. …

jwiv — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:51:58 +0000

I know what I’m not playing right now. Demon’s Souls. Because UPS shipped it right through my city and into Philly.

Assassin’s Creed is way more fun than i …

fabricated — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:55:41 +0000

Assassin’s Creed is way more fun than it got credit for, minus the awful horseshit unskippable future plotline. Whatsherface Raymond or whoever is still a cunt, but good game.

Picked up Chrono Trigger DS again. Finis …

fabricated — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:54:08 +0000

Picked up Chrono Trigger DS again. Finished the rather boring Lost Sanctum and all 3 Temporal Vortexes to find that your reward is some badly written fan-fiction and a fight against Lavoschala who is barely harder than Phase 3 Lavos. Then there’s a really short cutscene and video that attempts to bridge CT to the AWFUL Chrono Cross. Lame.

Policenauts for the PSX is now translate …

fabricated — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:47:26 +0000

Policenauts for the PSX is now translated. Very cool, basically a spiritual successor to Snatcher that takes place in the same ‘world’ I believe. Translation PATCH (not the game itself) here: http://policenauts.net/

Getting older sucks. I find myself more …

fabricated — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:26:42 +0000

Getting older sucks. I find myself more interested in watching other people play games than I do actually playing them. “Let’s Play” threads on Something Awful and tool-assisted speedruns on NESVideos have started consuming more time than my actual gaming. There’s just something enjoyable about watching someone completely destroy a game you had trouble with.

Law ending is horrible. After credits sc …

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:19:41 +0000

Law ending is horrible. After credits scene is great.
Also, 4x Megidolaon > all phases of the last boss but the last.

There are a stupid number of flags to fi …

UnSub — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:04:41 +0000

There are a stupid number of flags to find in Assassin’s Creed. I find killing the Templars about as fun as collection objective, but going for the flags… filler in place of actual content.

Ray puts Melvin Van Peebles to shame.

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:18:05 +0000

Ray puts Melvin Van Peebles to shame.

Bound in Blood is the first time I see b …

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:19:32 +0000

Bound in Blood is the first time I see brothers actually behaving like brothers.

Also, it’s awesome. Crazy awesome. Everything I’ve disliked about the first game has been fixed so far.

Desperately trying to find my Evil Geniu …

NiX — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:34:04 +0000

Desperately trying to find my Evil Genius CDs. It would seem this is a lost cause. For shame!

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Ra …

Yegolev — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:57:22 +0000

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs King Abaddon Collector’s Edition box is crushed. Game and plush are fine. I think.

The Last Remnant is actually very good. …

Yegolev — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:51:19 +0000

The Last Remnant is actually very good. Well, so far. Seems almost as if someone mashed Final Fantasy XII with Final Fantasy Tactics but without most of the bad stuff. An elaboration would take too long. Also you can save anywhere. Also no levels.

What’s that, Victor? After 3 failed fus …

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:24:44 +0000

What’s that, Victor? After 3 failed fusion accidents that resulted in lvl 10 zombies (and 3 reloads) you finally managed to fuse a level 49 Fiend White Rider when I’m at level 40? And you say that he’s loaded with fire resist, thus leaving him without any weaknesses?

Dahn is surprisingly charismatic. Even m …

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:44:53 +0000

Dahn is surprisingly charismatic. Even more surprising, he actually has a good reason to destroy the world, and it isn’t emo.

Just finished Gears of War on Insane. Ch …

UnSub — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:48:30 +0000

Just finished Gears of War on Insane. Christ, that was annoying. Did it for the achievements. So sad.

Blood Bowl is here. About time! Can’t w …

falconeer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:42:10 +0000

Blood Bowl is here. About time! Can’t wait to have some people up to set up a nice friendly league.

Man, Covenant of the Plume perfectly com …

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:22:52 +0000

Man, Covenant of the Plume perfectly combined my favourite elements of FFT and Lenneth.

I like how I have this god-tier PC now a …

fabricated — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:29:56 +0000

I like how I have this god-tier PC now and I keep playing old games. I’ve suspended my NWN2 game for a little bit to play through Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father. I’m a whore for classic-style point and clickers and this is one I haven’t been able to find for years until now.

I’ll be absolutely shocked if Akane doe …

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:05:24 +0000

I’ll be absolutely shocked if Akane doesn’t end up kidnapped or killed at some point.

WUA’s BG write-up makes me want to do o …

UnSub — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:24:46 +0000

WUA’s BG write-up makes me want to do one for the Witcher, but then I’ll look like a copy cat. Hmm. Maybe I’ll try on one of the short separate adventures first, see how it goes.

I want to get Prototype, but don’t real …

UnSub — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:22:31 +0000

I want to get Prototype, but don’t really have the money. I’m not sure that Gears of War (so I haven’t played it until now, so sue me :-) and a borrowed copy of Assassin’s Creed are really filling the gap though.

Being chased by the stay puft marshmallo …

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:08:23 +0000

Being chased by the stay puft marshmallow man is beyond awesome.

Ghostbusters makes a fantastic first imp …

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:52:03 +0000

Ghostbusters makes a fantastic first impression. Team learned a bit from Dead Space.

Prototype is pretty awesome.

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:03:10 +0000

Prototype is pretty awesome.

I resubbed LotRO. Need to check Moria. H …

falconeer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:19:29 +0000

I resubbed LotRO. Need to check Moria. Ho, uhm.

Picked up Red Faction: Guerrilla, and ho …

MisterNoisy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:47:51 +0000

Picked up Red Faction: Guerrilla, and holy hell is it fun. Tearing down buildings with a frickin hammer never gets old.

Continuing my NWN2 game. Goddamn everyth …

fabricated — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:10:55 +0000

Continuing my NWN2 game. Goddamn everything involving Moire is annoying. Good design spawning a dozen rogues every 10 feet, who get sneak-attacks on everything regardless of who is facing who. Thank god for stoneskin.

Held my nose and bought 1000 Wii points …

fabricated — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:34:41 +0000

Held my nose and bought 1000 Wii points to download FF4:The After.

Woo, $8 for what feels like a rom hack to continue a story that had a satisfying ending already. What can I say, I’m a sucker.

inFamous is great. Elements of Prince o …

Yegolev — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:43:48 +0000

inFamous is great. Elements of Prince of Persia, Saint’s Row and Force Unleashed all in one game. If you like finding secret packages in an open city where you can claim territory and do side missions, and your character can throw lightning bolts and sticky grenades from his fingers as he skates along steel cables, you will want to get this. Also the cutscenes are cool.

Wife bought me the Incredible Hulk on 36 …

azazel — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:37:36 +0000

Wife bought me the Incredible Hulk on 360 the other day (bargain bin priced), and GH: Metallica for herself. Hulk is surprisingly not bad. I might even finish it at some stage.

Reached the end of Quark’s obstacle cou …

Yegolev — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:52:58 +0000

Reached the end of Quark’s obstacle course and the snagglebeast gets stuck in the geometry, so I get to do it again later. Explaining this to the boy was sort of like explaining why Fido had to go away.

Doing the Fort Locke stuff now. Slaughte …

fabricated — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:03:19 +0000

Doing the Fort Locke stuff now. Slaughtered the thieves camp horribly with my swashbuckler where my rogue needed several reloads. Doing the graveyard now and getting fucking irritated at getting hit with disease every fight.

After just a few matches of Demigod, I f …

Yegolev — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:16:32 +0000

After just a few matches of Demigod, I find that I really want someone to make a multiplayer version of this game.

Finally reinstalled Neverwinter Nights 2 …

fabricated — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:54:58 +0000

Finally reinstalled Neverwinter Nights 2, along with both expansion packs which I haven’t even started into yet.

Realized I had only backed up very old saves. Very little motivation to start over. Sigh. Maybe I’ll make a swashbuckler this time around since the game seemed to hate my guts when I made a rogue.

Damnation proves beyond a shadow of a do …

admin — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:16:34 +0000

Damnation proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that a TPS steampunk shooter can be completely generic.

The Sims 3, you say?

schild — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:53:27 +0000

The Sims 3, you say?

Almost through my second play of Mass Ef …

FatuousTwat — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:37:50 +0000

Almost through my second play of Mass Effect. Trying to get it on with Ashley this time (although I think I much prefer Liara in temperament).

By “just finished” I mean, like 6 days …

azazel — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:43 +0000

By “just finished” I mean, like 6 days ago. Work right now makes gaming far between, sadly.

Just finished Star Wars: Force Unleashed …

azazel — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:59:50 +0000

Just finished Star Wars: Force Unleashed. Had it sitting around for months since I picked it up, till I finished Lego SW and BiiF made me start it. Still don’t know if I really liked it, but it was amusing. Do I play/grind through again to max out my powah and do some achievement whoring? Do I buy some shitty overpriced DLC?

“Spencer, your iron boots will break yo …

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:40:10 +0000

“Spencer, your iron boots will break your falls.”. They do, Super Joe. They indeed do.

Cryostasis is the most atmospheric survi …

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:02:16 +0000

Cryostasis is the most atmospheric survival horror game I’ve played since the original Silent Hill.

The flying in Prototype looks iffy to me …

UnSub — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:32:06 +0000

The flying in Prototype looks iffy to me, but damn it if the game doesn’t look awesome. Batman: Arkham Asylum also looks fantastic, but I’m getting Tench flashbacks from the stealth bits.

15 minutes wasted because CoH/V’s MA sy …

UnSub — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:30:07 +0000

15 minutes wasted because CoH/V’s MA system won’t let you save a mission with errors in it and I was kicked off the server.

And Yet It Moves is beautiful, murderous …

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:25:05 +0000

And Yet It Moves is beautiful, murderous, fascinating, and simple. A nice diversion.

Forced myself to not play Demon’s Souls …

schild — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:16:29 +0000

Forced myself to not play Demon’s Souls again. Could probably run through in ~5 hours now. Shit though, this game really shines on an HD CRT. The blacks are just stunning.

The swinging in Bionic Commando is simpl …

admin — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:28:54 +0000

The swinging in Bionic Commando is simply terrific. You will suck horrendously at it the first few times.

Yes, this combat system is vastly superi …

schild — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:25:18 +0000

Yes, this combat system is vastly superior to the first title.

Raidou Kuzunoha the 14th’s true name is …

schild — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:17:16 +0000

Raidou Kuzunoha the 14th’s true name is revealed: General Disarray.