Published on
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in
Gaming.
ICARUS FIGHTS
MEDUSA ANGELS
Ah, passwords. The bane of many a child with sloppy handwriting and impatience. I can’t remember when I first saw the game Kid Icarus, but I think my friend Paul had it. It was a weird looking game. Really colorful monsters with a pitch black background. And that’s all I remember seeing. It always felt like one of those games Nintendo wanted you to like but no one was sure if they did. Pit, the protagonist, was in the Captain N show. I also remember reading about the game in Nintendo Power several times, so it isn’t as if the game wasn’t pushed. I didn’t have it, though, and my aforementioned friend was the only person I remember having it.
Continue reading ‘I Finished A Game! Kid Icarus’
Published on
Thursday, July 15, 2010 in
Play Diary.
Welcome to my currently in progress play diary or Last Ranker!
Continue reading ‘Last Ranker Play Diary’
Published on
Friday, June 25, 2010 in
Gaming.
Name the three best things in the world. I’ll give you a minute.
Finished? If your answer is “Video games, the 80s and Japan” then congratulations! Go play Game Center CX Arino’s Challenge right now. It was released in the states as “Retro Game Challenge.” Last year saw the release of the sequel, which has unfortunately not gotten a localization just yet. But the sequel is just as awesome as the original, rest assured.
Continue reading ‘Rise Again, Challenger of Games!’
Published on
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 in
Gaming.
Rarely is there a piece of entertainment released that catches people completely by surprise. Something that takes you in, plays kindly with your emotions and then takes a turn that changes everything and leaves the consumer in a confused state, only able to question what just happened to them. Such twists, be them in movies, books or games, require but one thing. Your ignorance. Given that, you’re likely to be given something you’ll never forget.
And people would love to take away that chance from you.
Continue reading ‘In One And Out The Other’
Published on
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 in
Gaming.
I beat Final Fantasy 13 over a month ago and it’s been a month and then some of me trying to write this article. Why? FF13 was a game that I wasn’t sure how to feel about going into it. Final Fantasy 12 was one of the biggest disappointments to me and as a result I wasn’t sure I could give my heart to Square-Enix all over again like that. I knew FF13 was being done by entirely different people, but did that really matter? Was the company’s direction changing in a way that I didn’t see eye to eye with? Had I changed and lost interest in what had always been my favorite RPG series? What exactly happened? Well, thankfully Final Fantasy 12 was the fluke and the next Final Fantasy ended up being one of my favorites.
Why?
Final Fantasy 13 is one kind of RPG that I’ve always wanted.
Continue reading ‘My Thoughts on Final Fantasy 13′
Published on
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 in
Gaming.
Read this. Then, if you’d like to hear my opinion, move on. Or, ignore that link but realize that I’ll reference it a few times indirectly.
Video gamers being the general unfit lot that we are, have not in general responded well to Nintendo Wii. While a smash success, Nintendo’s sales stride with the Wii appears to be on a potential decline and this year is the clutch year for Sony or Microsoft to lynchpin their own ass-shaking devices into the market. Last year we heard about Natal, Microsoft’s awkwardly birth-related sounded camera device which Peter Molyneux told us would be the advent in being able to simulate interactions with little boys. I’m scared already. Continue reading ‘Microsoft to Release Software To Make All Dance Like White People’
Published on
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 in
Gaming.
I chose a blurry image to represent the blurry, dizzying feeling of awesomeness that this game gave me. Oh hell yeah. I should be in marketing.
So! Last month I wrote about how a simple commercial made me want to play two games that I never got to. Well, until now. After finishing The Battle of Olympus I jumped into Guardic Gaiden, better known to the English speaking world as “The Guardian Legend.” Continue reading ‘Under the TV’s Influence: The Guardian Legend’
Published on
Sunday, May 9, 2010 in
Gaming.
Insert joke about how I’m slow at beating games.
This one was at least finished within a couple of months of me getting it. I actually got it because a good friend of mine bought it for me for Christmas. Now while I loved Super Mario Galaxy to death, I was a bit wary of New Super Mario Brothers Wii because the DS iteration of this series didn’t do much at all for me. I remember beating NSMB, but not being overly impressed. This is not at all the case with NSMBWii. Continue reading ‘Game Finished! New Super Mario Brothers Wii’
Published on
Friday, April 30, 2010 in
Gaming.
Mega Man 9 was a shiny blue ball of hope.
In my style of finishing a game as soon as possible, I finally checked off Mega Man 9 this month. Sure, I took a long time, but not without good reason. I found this game to be quite a challenge. Continue reading ‘Get Equipped With: Finished Mega Man 9 Cred!’
Published on
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 in
Gaming.
Hey, look at me, Mr. Finishes Games! It’s like a whole new leaf. A leaf that you can take to the bank and exchange for completed video games. Because that is what I have been able to do as of late. Oh yeah. Continue reading ‘Tonight We Battle for Olympus! Tomorrow, Space!’
