Didn't have a good weekend. Insomnia set in big time (hey, Spring must be on its way! -_-), and we had our taxes done on Saturday. Unemployment compensation notwithstanding, I made more last year than I did the year before, but every job I had last year was as an independent contractor, and thusly, not a cent of income taxes had been taken out by ( Read more... )

Aping the format from last year's post, which was inspired by the one from this post by nama, here's the games I beat and/or played a significant amount of this year, and brief impressions of each:

( Games played in 2008 )

I started it last night. The audio has definitely taken a hit (as I'd gathered from pre-release gameplay videos), and there is a tiny bit of slowdown, but overall it looks better than I expected. ( early spoilers )

...in case you didn't know (or notice) that I was gone ( Read more... )

Ben Dutka never fails to amuse. This time around, he believes that the ad for Cloud Vol. 2, the followup to last year's Square Enix-centered mook, is a hint at another Compilation of FFVII entry. LULZ.

Next up, although this is a little old: Patrick Gann. My respect for RPGFan-which wasn't much, as I'd always preferred RPGamer anyway-went down by ( Read more... )

Rhapsody has one of the best endings I've ever seen in a game. Seriously, for me, it's up there with Skies of Arcadia's ending/end credit sequence.

All in all, I logged around 16 hours total. They weren't kidding when they said it was short!

More later...

Reeve: oh, want to hear what the preorder bonus is for Chrono Trigger
Reeve: an arrange CD
Reeve: with a whopping total of TWO tracks
Reeve: Wow, Squeenix, wow.
Cyrus: wait so a CD with two tracks? or two bonus tracks?
Reeve: two tracks. That's it
Cyrus: wtf
Cyrus: gg squeenix
Reeve: http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/09/chrono-trigger.html
Reeve: ( Read more... )

A box full of gaming goodies just arrived from Rosenqueen! I've heard on CAG that some people haven't been getting the (very limited) Rhapsody CD bonus, but I ordered early enough (the same day I posted about the RQ preorder on CAG... before it showed up in the Deals forum) to get everything =D ( Read more... )

This dood has no idea what he's talking about. Phantom Brave was a good game? Yeah, if you ignore the grid-freeness of it all, it seriously is one of the best; as it stands, however, the grid-free element at the heart of the game is severely flawed. Every Nippon Ichi game since Disgaea has been the same? Of course, that's why they put grid-free ( Read more... )

My "Game Mug" - The Helping Hand. Funny thing is, I am hardly a social gamer AT ALL. I guess that begs the question: why did I even do this quiz? Boredom and curiosity, I suppose ( Read more... )