so I'm sleeping in this weekend because I was up late this week writing a somewhat passioned defense of the use of Twin Sticks in Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, in time for the upcoming XBLA port of VOOT.

Not much to report, though. Due to being ASS-COLD(and the first major snowfall in Yakima starting), I've had zero motivation to do anything.
Random bits:
• This is why I've never driven in the winter in Seattle for the past 10 years ( Read more... )

[Edit 06/07/2008: this is where I remind myself not to post unconnected thoughts at 1 in the morning ( Read more... )

Am I the only person on the planet that has more trouble with jumping in a Smash Brothers game, than with the actual fighting? Seriously, even though Subspace Emissary is a fine game-within-a-game, I call shenanigans on some of the jumping required.

In Seattle, I had to browse the local GameStop used racks for months to find Gunstar Super Heroes(after foolishly passing it up once). I preordered both OG and OG2 when they came out, expecting the same thing to happen ( Read more... )

I've gotten to rediscover some PC games since I have more free time, and there's an experimental one that's just come up--Cortex CommandImagine Worms in real time with Advance Wars-inspired pixelart--been done, you say? How about each and every single pixel has physics? Yes, you can kneecap an enemy and see them try to lurch around without legs. Or ( Read more... )

How much does Banpresto love the SRW Original Generation fans?

THIIIIIIISSSSS MUCH.

So that, of course, means you(yes you!) should seriously consider picking up the first game when it's released in the States in June, to show how much the PS2 version would be appreciated.

It's a big, big update this week, so here it is in three easy pieces:

( anime nerds )

You'd say it would be impossible to use VOOT Raiden with no LW/LT/CW, right?
You'd also say it would be impossible to hold off a single challenger, much less an army of anime nerds, right?

YOU WOULD BE WRONG.
to the power of seven

(full report tomorrow, after tonight's event )

This is for cadencencascade: remember that trailer I showed you all the way back when?

It's finally ready.

For the rest of you: why the hell aren't you playing Gridwars right now?