Not a good game.  A good "good game."  It's a game that's so good it makes me feel good in a way that I haven't felt about a lot of games.  A game that I can't find a better word for than "good" because it makes me all stupid-smiling-happy in a way so few games have ( Read more... )

I am literally going to spoil the whole damn thing so if you have ANY interest in playing it DO NOT READ THIS POST.  BECAUSE IT IS A GAME THAT NEEDS TO BE PLAYED UNSPOILED.

( SERIOUSLY THOUGH, SPOILERS BECAUSE I'M PRETTY MUCH ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE VERY END. )

I feel like I would be wasting everyone's time if I tried to describe the conflict between Anita Sarkeesian and the Internet in general.  If you haven't heard about it already, you're living on a different part of the internet than me because that's ALL ANYONE IS TALKING ABOUT HERE.  Long story short: Anita runs a webseries where she looks at ( Read more... )

I think I'm going to try a new thing.  Blogging on Mondays about my life by answering a few questions.  I think on Thursdays, or maybe Fridays, I'll write about art.  We'll see how this works out for me.

Goals of the Week:
- Getting my Yarn organized
- Helping Katie with her wedding invitations
- Finishing something for Sewing Circle

Progress on ( Read more... )

I have a love-hate relationship with the Final Fantasy series.

To date, I have played Final Fantasy I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, X, X-2, and XII.  Plus some miscellaneous spin-off games.  Up until this morning, I have never been able to finish a game, for a variety of reasons.  But I'm glad the first Final Fantasy game I could finish was VI.

See, Final ( Read more... )

So I finished Braid with the help of my brother, who has an eye for things that I miss.  I'm not always the best at puzzle games because I get frustrated quickly with the interface.  A lot of the time, I know what it is I need to do to solve a given puzzle, but I lack the input skill to be able to solve it.  It's like knowing the answer to a math ( Read more... )

Alright so we all know the only reason I bought the humble indie bundle this time around was because I was already planning on purchasing Bastion.  I'm always looking for games with interesting storytelling, and a game that's totally narrated sounded right up my alley.  The only reason I hadn't bought it already is my xbox is currently rotting in ( Read more... )

It's strange.

I knew right away when I turned off Persona 4 for the last time that this was a game that had changed me.  I was consciously aware while playing Okami that it was spoiling me for all other games that would follow.  I remember the moment that Portal went from being something fun to being something special.

I guess my point is, I can ( Read more... )

This is turning into a "Jack blogs about video games and nobody cares" blog, isn't it?  Ah well.  I like to talk about games, even if no one wants to hear it.

Mother 3 ended up surprising me.  Kudos to the fan translation team for putting together that functional ROM, because I'm glad I decided to play it.  I wasn't sure what to expect from the game ( Read more... )

TPA is over.  I can go on with my life.  And I am doing that with a look back on the last two games I've completed:  Shadow of the Colossus and Earthbound.

There will most likely be unintentional spoilers.

( Shadow of the Colossus thoughts )