The latest instalment in playing games so Tem can watch: we've started the Uncharted series! We're still on Drake's Fortune at the moment.

Because R2 is 'sprint' in The Last of Us but 'shoot' in Uncharted, I keep startling myself by accidentally firing my gun. I explained this to Tem.

Riona: So, if I ever fire my gun for no reason, I'm trying to ( Read more... )

More adventures in Final Fantasy XVI! I've just met Isabelle, crossed the checkpoint and reached the Veil.

( Notes on Final Fantasy XVI. )

In our ongoing tradition of playing strange plot-twisty games together, Tem and I have finished World's End Club!

World's End Club is extremely weird. It feels very much like a murder game aimed at small children. My First Murder Game ( Read more... )

Rei's girlfriend took a look at this journal and said, 'You can mention me by name, you know,' so she will henceforth be Tem!

Tem and I were reminiscing about the Silent Hill games, so I dug out my copy of Silent Hill 2, which I haven't replayed in well over a decade. I did make a brief effort a couple of years ago, but I abandoned it twenty ( Read more... )

A long time ago, I posted here to say 'should I watch The Mentalist?' and half the comments said 'NO, WATCH PSYCH INSTEAD' and I went 'screw you, I'm watching The Mentalist.' One might wonder why I bothered asking the opinion of my flist if I was just going to ignore it.

I don't regret my decision to watch The Mentalist at all, but all the ( Read more... )

I've just come across the notes I made on the Final Fantasy XV boys when I first started playing the game and wanted to explain it to
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On the summer solstice, a young prince named Zuko entered our home.


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I ask two things of Kingdom Hearts III:

- I want it to be heartfelt. I want it to love its characters, and to be having fun. I want it to feel something.
- I want it to be nonsense. If this game isn't absolute incomprehensible bullshit from start to finish, I'm demanding my money back.

Will this game fulfil my dreams?


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Our cat Mabel has a habit of adopting soft toys and moving them around the flat. This means I recently turned around and found Rei's Banette lying on the floor of my bedroom.

Banette, if you're unfamiliar with this particular Pokémon, is canonically a cursed, murderous soft toy.

I was not very happy.

I worried at the start of Red Dead ( Read more... )

Oh, hey, I should share the good news!


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