Note to self: The game is called Golden Sun, not Black Hole Sun.

Anyway, many apologies for the protracted radio silence; it's been that kind of, uh, month and a half. Eek. I will try to be more communicative in future.

Early in development, the main character in The Last Guardian was female, but the team ended up going with a boy. The reason: they thought it would be more realistic that he would have enough grip strength to be able to climb around, and because they wouldn't have to worry about camera angles with a girl who wears a skirt.

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There are times when I really, really hate so-called "gamer culture." This would be one of those times ( Read more... )

Gameplay footage of Amaterasu in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

WANT.

(It's rather huge, though. I'm not sure where I'd put it.)

Please don't let this suck. I will be very disappointed if it sucks. And yet, I will still buy it anyway.

(Japanese gameplay trailer is here. Also: random music selectionsDekar and Tia are pretty much unrecognizable from their SNES incarnations. I'm also wondering if the mid-game wedding is still included. I would think it would have to be if they ( Read more... )

Now that I have finished Sands of Destruction (overall verdict: meh), I need something to while away the time before SMT: Strange Journey comes out. So, bearing in mind that my back is bothering me too much to sit on the couch and play anything on the consoles, and given that I have the approximate manual dexterity of a... thing without hands (and ( Read more... )

Note to self: No, you may not sign up at TVTropes just to correct Gale's being listed on the Armless Biped page. Even though his inclusion is completely wrong. (He has arms; they're just hidden under his leaf... things. You see them when he attacks Cielo in a cutscene, whenever he uses an item, and for certain physical attacks that require a ( Read more... )

You know, I'd be able to take my badass necromancer ally a lot more seriously if he didn't practically share a name with a brand of toilet paper.

Well, I've reached Stupid Flora Plot Twist #2. It is indeed very stupid. And Professor Layton is still an asshole.