SabreCat:

When I used to daydream about getting an Xbox 360, prior to those daydreams becoming reality, two games provided the reason for the fantasy: Mirror's Edge, and Mass Effect. The latter, at least, proved deserving of the anticipation!

Premise: Humanity is a recent arrival to the galactic stage, where "element zero" and a phenomenon called ( Read more... )

SabreCat:

These reviews' tag line is doubly appropriate here, as not only is this a PS2 game from 2001, but I finished playing it in early November. It's a testament to the game's strengths that I still feel it's fresh enough in my mind to write about it!

Premise: Floppy-eared anthrocat Klonoa is the Dream Traveler, a hero who visits and aids ( Read more... )

SabreCat:

This thing is the main reason I haven't updated in nearly a month. It's a genius PS2 title plagued by some really infuriating design choices. Read on!

Premise: Upon transferring to a new school, a high school junior discovers the extraordinary power to summon mythic figures to do battle. He joins a secret school club of people with ( Read more... )

SabreCat:

( Ignore the crappy box art, this game is a gem )

SabreCat:

I haven't made a LTTP post in a while, because I haven't finished any games recently. The one I just finished off, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, took about 70 hours to get through.

( The game is much maligned, but I enjoyed it while conscious of its flaws. Beware: core story spoilers. )

SabreCat:

Once a month seems like a totally reasonable rate at which to post these media review thingies, given how lazily I tend to work my way through games. So! What long-ago-released hits shall I visit this time? Turn the page!

( Gamecube: Metroid Prime )

SabreCat:

I rather enjoy doing these little reviews of games and such, so I'm going to make a "column" out of it. I'll call it "Late to the Party," because the vast majority of stuff I write about on here is months or years old. And the tagline and LJ-cuts will alert the uninterested to skip it without any extra effort, heh.

( PSP: Jeanne D'Arc )