This Week’s Topics:
Wherein I discuss: My illiteracy. Nina Tendo’s Maple-some Autumnal Treat. Soh Nii’s Amber-some Autumnal Treat. The re;birth of Yakuza. Oodles of TGS-time video game announcements! And the (hopeful) demise of PSVR2.
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Wherein I discuss ‘Peachy Cubed,’ a befuddling bloom, a likely-cyclical-produced deathmatch game with the words death and die in its title, and The Force of Divine.
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Wherein I discuss my resolution revisions, a pair of anticipated ports, and the woes of Limestone Games.
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Recently, discussions have begun about how 2017 might just be one of the best years in video gaming, as the first quarter of the year was home to an excess of stellar titles. However, I can’t help but find any of those claims to be a bit overly presumptuous, as the year is still beginning. But if people were instead talking about how Q1 was the best quarter in the history of gaming, then that it both entirely justifiable, and those people are probably right considering the number of great games that came out in those 90 days. The only one of which I played was Dragon Quest VIII… Man, I am really disconnected from the cultural zeitgeist. (more…)
So, I announced that I was going to release a revised version of one of my stories, Psycho Shatter, on September 11th. Well, progress has been slower than anticipated, and it will actually not be done until September 15th of so. I underestimated the workload, and want to make sure I am happy with the final product by editing it once more. Sorry that my output on that front has been so lacking as of late. (more…)
I am surprised that Sega has not tried to shut down Sonic World, as it is basically a refined and reworked best-of compilation of Sonic Adventure 1, 2, and Heroes, all games I grew up with and love in a way, even if they don’t play very well. But seeing that combined with enough care and autistic fan devotion to add in every possible playable character from Heavy and Bomb to Fang the Sniper makes me jitter in sheer disbelief that this is real. True, I only played two levels of the game as Knuckles before I realized that this game was definitely still in an alpha or pre-alpha state and put it down, but if it is ever completed, this fan-game may very well be the best Sonic game. (more…)