2023) Falling Down The Helly Tree!

Post published:07/16/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:31 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

Rundown Preamble Ramble: Falling Down The Helly Tree!
Microsoft Beat the FTC! (Judge Denies FTC Injunction Against Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard)
Tencent Continues to Consume! (Tencent Bought Western Support Studio Lucid Games)
Unsurprising But Sad, Official Game Preservation SUCKS! (87% of Games Released Before 2010 are Not Reasonably Available)
Physical Games Are Not True Preservation + A Limited Run Games Summary (Limited Run Games’ Announcement Showcase Rundown Intro)
Shantae’s Lost Chapter Has Been Revived! (After 19 Years, WayFroward is Finishing An Abandoned GBA Game!)
Natalie Rambles About Clock Tower (Clock Tower (1995) is Getting Localized)
The Lean, Green, Meme Machine is Back, Bay-Bee! (Gex Trilogy Announced)
Get Pink, Toss Pigs, Help Dwarves! (Tomba! Is Coming to Modern Platforms)
Shitposters Extraordinaire Are Making a Zelda CD-i Spiritual Successor (Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore Announced)
The Koikatsu Devs Are Gonna Die! (Illusion Adult Games, Developers of Koikatsu, Are Shutting Down)
Review Delays!!! (But I’ll Have Something Else Instead)

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Rundown (7/05-7/11) Relaxing Summery Beats

Post published:07/12/2020
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Wherein I discuss the return of a supposed classic, the return of Nina Struthers and friends, a curious international business investment, and a golden game bringing in golden results.

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Rundown (8/11-8/17) My Game Collection Fits in a Shoebox

Post published:08/18/2019
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Reading time:6 mins read
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I often stumble onto musings from gaming enthusiasts who boast about their collections or hem and haw about physical clutter being an annoyance. I’ve been playing primarily on PC since 2013, so I don’t have much of a modern physical library, and I have long since given up any aspirations of keeping a presentable collection and chucked my games in assorted cases and disc binders years ago so they consume less space. Now everything roughly fits inside a shoebox! I still have the cases mind you, mostly in the event that I choose to sell off parts of my collection, which I would be willing to do, since I’m never going to hook up and play something on any of my older systems, but that would require actual work.
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Rundown (3/24-3/30) Japan Vs West: A Statistical Battle!

Post published:03/31/2019
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Reading time:10 mins read
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A topic that I regularly see brought up in the circles I follow is the idea of western game design versus Japanese design, what distinguishes them, and how Japanese game design is better. While it would be easy for me to say that I tend to prefer Japanese games, I’m the sort of person who likes to have data for things, and as such, I decided to go through every game I played from 2016 to now, and compile whether or not I have a preference towards Japanese games. What I found is that things are split fairly evenly between both fronts, as in that time I played 156 games, 53% of which were Japanese, and 47% of which were western.
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Review

Post published:12/20/2016
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:6 mins read
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After over three years of development and total crowdfunded proceeds of nearly one million dollars, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has finally been released, and I was one of the few thousand people to have backed the project. As such, I’m actually able to release a game review the day it comes out, which will likely never happen again. (more…)

Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse Review

Post published:04/30/2015
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Reading time:7 mins read
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Part of me wonders if I have simply become too bitter towards games over the three years I’ve been reviewing them. I truly do want to see the good in all games, but my mind is so fixated on the negatives that I end up seeing so many titles I was genuinely interested in and more than willing to love as simply okay. Even if I am positive towards a game, I often wonder if I was too positive, and gave an opinion that was not accurate to how I truly felt about it. Plus, whenever I go against the general consensus of a game, I can’t help but wonder if I am wrong for holding such an opinion, and perhaps expressed it far too negatively. Anyhow, here’s a review of a stealth released PC port of a sequel to a game that I honestly struggle to determine whether or not I think is all that good. (more…)

Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut Review

Post published:01/15/2015
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:5 mins read
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Sorry this review took so long to come out, I was distracted by the title I have on the docket for my review after this, and it is a 100+ hour RPG that I assumed was about 50. Also, I have been working full time over the past few weeks, and that has cut down on my game playing time as a result. Regardless, time to talk about a game I adored back when I played it on 3DS. (more…)

Rundown (6/11-6/14) E3 2014: The Mopping of Lost Souls

Post published:06/14/2014
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E3 has come and gone for the year, returning next time for event number 21 during June 15th to 18th, but that is too far away to remember. Instead, it is enough to remember everything that happened, and what happened outside of the press conferences. That is what this post is for, but it also covers unrelated events that occurred at the same time, because that’s just efficient. I am sure to be missing a lot as I fixate on the things I care about, but here are my Krimskrams of information as always. (more…)

Rundown (9/01-9/07) I Really Needta Watch More Animes

Post published:09/08/2013
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Okay, I’m just gonna get the minor stuff out of the way in this intro. Bravely Default will indeed be the updated version when it comes overseas, as well as be a “demo” for the sequel coming in late 2014 if I had an inkling. Xbox One is coming out on November 22nd because it’s the Xbox 360’s anniversary. Dead Rising 3 continues to look more like a game worth playing, though it is here where I realize how much of a sexist asshole I am, as I would only want to play it as a female character. While Xseed is localizing the Legend of Heroes: Trails In The Sky sequel and PS3 redux. Which I’ll probably review sometime next year, as they will receive PC releases to boot. Also EA claimed they were being risky dogs because they’re making Star Wars video games. On with the show!

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Rundown (4/28-5/04) I’m Allergic to Your Very Soul Vidja Glums!

Post published:05/05/2013
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I spent a while thinking if I should bring up the Dragon’s Crown Kerfuffle, and it seems like an alright opener. If this was done solely to get more media attention to Dragon’s Crown, good job Vanillaware. Now if only they would take it to the true extremes, which would probably just be levitating spheres bigger than watermelons that do most of the battling. Either way I want to buy the game solely for the overly exaggerated and sorta gross in a good way character designs. Just need to get that Vita.

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