Now that I’ve finished up Final Fantasy IV and looked back a bit on my previous journeys in The Final Fantasy Retrospective I always come back to my one utter bafflement, the one joke of a concept that ended up with me throwing in the towel on the whole game and declaring my intent to just… Read More Why DID Ultima Suck So Much in Final Fantasy II?
I’ve commented before here and there about ‘The Witcher’, the blockbuster game franchise developed by gamer darling CD Projekt Red. It’s a game series that I have tried time and time again to sit down and play and I just never felt invested in compared to games like Final Fantasy, the Dragon Age series, or… Read More On Being ‘The Other’: Thoughts on the Witcher Series
Continuing in my grand “Seriously, I don’t give two damns about Garrosh and seriously SoO feels way to grindy even on LFR” vacation from MMOs, I decided to finally boot up my copy of RPG Maker VX Ace. I bought it on a steam sale over a year ago for like 60% off or something,… Read More Welcome to the Machine
Guess I spoke too soon? “Your Garrison will be woven deeply into the storyline of Warlords of Draenor, beginning when your faction leader commissions you to establish a beachhead on this alien world—but the ultimate fate of your personal fortress on Draenor is entirely up to you.“ – Garrisons Preview I don’t have the slightest clue… Read More I Swear Blizzard is Reading My Post Drafts
With my recent return to Star Wars: The Old Republic, I keep finding myself mentally comparing things to World of Warcraft. I have no ill feelings toward WoW in my heart, and it still stands as a fun game. In fact, I will be one of the first to defend Mists of Pandaria in a… Read More The Hero of Your Own Story
WARNING: This Post May Contain What Some People Might Consider SPOILERS for Cataclysm. Mostly this is a discussion of game design, but there are a few faction names, location names, and some of the current mechanics from the expansion mentioned here. Again, I’m not in the Beta, there’s nothing exactly ground breaking-ly new or shocking,… Read More Who Are Heroics For?
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