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Paul’s Preeminent PlayStation Plus Purge – Dragon Fin Soup
Y’all know I love a good, strange-as-heck videogame title, and Dragon Fin Soup is a wonderful example of such a beauty. One, it contains the word dragon, so I’m already intrigued, but it also sounds more like a fancy, medieval … Continue reading
Trying to help Sachi survive in Smoke and Sacrifice’s grotesque underworld
Smoke and Sacrifice is not what I expected to be. One of the first screenshots for the game that I saw was similar to the one at the top of this post. It looks bright and safe and a little … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, first impressions, impressions, musings, religion, videogames
Tagged combat, crafting, Curve Digital, recipes, RPG, Sachi, Smoke and Sacrifice, Solar Sail Games, survival, Twitch Prime, weapon durability
The games of E3 2017 that have me keyed up
E3 2017 is not technically over yet, but a majority of the big announcements and reveals have come and gone, with Nintendo swooping in yesterday to present a world where a hat can Mario-ize any object, living or not. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, nintendo 3DS, nintendo switch, playstation 4, randomness, releases, videogames, wishlist, xbox one
Tagged A Way Out, Anthem, Bioware, E3, E3 2017, Electronic Arts, Hazelight Studios, Josef Fares, Mario and Rabbids, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Radiant Historia, Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, Super Mario Odyssey
Money will create success as you venture through Coin Crypt
I don’t know about you, but in this day and age, it sure seems like coins–otherwise known as disc-shaped metal or alloy that can be used to purchase goods–matter less and less with each rotation of the Earth. Not even … Continue reading
Been blogging at Grinding Down now for six whole years
Technically, if you dig through my archives, you’ll see that I actually began this ol’ Grinding Down blog of mine back in March 2009 with a smattering of posts, going silent until July 2009 for an additional whooping three posts. … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, musings, randomness, videogames
Tagged anniversary, blogging, cats, Grinding Down, Showcard Gothic
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified requires you to kill the Outsiders
There are four difficulty levels in The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, and they are as follows: Rookie, Squaddie, Veteran, Commander. The game defaults to the third one, Veteran, and I’m prone to playing games on their default settings, as I imagine … Continue reading
The untouched stealth games in my collection
I’m either just about done with Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater or totally done with it, now ready to bounce back to focusing on putting Queen Brahne and her big queeny bum in their respective places in Final Fantasy IX. … Continue reading
Suikoden’s rock, paper, scissors take on war
All right, I know I teased you last time I covered Suikoden about forthcoming elves and kobolds, so let’s get right to it–I met some elves and kobolds. After a mighty banquet and stealth ninja assassination attempt (how rude!), Pauly … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, randomness, RPGs, videogames
Tagged Castle Castle, JRPG, kobolds, Kwanda Rosman, Liberation Army, permadeath, Suikoden, war
My five favorite games in 2013
Well, it’s here. The end of the year. That special time when one sits and thinks about all the months that came before, and the interactive media that helped pass the hours, enjoyably or not. This post is about the … Continue reading
Mario VS. Donkey Kong VS. Paul’s puzzle skills
Though they’ve been locked and loaded on my Nintendo 3DS for almost two years now, I’ve still not gotten around to playing all the 10 free GBA Ambassador games awarded to us early supporters of the system. For the record, … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, nintendo 3DS, videogames
Tagged 3DS Ambassadors, Donkey Kong, key, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, puzzles
