You play as Stanley
So alone at work, in life
Find all his endings
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
Don’t be the hero
You start as, twist this genre
Fear the angry Scot
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
Posted in 2015 completed games, entertainment, haiku review, randomness, RPGs, videogames
Tagged comedy, Fuck this Jam 2014, game jams, haiku, haikus, JRPG, Like Clockwork, parody, poetry, RPGMaker, Scot
Meet the Kaplans fam
Use your ghost powers to change
Their lives, poor Tommy
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
Posted in 2015 completed games, entertainment, haiku review, videogames
Tagged Dan Kaplan, ghosts, haiku, haikus, Kent Hudson, Orthogonal Games, poetry, Steam, The Novelist, writing
Find mirror of smoke
By yourself or with Totec
Never stop rolling
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
Posted in 2015 completed games, entertainment, haiku review, just beat, musings, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged co-op, haiku, haikus, Lara Croft, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, poetry, Tomb Raider, Totec
You are the flower
You are the breeze, pushing on
Watch those walls and spikes
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
Posted in 2015 completed games, entertainment, haiku review, just beat, videogames
Tagged Breeze, haiku, haikus, Microsoft Studios, poetry, Windows 8 phone
Catch the art burglar
As Zellner makes for Egypt
Beyond tedious
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
William Carter must
Destroy the Outsiders threat
Tactical shoot, hide
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
Posted in 2015 completed games, entertainment, haiku review, just beat, musings, playstation 3, videogames
Tagged 2K Games, aliens, haiku, haikus, poetry, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, XCOM
Time those jumps, fix ship
End boss is out there somewhere
Don’t ignore the trees
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
Posted in 2015 completed games, entertainment, haiku review, videogames
Tagged haiku, haikus, MiniBoss, Out There Somewhere, platformer, poetry, puzzles, Steam summer sale
The Roaring Twenties
A time of crime, greed, land booms
Use intuition
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
Story of Silas
And the bad men he’s hunting
Listen up, Old West
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From 2012 all through 2013, I wrote little haikus here at Grinding Down about every game I beat or completed, totaling 104 in the end. I took a break from this format last year in an attempt to get more artsy, only to realize that I missed doing it dearly. So, we’re back. Or rather, I am. Hope you enjoy my continued take on videogame-inspired Japanese poetry in three phases of 5, 7, and 5, respectively.
