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Ten mimic treasure chests I passionately hate
Treasure chests are difficult to resist. They come in all shapes and sizes, more times than not offering the potential for greatness–gold, armor, weapons, whatever. Most people don’t leave behind rotten vegetables in their fancy treasure boxes, and so you … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, lists, musings, randomness, videogames
Tagged Borderlands 2, Chrono Cross, Dark Cloud, Dragon Quest VIII, Final Fantasy IX, mimic, mimic chests, Suikoden, treasure chests, Wild Arms 3
Balloon Diaspora is a game of odd, fascinating conversations
I feel bad for anyone who isn’t still fascinated with balloons. It might mean you’ve lost your innocence, your childish wonder at the originally incomprehensible. Just fill this flexible bag with a gas, such as helium or air, and watch it expand, float, … Continue reading
Turns out, with videogames, you can go home again
I’m not one hundred percent sure who the “they” is, but they often say you can’t go home again. It’s a phrase I think about a lot, with plans to eventually draw a short little comic involving children, forest monsters, … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, musings, randomness, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged A Separate Peace, Acre, Assassin's Creed II, BioShock Infinite, Borderlands 2, Chrono Cross, Fyrestone, Gregminster, Rapture, Suikoden II
New ways to celebrate mediocrity with The Incredibles
I ended up getting a copy of The Incredibles videogame for the PlayStation 2 last summer as part of a small birthday celebration for myself. Please note, I also snagged Suikoden Tactics and Star Ocean Till the End of Time … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, love, movies, musings, playstation 2, randomness, videogames
Tagged Amazon, Brad Bird, Elastigirl, GBA, Mr. Incredible, Pixar, Star Ocean, Suikoden Tactics, Syndrome, The Incredibles, THQ
Dragon Age: Inquisition is concerned with the fate of the world, not text size
Like many, the millisecond I saw that one of Amazon’s major Cyber Monday bargains was for $15.00 off the very still new Dragon Age: Inquisition, I dropped whatever I was holding/doing and purchased a copy…for the PlayStation 3. It arrived a few days … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, RPGs, videogames
Tagged Amazon, Bioware, Cyber Monday, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: Origins, Ferelden, Girgna, Hinterlands, Suikoden II, templars, tiny text
Meowgical Tower covers some fur-miliar adventuring ground
I have to imagine that, for anyone new to reading Grinding Down, this blog is a bit all over the map. In the past few posts alone, I’ve talked about an old PlayStation 1 car combat-limned racer, a game all things … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, just beat, lists, musings, randomness, retro gaming, videogames
Tagged cats, GameBoy, GameBoy Jam 3, Grinding Down, Meowgical Tower, Neon Deity Games, puns
Aimless and without answers, that’s Amihailu in Dreamland
I…don’t really know what to make of Amihailu in Dreamland. That’s not just me being stumped criticually and creatively, but also intellectually. I put about fifty minutes into this exploration-based puzzle game, and I still have no idea what I was ultimately … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, randomness, videogames
Tagged Amihailu in Dreamland, exploration, indie, puzzles, RPGMaker
A missed opportunity known as Greenhill’s New Leaf Academy
Between playing some more Assassin’s Creed II this weekend and something else I’m not yet ready to reveal, I put a couple more hours into Suikoden II. When last I wrote about Hodor and his friends, they had just gained … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, playstation 1, RPGs, videogames
Tagged Dah Castle, Greenhill, JRPG, New Leaf Academy, Persona 4, Stars of Destiny, Suikoden II, Teresa Wisemail
