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Doing it all over again in Pokemon White 2
I firmly believe that there are two types of Pokemon videogame fans: those that play on a surface level, and those that really dig deep. Insert joke here about the damage-dealing Ground-type move called Dig. Nah. I’m most assuredly the former … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, links, musings, nintendo DS, RPGs, videogames
Tagged Gattaca, Genesect, medals, Pokedex, Pokemon, Pokemon White, Pokemon White 2, Pokestar Studios, Tepig
Watching a videogame’s credits is an Achievement like none other
Many, many nights ago, I loaded up Blocks That Matter. It’s a puzzle-based platformer starring a little mechanical fella known as the Tetrobot, which can collect materials from the world and then build shapes out of them. You then use … Continue reading
Posted in achievements, entertainment, videogames
Tagged Blocks That Matter, Borderlands 2, credits, end credits, Steam, Tetrobot
A roundup of PS2 videogames I came close to completing
Though my number of Xbox 360 and/or DS games is beginning to catch up, I’d say that PlayStation 2 games still make up the largest chunk of my gaming collection. It’s a console and gaming generation where I spent that … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, musings, playstation 2, randomness, videogames
Tagged Dark Cloud 2, Dragon Quest VIII, Funcoland, God of War, Ratchet and Clank, Suikoden V, The Mark of Kri
Fez, a shift in perspective
Back in January 2012, I put to e-paper the videogames I was most looking forward to in the year of our collective unmaking. It’s an interesting list to reflect on a few months later, and here’s why. Two games have … Continue reading
Posted in achievements, artwork, entertainment, first impressions, life, links, lists, love, musings, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged anti-cubes, cubes, Fez
Disney Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion for the 3DS is a videogame I now want
Okay, I’m all in. To start, I found Disney Epic Mickey on the Nintendo Wii to be severely flawed, with horrible camera jank, empty houses that made me angry, and a really slow pace. Charm and atmosphere was there, but … Continue reading
Team members in Mass Effect 2 are more like check marks
Over the weekend, I made a brown dwarf-size dent in Mass Effect 2, and now all I want to do is play Dragon Age: Origins all over again. Or maybe redo some cases in L.A. Noire. Or go through The … Continue reading
Posted in achievements, entertainment, musings, RPGs, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged companions, darkspawn, Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect 2, Stars of Destiny, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Suikoden V, team members, The Normandy
GAMES I REGRET PARTING WITH: Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Kain, the once nobleman from Coorhagen, just beheaded Moebius, and I was on the floor tucked up against my bedside, a PlayStation controller cradled on my lap, a wired phone shoved awkwardly between my head and neck, waiting for my … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, games I regret, musings, playstation 1, RPGs, videogames
Tagged Blood Omen, FMV, FMVs, Legacy of Kain, Moebius, Soul Reaver
MegaCon and the 3DS StreetPass tagging total
I’m back, dear Grinding Down readers. Thanks for waiting on me. For those that didn’t even realize I was gone, well…you stink. I was down in sunny Florida for some days there, selling minicomics and eating at places with nifty … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, life, links, nintendo 3DS, randomness, RPGs, videogames
Tagged Find Mii II, Mii Plaza, puzzles, StreetPass
Double Fine uses Kickstarter to fund a new point-and-click adventure game
When I went to bed last night, I had no idea that Double Fine’s Tim Schafer had announced a new Kickstarter project, one asking for donations totaling $400,000 to fund and film the process of making a new “old school” … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, news, randomness, videogames
Tagged adventure, Double Fine, iOS, Kickstarter, mac, point and click, Queen, Tim Schafer
Grinding Down’s most wanted videogames in 2012
The other night, as I curled up in bed under the heated blanket and the security of wrappings, I began to think about the games I’m most excited for in 2012. And sadly, I could only come up with two … Continue reading
Posted in do want, entertainment, lists, musings, nintendo 3DS, nintendo DS, RPGs, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged All of Westeros, Animal Crossing 3DS, Borderlands 2, Fez, Game of Thrones, Grinding Down, Kingdoms of Amalur, Suikoden
