Survivor: Redemption Island (episode seven)

This episode opened with Zapatera still, still! not learning their lessons. Immediately after tribal council, Steve conducts a nighttime confessional in which he talks about how badly he wants Dave to set aside his ego and pride, and be a team player. Of course, he does nothing about his own ego and pride.

The […]

Return of the E74

Last month I repaired the E74 hardware error that cropped up on my Xbox 360. I was quickly informed by someone who had tried the same fix that the repair was only temporary, and that I’d be lucky if my Xbox survived into summer. That same person admitted to trying something called “the oven trick”, […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part twenty)

It was almost midnight by the time Jocelyn made it back around to Ted’s office. Danny first had to drop Dickie off back at his building, then drive back across town so Jocelyn could return the items she’d taken from Ted and Tammy’s desks. This late at night […]

Oddly Liberating

My initial instinct, upon starting a new game, is to do a full clear if at all possible. I figure, hey, if the game has content, that content is probably worth seeing, right? Why would they put something in there that wasn’t worth my time?

That of course can often lead to boredom and/or frustration […]

Persona 3: How I’d Fix Tartarus

I tend to think of game criticism in terms of how I would fix the problems I encounter. Just my style, I guess. I very rarely play a game and think, “this flat out sucks and would never be good”; it’s almost always possible to think of a world in which whatever I’m dealing with […]

Room 812

Where is the door to Room 812!? There’s someone trapped in there! For the love of god, someone please help that poor bear!

Persona 3 Portable sounds amazing.

I have OPINIONS! about the various incarnations of Persona 3, but tonight I just want to point out how incredibly bad ass this game sounds. You know how sometimes all you want to do with a game’s audio is kill it and listen to the radio instead? Persona 3 is the exact opposite of that. […]

The 3rd Birthday

I had high hopes for this game. Truthfully I did.

I can’t comment on the gameplay. It’s a modern action/shooter game. I’m terrible at modern action/shooters. I’m bad at navigating 3d space, I’m bad at using cover, I’m bad at optimizing weaponry… I’m bad at pretty much everything in the modern action/shooter toolbox. I played […]

If you don’t care about crazy Talking Time stuff…

…you’re not going to care that I’m running our new and totally insane Mafia game.

You may, however, care that we’ve just completed two rounds of the Comic Replacement Game. Or rather, one round with two brackets. (I, of course, was in the butt-tard bracket.)

Yep, that’s me all right: ever the butt-tard. The butt-tard […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part nineteen)

Danny was a little surprised to see Jocelyn had a passenger, and even more surprised when she insisted on climbing into the front seat with him. She asked him to take her to a quiet place where she and her guest could talk, so Danny agreed to just drive around a calm area near the […]