Gaming News That is Awesome and Radical
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Reason 98 Why Final Fantasy 6 is the Most Awesome: The Dream Stooges
I’m not really sure why Mr. Woolsey thought naming these three guys after the Three Stooges was a good idea, but it is. It’s important to note that this is all happening within Cyan’s dreaming mind and that in Japanese their names have nothing to do with the Three Stooges, they’re just the word for…
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Game Idea: Random Adventure
So people can’t look up hints online. Think 2D Zelda but everything is randomized, including dungeons. I’m going to work on it in HTML 5 here this week. I think it’s totally possible to do it.
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Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer on Double Fine Adventure
I really enjoyed this interview. Backwards puzzles are something I’ve never really thought about before, from a design perspective. And the idea that being stuck is a good thing, sometimes. Adventure games aren’t about going on adventures. The internet killed adventure games. I can’t believe (but am very happy that) Zak McKracken and the Alien…
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I’ve Never Understood Nintendo’s Stance on Publishing RPGs in North America
It was announced this week that The Last Story is going to be published in North America by Xseed Games. This comes after Nintendo announced late last year that Xenoblade Chronicles would also be making it’s way over. Normally, not big news, except that it took a dedicated effort from fans to get Nintendo to…
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Typographic Zelda
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Reason 99 Why Final Fantasy 6 is the Most Awesome: 4 Party Members
I don’t like the three party system used in recent iterations of the Final Fantasy series (IX being the only exception…I think). It’s not just Final Fantasy, either, most recent party-based RPG’s that I can remember use three characters, maximum. It reinforces a fairly uniform party lineup: Priest/Healer/Buffer Warrior/Physical damage/Tank Mage/Magical damage/Glass cannon/DPS Pretty straight…
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Running a Minecraft Server is Amazing
I like reading the server log after the fact and trying to figure out what, exactly is going on. I think this is the scene. Greg, to Michael, after Michael’s been playing for like 8 hours. 2012-02-15 21:23:40 [INFO] <ZazzBlammymattaz> holy shit 2012-02-15 21:23:49 [INFO] <Fertiner> ? 2012-02-15 21:23:55 [INFO] <ZazzBlammymattaz> what the fuck 2012-02-15…
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Sega’s Game Gear Commercial is Great
Is that the guy from Mallrats? Also, really love the implications of this commercial: “Are you retarded?” “You are if you own a Gameboy.” I love Ecco the Dolphin. From this other thing.
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Reason 100 Why Final Fantasy 6 is the Most Awesome: Shadow
He owes allegiance to no one, and will do anything for money. He comes and goes like the wind… Shadow is Final Fantasy VI’s anti-hero. That’s pretty cool, sure, everyone loves a good anti-hero. He’s a loner and an assassin and a mercenary and he doesn’t give a shit about anything except money. Great. For…
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I’ve Had Three Video Game Dreams In My Life
One of those skeletons from Zelda II killing me, violently. It really scared me. I guess this was around 1987 when the game was released but…that seems like too long ago. It’s possible that I’m old now, though. Diablo II, before it’s release, just after graduating from high school (2000). I was drunk, sleeping in…
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Mass Effect 3 – The Uncanny Valley Trailer
I mean, it’s cool and all, but… Will give me nightmares. Do you think anyone at Bioware said anything? “That girl looks weird.” “That’s not my favorite.” Anything? Everything else looks great, but, man, those people (including Shepard) are all messed up looking. Also, I like the idea of playing a whole game as a…
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Going To Start Updating Again
I’m going to try to start updating the site again, with a focus on: Reviews. Retro games. Rants about how retro games are better then the shit coming out now. Stuff like this I really like and I want to try to put up my own articles like that (not that I necessarily agree with…
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