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So I started playing Harvest Moon DS: Cute, which is basically Harvest Moon DS but where you play as a girl instead of a boy (minus the game-breaking localization bugs). I have fond memories of playing Harvest Moon for the SNES many years ago, but I have found that no other Harvest Moon games grab me quite like that original one did. I think it’s ( Read more... )

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I was all over the place. And now my Spring Break has officially ended. It really wasn’t Spring-y at all. It basically snow/rained and overcast/gusted on me all week. I think it must have been nature’s payback for spending my Christmas in toasty California.

So on Thursday I went to a talk given by Denis Dyack at MIT. Denis is the Founder and ( Read more... )

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Iron Lore closes up shop.

I really liked Titan Quest, and I find this bit of news very saddening. Especially since it was a local studio. As a Classical Studies major - and a mythology buff - Titan Quest was a guilty pleasure of mine. Since I am more of a dabbler when it comes to Diablo II I lack that entrenched devotion that some people seem to ( Read more... )

So I finally seem to be over that hellish flu that seems to be plaguing just about every one. Not 100%, but not near death as I was on Thursday. My bed-ridden state lent itself well to playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village. Though I have to wonder how I managed so many puzzles in my acetaminophen-haze. It’s a game that is good for little ( Read more... )

Well at least I’m not crazy about the “looks kind of like a lion” thing:

“The mushussu-dragon (sirrush) offspring of Tiamat is one of the animal figures on the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. It is a scaly creature with four legs, long neck and tail, fangs, curved horn, feline forefeet and raptor hind feet, the sacred animal of Marduk.” (The Book of ( Read more... )

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Anyone else get Advance Wars: Days of Ruin? Here is my friend's code! 150448 073245