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Goodnight Sweet Prince 2005-2011
I've had to retire my trusty DS after years of service. It swung into something and broke a hinge while in my jacket pocket sometime last week. Technically it still works but it opens at a worrying angle and the top screen wobbles around so I don't feel comfortable using it now. This is after the promise of newer systems, waning battery life, a ( Read more... ) -
oh well
No trick or treaters this year. Now whatever shall I do with all this chocolate I couldn't give away... -
The Internet vs Capcom
I'm getting the feeling people don't like Capcom that much right now.
First Mega Man Legends 3 got cancelled for not meeting some mysterious "required criteria" which is easy enough to read as "someone realised a sequel to a spinoff that's been inactive for ten years was not going to sell that well, especially on system like the current 3DS".
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E3 was a thing. It happened.
I don't really follow gaming news sites now. With my long-view philosophy on gaming I just trust information on any game that might interest me will eventually filter down through message boards or people's blogs, but for E3 I go to a big news site after the event and browse the headlines. I only got around to that today because I decided last ( Read more... ) -
smote my expectations
Rewatched Thor. The first time through my inner mythology nerd kept distracting me by wondering how so-and-so myth would be represented in the film. This time I was free to appreciate all the contrived plotting ( Read more... ) -
sight unheard
Discovering a fascinating new wiki and spending days plowing through it (at the expense of other things) has become an annual tradition of mine. This time it was about one of my niche passions, unused or hidden content in games. So what kind of dirty secret is your favourite game hiding from you? -
Writer's Block: Beep, Bop, Boop
Answering these will give me a reason to update more frequently. This seemed like an appropriate one to start with.
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foxtrot
Is it just me or have the bots been a lot busier over the past few weeks? I used to go months without seeing them but now I'm deleting spam comments every other day. It's bad enough they feign interest in my posts before asking me to go look at cars or pills but one was cheeky enough to try setting up a banner ad in my comments. Then the most ( Read more... )