Cyberpunk 2077 gives you a lot of options on how to approach combat. You can run in guns blazing. You can run in sword blazing. You can hack your enemies’s brains and make them catch fire. You can run sneak in, silently stabbing everyone before leaving without being noticed. You can sneak in, hiding from… Continue reading Sneaking Past Rewards
Fantasy’s End
As I’ve mentioned on this blog here and there, I’ve spent the past year and a half playing through the Final Fantasy games that were released on the PlayStation. It started with VIII, then X, then a foray in X-2, then XII, then jumping ahead to XVI, before going back to VII, and then now… Continue reading Fantasy’s End
Old Future
On a recommendation, I’ve started watching Futurama over the past couple months. This being me it’ll probably be a year or so before I finish the show (I’m really bad at watching TV). In the meantime, the show’s a fascinating time capsule. Some of that is in the sitcom tropes it uses, what with the… Continue reading Old Future
Terrestrial Radio
There’s a local radio station out here called the SoCal Sound. It’s an independent station, one that I’ve found plays a little of everything. There’ll be 80s standards one moment, contemporary hits the next, and then Mexican indie after that. It’s an eclectic assortment and it’s fun to have someone else pick from a variety… Continue reading Terrestrial Radio
Cup of (Spice) Tea
It’s science-fiction anathema to say so, but I’m not a huge fan of Dune. Oh, I can certainly appreciate the book. I reread it again a couple months ago and my opinion on it hasn’t changed too much from the first time — it’s a great and compelling story set against a vast and imaginative… Continue reading Cup of (Spice) Tea
Streaks
This is my 626th post on this blog. This blog’s been around for twelve years and I’ve almost never missed a Saturday (even if they are copouts now and then). At this point, this streak is a long one and like many streaks, I don’t want to break it. My current streak on the New… Continue reading Streaks
Back To The Battlefront
Speaking of rereleases, the two original Star Wars Battlefront games just got rereleased for the PS5. They didn’t get a makeover (besides adding a few things that had been PC and Xbox-specific way back when), they’re just straight-up ported to a modern console. Which means that, once again, this is becoming a blog where a… Continue reading Back To The Battlefront
Corridors, Again
The Phantom Menace was on my mind last week because the video game based on the movie got rereleased and I decided to see how the game felt over twenty years later. I played The Phantom Menace sometime around when it first came out in 1999 and my father bought it for my brother and… Continue reading Corridors, Again
In Defense of The Phantom Menace’s Opening Crawl
The opening crawl to The Phantom Menace is decidedly dull. Where the crawls to the original trilogy spoke of civil war, the dreaded Imperial Fleet, and a second Death Star, The Phantom Menace opens with a discussion of the taxation of trade routes. Maybe the crawl gets interesting later on? Nah. There’s no evil Galactic… Continue reading In Defense of The Phantom Menace’s Opening Crawl
Game Movie
My first interaction with Final Fantasy VII was through the movie Advent Children. It’s not a great introduction to the game (and its many spin-offs); it needs you to be super familiar with the story of the game and makes no attempt to ease you into the world at all. But it looked cool, with… Continue reading Game Movie
Essays, Not Rants! 