One of these days, I’ll probably replay Kingdom Hearts. In part because of the recent Final Fantasy kick, in part because it’s been around a decade since I last played it (and II and Chain Of Memories). If and when I do revisit it, I wonder how it’ll hold up, both as a game over… Continue reading Above Reproach
Photoblog
I got a couple rolls of film developed and decided, you know what, I’m going to post some of them here. Because it’s my blog and I can do what I want, and if that means sometimes it becomes a photoblog, so be it. Besides, photoessays are still essays, aren’t they? Death Valley, lford Delta… Continue reading Photoblog
Variations On A Theme
I finished Final Fantasy IX this week (for those keeping track at home, this is the sixth Final Fantasy since booting up VIII back in the fall of 2022). It’s a lot like the other Final Fantasies. It’s got the hero who, like in X, has to grapple with the fact that his very existence… Continue reading Variations On A Theme
Venice in Person
So I finally made it to Venice where I undertook what can best be described as a walking tour heavily influenced by Assassin’s Creed II (with a smattering of Civilization VI). Did spending hours exploring a virtual simulacrum of a (historical version of a) real-world city have any bearing on a visit? Frankly? Yes. Look,… Continue reading Venice in Person
Unexpected Adventure
Due to a series of events that can only be described as airplane delay shenanigans, today finds me writing this from the Copenhagen airport, on the tail end of an unexpected six hour layover, settled by my gate playing Civilization VI while drinking a pint of beer. On the one hand, I’m getting to Italy… Continue reading Unexpected Adventure
Away Again
When I said that this was gonna be a busy June, I certainly meant for weekends like this when I’ve more stuff on than time to sit down and write a proper post. But Acolyte continues to be interesting, though the narrative is spinning its wheels. But exploring more corners of the Star Wars galaxy… Continue reading Away Again
Future’s Past
Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic is set four thousand years before the main Star Wars movies. War wages between the Republic and the Sith Empire as the Jedi try to fight back against an unstoppable force millennia before the rise of Palpatine. Released back in 2003, the game was set in a whole… Continue reading Future’s Past
Summer Starts
It’s another summer and I’m on the move again. I probably could have written something ahead of time, but a lack of forethought coupled with general busyness doesn’t lend itself to prepping a blog post. But Star Wars: Acolyte comes out this week. I haven’t been following the press around it too closely (surprising, I… Continue reading Summer Starts
Virtual Tourism
I’m spending a couple days in Venice, Italy in a month so I’m preparing the best way I know how: By replaying Assassin’s Creed II. A good chunk of the game takes place in a fairly faithful recreation of Renaissance Venice, I haven’t played it since I first did, fourteen years ago, a sentence that’s… Continue reading Virtual Tourism
Jukebox Stuntsical
The Fall Guy came out a couple weeks ago and it’s an absolute blast, a movie that couches its stuntman-based hijinks with a surprisingly solid romcom. Its impressively robust plot and charming characters is all gravy, though, because ultimately, The Fall Guy’s is the stunt-equivalent of a jukebox musical. Hear me out. The Fall Guy… Continue reading Jukebox Stuntsical
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