Gaming Gaiden
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I watched Highest 2 Lowest last night and loved it. It’s crazy the journey this story has taken. I added High & Low to my watchlist a couple of years ago from a Criterion closet pick video w/no knowledge of the connection until the credits. West to east and back again! Pick 1 and go in blind.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I watched Highest 2 Lowest last night and loved it. It’s crazy the journey this story has taken. I added High & Low to my watchlist a couple of years ago from a Criterion closet pick video w/no knowledge of the connection until the credits. West to east and back again! Pick 1 and go in blind.
Ninja Gaiden 4 is kicking my ass. I’m playing at 120fps to improve my odds of landing parries and all that, but it’s still just tough as nails. It’s so insanely compelling though. Pure adrenaline for like two hours at a time. I could actually use a little pacing.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Ninja Gaiden 4 is kicking my ass. I’m playing at 120fps to improve my odds of landing parries and all that, but it’s still just tough as nails. It’s so insanely compelling though. Pure adrenaline for like two hours at a time. I could actually use a little pacing.
Finally got around to Snatcher. Definitely a great story, and it just works so well. The style, the music, the writing, the acting – all on another level.
October 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Finally got around to Snatcher. Definitely a great story, and it just works so well. The style, the music, the writing, the acting – all on another level.
Nintendo is the way it is because its success is built on the theft of intellectual property. They learned the valuable lesson that if they didn’t want to end up getting their own stuff stolen, they needed to be a yippy chihuahua … in a legal sense. Now, they’re everyone’s problem.
September 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Nintendo is the way it is because its success is built on the theft of intellectual property. They learned the valuable lesson that if they didn’t want to end up getting their own stuff stolen, they needed to be a yippy chihuahua … in a legal sense. Now, they’re everyone’s problem.
The only good that ever came from the corporatization of EVO was the burrito I got that one time.
September 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The only good that ever came from the corporatization of EVO was the burrito I got that one time.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is one of the best games this year. I absolutely love it. I cannot stop playing. I really need to go to bed. M
September 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is one of the best games this year. I absolutely love it. I cannot stop playing. I really need to go to bed. M
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is good. Get it. Simple as that.
August 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is good. Get it. Simple as that.
Sorting through gaming news is getting quicker and easier because there are so many headlines for roguelikes, soulslikes, and Pokémon, all of which I can confidently ignore knowing very well that I have no interest in any of them. M
August 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sorting through gaming news is getting quicker and easier because there are so many headlines for roguelikes, soulslikes, and Pokémon, all of which I can confidently ignore knowing very well that I have no interest in any of them. M
Pretty strange selection of tracks here. I forgot I had this. Interestingly, these tracks are not on the official digital soundtrack I bought years ago.
August 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Pretty strange selection of tracks here. I forgot I had this. Interestingly, these tracks are not on the official digital soundtrack I bought years ago.
I absolutely cannot pass up something like this for $10. I wish other consoles could get the third-party support Switch does, but it’s hard to argue with 150 million units sold, even if the vast majority of those owners would never buy this at any price.
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I absolutely cannot pass up something like this for $10. I wish other consoles could get the third-party support Switch does, but it’s hard to argue with 150 million units sold, even if the vast majority of those owners would never buy this at any price.
M2 deserve to be recognized as living national treasures for their work with “intangible cultural properties.” Their technical artistry is just on another level, and their releases always impress, even when the work they’re preserving has no appeal for me. It’s their work that makes it work for me.
July 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
M2 deserve to be recognized as living national treasures for their work with “intangible cultural properties.” Their technical artistry is just on another level, and their releases always impress, even when the work they’re preserving has no appeal for me. It’s their work that makes it work for me.
The Nintendo Switch Game Voucher program was never a good deal. It requires a paid NSO membership, which is $20 minimum, and the best deal you can usually find for $100 eShop credit was $80, now $85. That means you had to spend $100 to get two games at $50 each, but the usual sale price is ~$42.
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Nintendo Switch Game Voucher program was never a good deal. It requires a paid NSO membership, which is $20 minimum, and the best deal you can usually find for $100 eShop credit was $80, now $85. That means you had to spend $100 to get two games at $50 each, but the usual sale price is ~$42.
I generally turn off rumble at the system level, but the SNES rumble controller is definitely interesting to me. I don’t really want to shell out for the new Doom and all though. I finally packed away the SNES a couple of months ago because my shift to RPGs meant the CRT wasn’t important anymore.
July 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I generally turn off rumble at the system level, but the SNES rumble controller is definitely interesting to me. I don’t really want to shell out for the new Doom and all though. I finally packed away the SNES a couple of months ago because my shift to RPGs meant the CRT wasn’t important anymore.
I picked up The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo on a whim at a local bookstore, and I honestly couldn’t be happier with my purchase.
June 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I picked up The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo on a whim at a local bookstore, and I honestly couldn’t be happier with my purchase.
Sometimes, I’m torn on whether the visual novel genre is simply misplaced media that would be better served as pure text or if these stories simply would not exist without the medium to drive their creation.
June 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sometimes, I’m torn on whether the visual novel genre is simply misplaced media that would be better served as pure text or if these stories simply would not exist without the medium to drive their creation.
Damn, now I have to change my plans last minute for the Zelda movie.
June 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Damn, now I have to change my plans last minute for the Zelda movie.
If a classic game sees rerelease without save states, it’s a failure, no matter how great the game or conversion is otherwise. Like it or not, freely available emulators are competition, and if an emulated version sold at any price can’t do what the free option can do, that’s a failure.
June 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If a classic game sees rerelease without save states, it’s a failure, no matter how great the game or conversion is otherwise. Like it or not, freely available emulators are competition, and if an emulated version sold at any price can’t do what the free option can do, that’s a failure.
I got Cyberpunk for XSX for $5, but I haven’t played it because I got Echoes of Wisdom from the library, which I abandoned in favor of a Zero play-through of Mega Man x4 … and then promptly moved on to Mega Man Legends. I just can’t get enough of these classic games on Mister.
June 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I got Cyberpunk for XSX for $5, but I haven’t played it because I got Echoes of Wisdom from the library, which I abandoned in favor of a Zero play-through of Mega Man x4 … and then promptly moved on to Mega Man Legends. I just can’t get enough of these classic games on Mister.
Sometimes, playing on original hardware is less than ideal. This is the only game I’ve heard the disc seek noises with, but I think it’s time to move over to emulation. It’ll just be more convenient, which is kind of sad.
May 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sometimes, playing on original hardware is less than ideal. This is the only game I’ve heard the disc seek noises with, but I think it’s time to move over to emulation. It’ll just be more convenient, which is kind of sad.
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Mark your calendars! June 5th is the big day!
May 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Mark your calendars! June 5th is the big day!
Mark your calendars! June 5th is the big day!
May 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Mark your calendars! June 5th is the big day!
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Heroes and villains from 13+ Indie JRPGs collide in Infinite Alliance - a FREE Crossover game made by @criticalgamesau.bsky.social
INFINITE ALLIANCE: OFFICIAL REVEAL TRAILER
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May 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Heroes and villains from 13+ Indie JRPGs collide in Infinite Alliance - a FREE Crossover game made by @criticalgamesau.bsky.social
I propose the term “D-board” controller instead of “leverless”. That’s D as in directional, like D-pad.
May 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I propose the term “D-board” controller instead of “leverless”. That’s D as in directional, like D-pad.
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looking to chat w/ folks that have worked in localization and translation for a piece i'm working on! would love to get a few perspectives on the process, especially when it comes to quality control and working directly w/ non-ENG scriptwriters. you can email me at kazuma . h . de@gmail.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
looking to chat w/ folks that have worked in localization and translation for a piece i'm working on! would love to get a few perspectives on the process, especially when it comes to quality control and working directly w/ non-ENG scriptwriters. you can email me at kazuma . h . de@gmail.com