Category: Game Reviews
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I Review All the Games on 3DS Streetpass (Part 3)
This is my conclusion of a three-part exploration of the different games that tied to 3DS Streetpass. Part One here; Part Two here. This looks at one last game, then talks about some conclusions I’ve drawn. Monster Manor is the most complex of the games, so it has the longest entry.
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I Review All the Games on 3DS Streetpass (Part 2)
Picking up on my little reviews of all the games on Streetpass, which I started writing yesterday. This begins reviews of games that cost additional money, so not everyone will have them. So, are they worth the price?
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I Review All the Games on 3DS Streetpass (Part 1)
I recall the 3DS having a bumpy launch, but now it seems like it’s almost ubiquitous among gamers. As a 3DS owner myself, I like to take advantage of the handheld’s Streetpass function. I even splurged on all of the additional Streetpass-based games that are available on the system. I realized after a weekend of lots of Streetpassing,…
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Now Playing: Heavy Rain
I made a post about Heavy Rain on Tap-Repeatedly today. I’ve had it for a while but felt inspired to finally play it now that Beyond: Two Souls is out and getting lukewarm reviews. I started Tweeting about this process, which you can also follow right here. I don’t really like Heavy Rain so far,…
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The Second Dungeon in Anodyne
Spoilers to follow, for the thing to which the title alludes. Yesterday I killed a man, and it was an accident. I approached him on the end of a pier. He looked friendly, so I pressed the button to talk. But the button to talk and the button to attack – to sweep, actually –…
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Writing about Writing Game Reviews
I was fortunate enough to have a review that I wrote, the Dragon’s Crown review on Tap-Repeatedly, get high praise semi-recently on Quarter to Three from Tom Chick. I admire his review style and candor a lot so this was a real achievement for me. He said he wished he saw more game reviews written…
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On Gone Home
I was excited about Gone Home, the environmental exploration game, when I heard about the premise, and since it’s a fairly short game that isn’t challenging in the traditional sense, I was able to block out some time to play it. It seems there are a lot of blog entries going up about this game…
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About That Last of Us Ending
Finished it on Sunday. All the spoilers for the ending of The Last of Us. Below the jump. Apparently that was controversial? Apparently lots of people didn’t like it? That was not at all my experience. When the Fireflies at the end said “we have to cut her brain open,” my husband was sitting next to…
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Now Playing: The Last of Us
Spoilers, I guess. Nothing terribly non-obvious given the marketing, but be warned. It occurred to me that lately, any time a non-gamer asks what game I’m playing right now, I answer The Last of Us. This isn’t untrue, though it’s one of many games I’m playing. But irrespective of this truth, or the fact that…
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I Accidentally the Arch-mage of Winterhold
This contains complete spoilers for everything that happens in the Mage’s College quests in Skyrim. I cast a little Destruction magic in my spare time, because it’s an easier way to get around guys who use shields. Everyone said I should check out the Mage’s College, so, I did. I solved some small student problems,…