I recently received a few Final Fantasy XI treats in the mail, one very small, and one very large…
First up is this adorable collection of gashapon (capsule toy) figures:
These figures (Fenrir, a Mandragora, a Moogle, and several colored variants) were originally released via vending machines in sets of 3 sometime in 2002, and are pretty [...]
Working at a video game store is something I take very seriously, and I do my best to know as much about the products that I sell as possible. One way I do this is, well, playing them.
Prospecting for Games! is going to be an ongoing feature where I grab a handful of games, [...]
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Day #2 of our MLB.tv subscription wasn’t as exciting as Day #1. Every game I tried watching on the PS3 kept giving me an error, so I was only able to watch games on my computer. After a quick Google search, I found that I wasn’t the only one having this problem. [...]
You may find this weird, but Aaron and I don’t have television/cable/satellite. It’s too expensive and there are few things we’d even watch that aren’t available for free on Hulu, Netflix, or any channel’s particular website. We did end up getting cable a few years ago just for the baseball season and then [...]
Having never really dabbled in any mystery dungeon/roguelike RPGs, Izuna - Legend of the Unemployed Ninja has been an interesting experience. The gameplay is solid, very similar to other games in the genre (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon for example), but for me what shines is the character designs, production value, and relatively convenient on the [...]
Last Sunday in Final Fantasy XI, our linkshell (HotHamWater) was able to successfully complete our first Empty Notorious Monster battle — Like the Wind. This isn’t something we’d ever tried before, so our victory was as exciting as it was surprising.
Essentially the monster we had to defeat was a small lizard, but damn was [...]
This past week I managed to finish off the 3rd DS Castlevania game - Order of Ecclesia. All three games took a slightly (very slightly) different aproach to the “Metroid-vania” formula, but there’s just enough variety in each to make them stand out on their own.
Order of Ecclesia learns some good leasons from each of [...]
TheCherneymin and I have been playing Final Fantasy XI for years now and from the beginning I haven’t strayed far from my Black Mage. The nuking power of my Black Mage is awesome, and with the help of some of my White Mage spells I can live through some sticky situations. While I have unlocked [...]
The soundtrack for the PlayStation Network hit “Flower” is perfection. Like the game itself, it covers a wide variety of emotional tones, and has you feeling better for having listened to it. While the music can be somewhat subtle at times, it’s incredibly effective. So when I heard that Sony was releasing the soundtrack on [...]
