It's hard for me to come by stuff that genuinely trips me out anymore in games, partly because so many of the once-astonishing headfucks have become a little more common, and partly because the conversation around new headfucks or new applications of old headfucks tends to become so public so quickly and mulled over…

Finished Pyre the other day. Fuckiiiiiiiiiiin', loved it. Supergiant with the hat trick.

*hears the words life is strange and comes crashing through the window boots first like a fucking swat team member*

Dropping Final Fantasy XII for Pyre is going to go down as one of the smartest decisions I made all year. This game is a treat. It was a treat when it was on rails, and it's doubly treatful after opening up and becoming more freeform. At first I was worried that the game was too straightforward and too easy, as for…

If memory serves, Nina Freeman's recent game Cibele was based on her experiences playing Final Fantasy XI.

I spent the last couple of weeks playing Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age in order to scratch a years-old itch to give that game a second, hopefully fairer, shake. I got, say, 15 hours in before deciding, just the other day, to give up. My original reasons for not taking to the game so well may not have been totally…

I have a well-earned reputation for having lots and lots and lots and lots to say about this game, and I hope to give everyone an opportunity to hear absolutely everything I have to say about it in, ooooo, five months or so if all goes according to plan, so I won't shoot my wad too much here.

Been a while since I properly played anything while travelling. I didn't get my first handheld until I was at university, so I don't have any memories of playing Game Boy on long road trips or anything. And if I'm going anywhere interesting or in good company, I tend to forgo all electronics except for a phone, so as…

Been a minute since I showed my face in WAYPTW.

Aw man, the Revue Club did Life Is Strange? Time to go read some posts.

GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN.

Even though it was announced plenty of time ago, meaning I had no right to be surprised by it, so far I'd say my biggest surprise of the year is getting a Gravity Rush 2. I was late to the Gravity Rush party so I didn't even have to wait as long as some of the true believers who got on this series at the ground floor,…

I've been taking a break from playing games for the last few weeks after beating Persona 5, both in an attempt to get some proper work done on a project I'd like to finish by the end of the year, and because there's nothing new out that takes my interest at the moment, until the big rush begins in July and August.…

Yeah, I was talking up how I think a prequel could be done well on Twitter, with my thoughts below the spoiler tag.

Y'know, that's a good question. Most years I have at least a thing or two I'm hoping will be revealed or explored in more detail, but in the last year and change a lot of the highly anticipated stuff we've all been waiting on for ages has finally dislodged from the ol' pipeline, leaving little behind. The current gen…

Oh man, I forgot to mention the Christmas angle. Between the Holy Grail, the appearance of Satan, and the climax taking place on Christmas Eve, Persona 5 can pretty easily be read as a very firm rejection of religion, specifically Christianity, which is an interesting approach for a Japanese game since Christianity…

Finished Persona 5 ten minutes ago. Best Persona. Ruthless endgame spoilers follow.

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I am so excited to not spend 10 months too shy to ask the guy who sells me guns if I could please buy slightly better guns from him.

Wait, your consumables don't roll over!? Aw fuck, what am I gonna do with all these tomatoes.