The real question is whether or not I can keep myself from playing Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE until after Zero Time Dilemma. I'm trying to occupy myself with shorter games like The Room, but the reviews have made me really want to break down and play #FE and just come back to it after ZTD.

I think Mara's hilarious because I apparently have the sense of humor of a 12 year old. Honestly, I can't think of a time a video game made me laugh harder than the Mara encounter at the end of SMTIV

I'm very excited to play this weird as fuck niche game.

There's also a few more. Avatar Tuner (Digital Devil Saga in the US) is a series wherein the humans turn into demons themselves. I've only played the first one of the two games, and I really enjoy it. It uses the same battle system as Nocturne but you don't recruit demons, since you are one. Devil Children (aka Demi…

Level 8 was really the only one I had trouble locating. I had been burning suspicious looking trees with the candle already so 7 wasn't too bad. And as for the raft in 4, I noticed that I hadn't found a couple of rooms according to the dungeon map, so I knew it had to be a secret wall trick to get me there. I really…

I am usually turned off by games described as being open world so I'm still very hesitant about Breath of the Wild. I've watched some of the Treehouse Live stuff and am still unsure about it. I'm still most likely going to play it, but it's the most I've ever been turned off by a Zelda game. Instead I'm very much…

I hope you enjoy Trails in the Sky! It really takes a long time to kick into gear, but everything falls into place right at the end, leaving you wanting to play Second Chapter immediately. I agree that the battle system is a bit dated, but Trails of Cold Steel does a good job of not only updating the battle system but…

More than anything, this trailer is putting off strong MGSV vibes for me, which is something I never expected for a Zelda game. I have a ton of reservations about open-world anything, but I'm sure if there's at least one cool dungeon I'll be sold anyway.

Oracle of Ages. I'm way more partial to the 2D Zeldas, and I love the emphasis on puzzles in the dungeons. I think Ocarina of Time and Link's Awakening are my next favorites.

I'm just glad I'm not the only person who thought that.

I have not, but I will keep it in mind. You're not kidding about the campy sci-fi. I was consistently amazed how each FMV somehow managed to top the last, ultimately culminating in (SPOILERS) the birth of the Ultimate Being and somehow the even better scene of Daniel jumping from the helicopter. It was just so…

Bravely Second reminds me a lot of Tales of Graces f in that I stopped caring about the plot pretty immediately and still had fun with the battle system. At least Bravely Second did have some interesting meta-moments with the switch to Chapter 5 and the final battle. Graces really had nothing going for it plot-wise…

It was an interesting exercise trying to get him to logic his way to what actually happened. We kept coming back to why the first and second Nonary Games happened and (SPOILER) why the final puzzle was upside down. I still can't believe he didn't know who Zero was, even though the game is explicit about it. We worked…

Oops, yes, thanks. I keep doing that. Fixed.

I don't know about you, but I definitely enjoy beating up on my friends with my ghostly chandelier. I didn't end up losing a match with Chandelure until the very last tournament. It's quite a fun (and strong) character. I haven't even tried any of the others yet.

I'm so excited we finally got a release date for Persona 5! I'm not too upset by the 2017 release because it gives me plenty of time to get to Tokyo Mirage Sessions and maybe I'll finally finish P3P.

If you haven't already bought MGS4, I highly suggest buying the Metal Gear Legacy Collection. It's quite nice having the entire series on basically 2 discs for one system.

So on a whim last weekend I ended up playing through Parasite Eve, and, boy, what a game. The plot was Metal Gear-levels of ridiculous and I loved every minute of it. I was really torn afterwards on whether I should move on to the sequel or start something new. I ended up starting on Xenogears and it is very slow…

Mega Man is dead. Long live Mega Man.

I hear ya. There is definitely something to be said about being able to appreciate the aesthetics of the games as we remember them, but nostalgia is such a powerful thing that can be monetized against consumers. I dunno.