Silver Star & Eternal Blue were the first JRPGS I ever even tried to play. I had a close friend back in middle school who had the Sega CD and Silver Star has just come out I think, I was around 12 or 13 at the time, I watched him play through it a bit and man the animated cinematic just seemed amazing to me. So I…

As is usual with these sort of things, this probably means they have plans for their own Mario hardcore xxx game.

I thought they should’ve dug deeper into the whole Aladdin “street rat” orphan motif for. The social class division stuff only comes up in the first arc, and pops up here and there. It would have been nice to see some layers of Vaan and Penelo being insecure about their status, especially with a lot of characters…

True, but Vaan and Penelo's idea of "freedom" is "abolsute monarchy determined by primogeniture and divine right" as opposed to "elected Senate elects ruler and governs in conjunction with them". While they provide an insight to the poor left behind by war, their own insights aren't exactly earth shattering (though…

Not even just the character designs, but the overall mood and tone.

Not getting that vibe, to be honest. If anything this is what it’s aping: Vagrant Story. Right down to an older protagonist (for Square Enix at least) who has only been seen alone. Two of the characters even seem to be modeled after Vagrant Story characters. Joshua seems to be an homage to Joshua Bardorba while the…

This soundtrack is so good! I remember hearing this first song and just being immediately drawn into it. Always glad to see some love for this weird game, haha!

Yoshi-p is more of a Bling guy. Expect some huge jewelry DLC down the line maybe.

“The things I saw beggar description… The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were so overpowering… I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in a position to give first hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these…

You are already drunk. 

Do you have the day off tomorrow? I mean, if you have an open schedule Monday morning, there’s no reason you couldn’t start working on the future column describing how Coleman, now running as a Republican for a House seat, blames (in this order) Democrats, cancel culture, and women for his party switch. He’ll bemoan…

Trivia for the day:

Ask your doctor if Dolezal is white for you.

Obligatory:

It is absolutely insane and will always make me mad that they didn’t write this trilogy as a trilogy with the same writing team on all three. When 2 came out, I was mad that it didn’t live up to the promise of 1, and then 3 completely shat the bed. I’ve waited my entire life hoping that the last trilogy would happen…

+1 for the metro. I think it’s under-rated, frankly.

+1 for the metro. I think it’s under-rated, frankly.

One of my pens is 30+ years old. I figure it’s saved landfills from holding hundreds of $1 pens.

One of my pens is 30+ years old. I figure it’s saved landfills from holding hundreds of $1 pens.

Fountain pens are awesome. I bought Pelikano Jr for my 4yo to learn how to write. He likes using it. It also forces him to draw strokes in correct direction (or otherwise it doesn’t work so well).

Fountain pens are awesome. I bought Pelikano Jr for my 4yo to learn how to write. He likes using it. It also forces…

I had a number of Safaris over the years and hated them all...until I realized something. You can read my apology to Lamy here:

I had a number of Safaris over the years and hated them all...until I realized something. You can read my apology to…

Welcome to that family!

Welcome to that family!