They should’ve invited Jesse Jackson back.

On Monday I watched Pauline at the Beach, which was a welcome summer story for a cold winter night. I don’t think I’m ever going to tire of Eric Rohmer’s old summer houses with great open windows overlooking overgrown yards, plaster walls bare but for a few photos and prints tacked up here and there. Everywhere…

Glad you are enjoying (still) enjoying Bloodborne! To wit, there really is no underleveling/overleveling. Much like the classes/builds in the Dark Souls series, the leveling/grinding in Bloodborne act as a kind of hidden difficulty slider. Granted, none of this will exempt you from the responsibility—the Central…

I would say that DDLC is both an open critique of dating sim-like VNs, while also acknowledging just how tempting and empowering they can be.

If you’re the only one speedrunning a game, you are defacto the champion at speedrunning it.

I’ll try this again - my third time starting this today, and now that it’s at the early end of the US workday, it’s appropriate that the outreach will will probably equal the significance of my post...

Hashtag Cheersmack is the protagonist of my Ayn Rand tribute fanfic.

It’s a weird place to be certainly. I can sort of understand it, but not 100% - I will subject myself to Cuphead and it’s infuriating bosses, and on the outside it might look like I’m not having fun, but I am enjoying the boss while also simultaneously experiencing such rage at that bullshit treasure chest Djimmi the…

I’m going to break from the pack and say that I absolutely hated it. The writing is bland, and the game’s only goal is subversion; it has nothing interesting to say beyond that. Moreover, if you and your wife aren’t familiar with the material it’s satirizing (i.e. dating sims) then a lot of its going to go over your…

I guess we’re in the same boat, because all of those statements apply to me!

So while everyone is playing all their fancy Switch games (someone buy me one please), I’ve been attacking my backlog while keeping up with my regulars.

Hi Folks! I haven’t done much gaming at all this week, but I did go see some roller derby last weekend, which was excellent! The one new thing to discuss is that my partner and I started Night in the Woods! We only spent an hour or two with it before bed the other day, but I’m very interested so far. I’m…

Still finishing off my game of Civ II - World War II scenario as the French. It’s 1952 and after 12 long years of Axis tyranny, my elite French forces have finally re-captured Paris. And also taken Italy, so each turn a host of reinforcements gets transported to Europe from North Africa.

In Xenoblade Chronicles 2 I’m probably about halfway through Chapter 8, and the shocking revelations are coming one after another. My team also got a very surprising addition in this chapter, and I’ve begun to speculate more openly about the connections between this game and its predecessors. Perhaps most…

Matt summed up my feelings about Street Fighter V perfectly. They went above and beyond with the Arcade Mode. There’s lots of unlockable artwork, making it perfect for a quick playthrough here and there. Some of that artwork is, ummm, fan-service-y, but it’s a reason to play. And thankfully there’s no one as…

OK so now you’ve compared it to Hatoful Boyfriend, which is one of the most bizarrely memorable games in my collection, and now I have to get DDLC as well. Damn it, I’m supposed to hate visual novels!

DDLC is definitely a special creature. I think it and Hatoful Boyfriend will both appeal to people who aren’t usually VN fans (which I include myself in). Ultimately I liked HB better, but DDLC is free and doesn’t take nearly as long to get to the really good stuff.

I’m getting close to being done with Stardew Valley. I’m just waiting for my beets to grow so I can finish the Qi quests. I’m also grateful for the lax child protection laws in Stardew Valley that allow me to go wandering through mines while my husband wanders off who knows where and our infant daughter is left home…

I just started playing Thimbleweed Park and I’m quite enjoying it so far. It’s both funny and creepy.

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