The Colony of Gamers has started its first annual Child’s Play Charity Drive. Less then 24 hours hours after it started, it is already up to $2,584 — a little more than halfway to the established goal of $5,000. The Child’s Play charity was started by Mike and Jerry at Penny Arcade as a way […]
The re-colonization of like-minded gamers
Yeah, I know, blogging moratorium, interrupting my writing flow, yadda yadda — but this is important. I fled the Evil Avatar community a long time ago. Quietly, and under my own terms. There were a few reasons for this, not the least of which was the venom and disgust with which some members regarded any […]
Dungeons & Dragons Tiny Adventures Facebook app
Evidently the fine people at Wizards of the Coast (WotC) saw fit to create a Dungeons & Dragons Facebook application called D&D Tiny Adventures (not to be confused with Tiny TOON Adventures). In this app, you can select from a significantly narrow list of adventurers and begin your own solo campaign, where all of the […]
Spoke too soon, Steam gives me a refund
So, I guess I complained too quickly. I sent this follow-up message to Steam just before posting my blog post earlier today: Steam won’t offer a refund even when the software in question doesn’t work properly? I’m sorry, but that isn’t how it works “with most software products.” You can usually obtain a refund if […]
Steam doesn’t offer a refund even if the software doesn’t work?
Update: apparently, they do! Read here for an update to this story. I finally purchased Puzzle Quest a little while back on the recommendation of pretty much everyone on the internet, including a couple of friends and at least one co-worker. I figured rather than pick it up on the Wii, I would instead get […]
Igarashi and Capcom show a horrendous lack of (Castlevania) Judgment
Let’s just get this out of the way right now: Castlevania Judgment is going to be a tremendous failure. I can say that, under the premise of it being nothing more than my opinion, but it is fact. Or will be, once the game is on shelves. Maybe the game itself will be a miraculous […]
Nintendo failed miserably today (but they will still make tons of money)
Nintendo’s E3 press conference was this morning. My co-worker and I got the opportunity to watch it over our lunch break. And let me tell you, I want that hour back. Here’s a list of what they announced (plus my quick thoughts on each in bold). New Animal Crossing for the Wii. No. We Speak […]
Wii to become the de-facto home for new Tales games?
It was tough going to get this Famitsu article translated, but some enterprising Tales forum members were up to the task. One nearly inconsequential bullet point actually becomes a major supporting concept for my theory that the Wii will replace the PS2 as a home for jRPG goodness. Namco Bandai has apparently announced that after […]
Just got myself a Nyko wireless nunchuk
The Amazon Gold Box deal at 8PM (central time) tonight was a Nyko wireless nunchuk for the Wii. I’ve been interested in this peripheral since it was first announced, but the steep $35 introductory price frightened me away. The Gold Box deal knocked $10 off the price, and Amazon had apprently taken off an extra […]
Could the Wii be a haven for Japanese RPGs?
The cost of developing titles for the PS3 is extraordinary, and no developer in Japan worth their salt will bother to even acknowledge the 360. Where does that leave the jRPG developer? With the appearance of games like Arc Rise Fantasia and confirmation that Swords of Legendia is an actual game; combined with all the […]