tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12104776573145897662012-02-01T18:07:39.892-05:00A chronicle of my video game habit.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-79475788901284479252010-06-17T09:25:00.003-05:002010-06-17T09:35:54.542-05:00

I totally forgot I had this blog. Well, I didn't forget, but I briefly moved it to its own domain which I pretty much stopped updating after a few months, then let expire. Those posts are very likely lost to the Internet monster, although I'm sure something somewhere has them. I may try to recover them and post them here. Maybe not.At any rate, I find it kind of interesting that my last update

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-37308222987826429172007-08-04T23:03:00.000-05:002007-08-04T23:45:19.733-05:00

Picross DS came out this week. For those who don't know, Picross is a pretty old number puzzle. Games Magazine has it fairly often as "Paint By Number." Nintendo's been making Picross games for a long time, on pretty much every system they've had, going back at least as far as the original GameBoy. To give a brief description that won't make any sense if you haven't actually played the game,

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-82387927233746664082007-05-26T21:00:00.000-05:002007-05-26T21:29:11.463-05:00

It's been awhile since my last post. No real reason, just haven't posted.A couple months ago, I was thinking of finally taking the plunge and getting an XBox 360. Shortly thereafter I heard about the upcoming XBox 360 Elite, which sported a 120 GB hard drive, HDMI out, and a black case and accessories. Same hardware otherwise - apparently, the 65 nm process CPUs weren't ready in time for the

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-57890045935023728862006-12-05T20:29:00.000-05:002006-12-05T21:08:15.394-05:00

After a ton of waffling about it, I finally picked up Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (man, that word looks way misspelled, but it's not) for the DS. Phoenix Wright is an adventure game in the old school point and click manner, more or less. You, of course, play as Phoenix Wright, a defense attorney fresh out of law school. Your first case? Defending your lifelong best friend in a murder trial.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-8770494217628524482006-11-28T21:00:00.000-05:002006-11-28T21:50:39.078-05:00

For whatever reason, Burger King decided to release a handful of XBox/XBox 360 games. I put the slash there since they managed to put native versions for both consoles on a single disc. Anyway, the three games are Sneak King, Mini Bike Racer, and Big Bumpin'. For $3.99 with a value meal each, I couldn't really resist. Worst comes to worst, I'm out less than breakfast. At Burger King.SNEAK

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com381tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-87434892172701123562006-11-17T19:29:00.000-05:002006-11-17T19:45:37.511-05:00

Today Sony released the Playstation 3, after a couple years of hype. I didn't get one. In some of the bigger markets, people have been lined up for days to get one. Here? Not so much. There were lines, but not nearly as long. I went to Wal-Mart last night, and the line was 15-20 people long at 9:30 PM. It was a 24 hour store, so they were going on sale at 12:01 AM. I could have gotten one

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-30569882694961693812006-11-15T18:20:00.000-05:002006-11-15T18:43:15.952-05:00

This is the only game I've bought since I started this blog, and I bought it solely based on the developer, despite rather poor reviews across the board. GameRankings has it with a 75% average rating, which I guess is average. Anyway, it's developed by Capcom's Clover team, who are responsible for such gems (no sarcasm here) as Viewtiful Joe and Okami. Of course, since Capcom's shut them down,

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-2813259395754009072006-11-14T18:52:00.000-05:002006-11-14T19:17:26.930-05:00

Today I'm doing something new. I'm going to talk about a game I've ACTUALLY FINISHED. This probably won't happen too often since, well, I don't finish many games. Anyway, Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime is a Squeenix spin-off of the long-running Dragon Quest/Warrior series (Dragon Quest VIII is the first one we've gotten as Quest, not Warrior) for the Nintendo DS. Rocket Slime features one

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-60755329492655469642006-11-13T19:11:00.000-05:002006-11-13T20:02:00.488-05:00

As of this year, Castlevania has been in the US 20 years. I was four when the first CV game came out for the NES. It may be a little older in Japan, but I don't really know. Still, 20 years. That's a pretty long time. Anyway, I'm not sure whether Curse of Darkness or Dawn of Sorrow came out first, but the former is the main topic today. CoD is the most recent console release in the

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-33100491195731887422006-11-12T12:07:00.000-05:002006-11-12T16:43:12.365-05:00

I've played most of the games in the FF series to at least SOME extent. I've only finished a few, and watched another couple get played by others. I've played lots of other RPGs, as well, which has led me to desire more than Square has been giving us in the previous few installments. From what I can tell, an FF game can be split into three main componants: story, battle system, and levelling/

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478940694177317785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210477657314589766.post-77568719519770617982006-11-12T00:56:00.000-05:002006-11-12T01:07:47.646-05:00

Well, I've got an LJ, which I'll keep for personal stuff, which this blog will not be about. This will be solely about my video game playing, and thoughts on stories I see around. I spend a good bit of time playing video games, and have way more than I can reasonably finish. Probably ever. But you know what? That won't stop me from being horribly opinionated about them anyway! I'll try to

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