Square Throws the Legal Books

Monday, May 11th, 2009 | Games, Translation | 8 Comments

Apparently, Square-Enix sent a Cease and Desist to Chrono Compendium, saying that all the Chrono-related ROM hacks must stop. See here. Scary stuff. I think we’re lucky as hell that Nintendo doesn’t seem to care about EarthBound hacks (not that many get made…) and especially didn’t seem to care about the MOTHER 3 translation. The thing that makes this really newsworthy thou... Read More >>>

XBox Live Arcade Stuff

Thursday, March 5th, 2009 | Games | 27 Comments

Finally got me one of those XBox 360 wireless adaptors. Stupid ass Microsoft can’t even include it in the console like the Wii can. And they charge $100 for the things. And they don’t even support WPA2. WTF, it’s amazing to me how Nintendo got so much right with the Wii for so cheap. Though the Wii could use a hard drive, so it’s got its own issues. Anyway, I finally got my... Read More >>>

Getting Star Ocean 4

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 | Games | 25 Comments

The new Star Ocean came out yesterday, though I waited until today because I’ve had enough experience to know that games usually TRULY come out the day after the so-called “release date” Anyway, almost on kind of a whim, I stopped by a nearby GameStop and it went like this: Guy: “Hey, you looking for anything?” Me: “Yeah, do you have the new Star Ocean in?R... Read More >>>

Drunk? Japanese Guy Plays Mario Land

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | Games, Japan Stuff, Videos | 22 Comments

I saw this elsewhere but just had to post it here. It’s too strange not to pass up Basically, some oddly-acting Japanese guy tries to talk about about Mario Land in English while he plays it. Neat and funny. ... Read More >>>

Final Fantasy: Cat vs. Bird!

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | Games, Videos | 10 Comments

Nothing too special, but I found this kind of neat. Mostly the cat keeps missing and the bird keeps using “Provoke” and sometimes counterattacks. There’s something about the odd combination of random daily stuff + video game humor that I like. It’s strange. Or maybe I’m just strange ... Read More >>>

Strange Gaming Terminology

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 | Games | 98 Comments

I moved a lot when I was a kid, and since I was a game-playing kid, I quickly noticed that different areas (even just different parts of the same town) sometimes have differing terms for gaming stuff. For example, I always say “I beat Super Mario”, but in some places people would say “I cleared Super Mario”. Also common were “I completed” and “I defeated&#... Read More >>>

Simple Game: Bomb It!

Monday, December 29th, 2008 | Games | 4 Comments

Download Bomb It! In 1996, I finally managed to get a C compiler on my horrible computer, and I had just gotten a VGA monitor that Christmas (hurray, 256 colors!), so I decided to remake an old QBasic game in C to teach myself the language. The result was this version of “Bomb It!”. It’s based on an old memory of an old Commodore or Apple game that I remember playing at school. ... Read More >>>

The End of Time is Bugland

Sunday, December 28th, 2008 | Games, Videos | 8 Comments

I saw this earlier and thought it was neat. I like weird bugs like this that you can show off to people. I’m not sure if it happens in the English version, but I bet it does. I doubt it happens in the DS version though. Still, poor Lucca! ... Read More >>>

Christmas Games

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 | Games | 20 Comments

I’m an old fart now and Christmas has kind of lost its dazzle for me, but I still remember how it felt growing up. One of the best things of all was when I would get games for Christmas, or when I would play games non-stop during winter break. Oh, how I wish I could do that again. Looking back, there are a number of games I fondly associate with Christmas-time. (more…) ... Read More >>>

Japanese Nintendo TV Show

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 | Games, Japan Stuff, Videos | 13 Comments

Many years ago, when I was in Japan, I made a decent-sized page about a show on Japanese TV that was pretty much one giant Nintendo commercial. I found a short video of it from the SNES/Super Famicom era. Just listen to how overdramatic the guy makes it sound. It’s actually such a bad show that it was fun to watch. Maybe that’s because it was aimed at kids and not my age group though ... Read More >>>