At some point in the late 2000's, I had a falling out of sorts with JRPGs in general and the Final Fantasy series, specifically. To the best of my recollection (and, since the covers the period of my life when I was finishing up college and immediately after, I grant that my recollection of those … Continue reading Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is Ruining My Life

Apologies for the recent radio silence – we moved this past weekend, so for the past couple of weeks that's taken up most of my brain space. -Rob This past week, I finally finished Baldur's Gate 2, which once again gave me pause to reflect on the somewhat complicated and lightly contrarian opinion I developed … Continue reading Thoughts on Completing Baldur’s Gate 2

I kind of knew this was going to happen, but about a day or so after I cried unto Tyr at the injustices Baldur's Gate II had visited upon me, I decided to give it another go. I have concluded that the game is fine; I merely bit off more than I could chew with … Continue reading Baldur’s Gate II Is Not Bullshit

I finished Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition about six weeks ago, give or take. This was cause for great celebration for a couple of reasons. First, the latter portions of the Siege of Dragonspear expansion were an absolute motherfucker, being comprised mainly of fights with ultra-powerful wizards, actual devils, and the like. The last boss fight … Continue reading Is Baldur’s Gate II Bullshit?

One of the nice things about life in our late-capitalist dystopia of the future is that all of the old video games I wanted to play as a kid but never had the means to play are available in some form or another. Cheap nostalgia mostly sucks, as does the inability of nerds to let … Continue reading Baldur’s Gate is Ruining My Life

Recently, in a fit of Dungeons & Dragons withdrawal, I hauled my old Xbox 360 out of the closet in order to play Dragon Age: Origins, a game I had not played whatsoever in several years, and which I had only played all the way through once, not long after it was released. DA:O is … Continue reading Dragon Age: Origins Revisited