Breaking Down the Backlog: Mark of the Ninja
In this week’s Breaking Down the Backlog; I ran up walls, brutally murdered countless guards and broke hundreds of light-bulbs. Klei are one hell of a developer. Mark of the Ninja, in my mental...
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A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation)
SPOILERS ahead. In many ways, Final Fantasy – the series – was always leading up to Final Fantasy IX. Though the road was long and circuitous; though the path diverged in unforeseen directions; though...
BDTB: Planescape: Torment – Part 3
In this week’s Breaking Down the Backlog, I uncovered my real name. So after roughly a decade of failed attempts to finish Planescape: Torment, I have finally reached the end. When I sat there watching...
Nintendo Direct September 13th 2017 – Nintendo flex their Software muscles
Its Nintendo Direct time! This one was basically outlining Nintendo’s plan for the Christmas period and beyond. I have to say, if you compare the exclusive software coming out of Nintendo to Playstation and...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation)
SPOILERS ahead. Be warned. So. Final Fantasy VII. The game that made Square a household name. The game that sold the Playstation. The game that redefined the Western world’s conception of an RPG. The...
BDTB: Planescape: Torment – Part 2
In this week’s Breaking Down the Backlog, I burned my intestines to ash, snogged a half-demon and discovered what can change the nature of a man. I’ve just finished the second third of Planescape:...
Ex-Writer for the Half Life games outlines Episode 3 plot
Mark Laidlaw, the man who wrote Half Life, Half Life 2 and was the lead writer for the subsequent two Episodes, posted on his personal blog the entire plot to the mythical Episode 3. Why he did this or...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) – Part II
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of the previous Final Fantasy VII article, which can be found here. It is a game of such cultural and technical importance that I felt it needed more than...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) – Part I
FOR THE FEW WHO HAVEN’T heard, spoilers ahead. The story of the seventh Final Fantasy begins in 1994. Almost immediately after the release of Final Fantasy VI, Square commenced development on its follow-up, originally...
BDTB: Planescape: Torment – Part 1
You wake up on a stone slab in the middle of a cavernous mortuary, you have no memory of how you got there or even your own identity. The first thing you see is...
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