I must say, if there's one season I distinctly hate, it's summer. Heat and insects, insects and heat. Eeergh.

From this point on, ingame metal concerts should be a must in fantasy games.

How about some Castlevania music!

I swear I'll have something real soon!

In the meantime, here's some fun

... to see this beauty of an intro cutscene, for Ys 2 o.o;



(the DS encoding was spectacular as well, not lossy at all)

You know, when I play a modern online FPS, all I can think about is how much more fun I'd be having if it was Quake 2 in Rogue's Edge.

Anyone else have that problem? I didn't think so :(

Anyone interested, Shin Megami Tensei Online is in beta

http://files.filefront.com/Shin+Megami+Tensei+Imagine+Online+Client/;12521810;/fileinfo.html

They have 20,000 keys. Be fast though, this link was posted on Kotaku. And that place is becoming the new Slashdot.

backyback.


Not sure what else to say about that. My net's back, and I'm still sick. :P

Just for the record, my internet use at the moment is limited to my phone - try as I might I can't get my full net presence on this thing (that I can get any at all is a miracle) so... Yeah.
If you want to pester me, google talk is the best way.

Things should be back to normal soon. Tomorrow most likely. The gist of the whole thing - our modem died.

FUCK YOU.

Can't get a decent connection, and when I do it's slow as hell. Online gaming is right out, and chatting is a maybe half the time.

Ugh. This is just ridiculous.

EDIT: And it gets worse. I can't load a page without it crapping out. It took me 15 minutes to view my LJ after posting this and another ten to edit this post.

This is beyond absurd.

Election tomorrow. Wish us luck. pleeease.

How to put it.. Fucking hate the Conservatives? There we go.

http://www.frd.co.uk/timesplitters4/pictures.php


There's no nun like a chainsaw nun <3


Especislly a chainsaw nun like Jo-Beth Casey.. oh, the Jo-Beth Casey drama is beautiful

Know what good design is? PUTTING A LIFE-OR-DEATH QUICK TIME EVENT AT THE END OF A GAME'S FINAL BOSS
In a game that rewards you for playing through without dying.
At the end of a string of "final" bosses.
Hard ones.
Arrrfghfhallebagh


That said, Yakuza 2 is a great game. Wonderful game. A game with that balance of length and quality you just don't see these days. For the record, my paltry, very-little-done, 20%-of-optional-stuff run took 20 hours on the ingame clock. And it was great fun.
Just.. little less QTE please? XD This is one of those few games that are good enough to make up for it.. but, please, pretty please. Sugar on top?
And yes, for the record, this game is why I've been about as active as a stump over the past week.

Anyone have any idea of good sources for tracking down and, good methods for actually playing obscure European PS2 games?


And by obscure I mean "the game has a following of like three people and was released in 2003. Any related message boards on sites like GameFAQs are empty, and any review is long gone.".

Oh, how box art has fallen XD;