The Legacy of Legacy of Kain

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Legacy of Kain…
…the story of an arrogant man afflicted with a terrible curse.
…the tale of a faithful servant betrayed and murdered, given the chance to exact bloody revenge.
…the unfolding of the destiny of a world in peril, stuck between light and corruption.
Actually it’s about time-travelling vampires.
Following on from my scathing recommendation of the Jak (and [...]

 

13 Fantasy Finals

Friday, June 19th, 2009

In the beginning, Final Fantasy really was supposed to be final. The last ditch effort to save an ailing company from fried doom. I guess it… worked? Twenty-two years later we’re staring down the barrell of the 13th installment of the main series, and it looks pretty freaking sweet.
Final Fantasy EX EYE EYE EYE is stamped [...]

 

Creative Expression Before The World Ends

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Games are better than movies and TV - this is just my opinion, it isn’t my fault it happens to be right. The interactive element of video games is something that can’t be matched by other artistic pursuits (aside from emulating traits of it) and technology is rapidly catching up to insane developer dreams. Except, [...]

 

About Time: Chrono Trigger DS

Friday, April 24th, 2009

It’s Chrono Trigger, just go and buy it.
Okay, fine. Chrono Trigger (Square Enix - DS) is that well-known and much loved RPG, originally released on the Super Nintendo in 1995 - it was also released on the first Playstation in some areas, trivia buffs. It has recently been polished and re-re-released as a Nintendo DS [...]