PS2 Backlog Committee

I just dropped $1.99 on McPixel 3. Gotta be worth that much.

Indeed.

The mascot, Ono Michio, first appeared in Yakuza 6.



Thanks for the tip on Play-Asia!

I finished up Boku no Natsuyasumi 2. What a *ridiculously* charming game. Any who are willing to emulate and like the idea of an off-beat, life-sim / childhood summer vacation, easy-breezy type of experience really ought to try it out. I spent a little over 19 hours with it, but I had time passage ...

I thought it was a great movie. Maybe it's because I'm old enough to remember the furor over the Manson family, which is endlessly horrifying/interesting. I thought Leo and Brad Pitt were great in their roles, and I was glued to the screen even before things started going off. I saw a movie Saturday...

argyle wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:12 pm OH MY GOD THAT MUSIC ABSOLUTELY SLAPS!

Yeah it does!

Friggin Mabuchi

WHOA!

OK, so two things. First, I finished Star Ocean: Second Story R the other night. I've had to process what to say about it. On the one hand, it's a ton of fun to play. The battle system is simple and breezy, button-mashy but in a fun way and fights are over quickly. Most of the heavy lifting strateg...

Hey. I survived January Regents testing in NYC. In NY, students have to pass Regents tests to graduate. This year, it is my responsibility to plan them. It was godawful. The bureaucracy drained me for it is my kryptonite. That's why I have barely been present recently. I won't be around much starti...

Great list as always, izzy. I appreciate the detailed write-ups for each game... very easy to determine whether something is for me (or not). I have a handful I'll check out at some point. I also feel confident saying no one on this entire planet played a wider variety of games (styles, eras, platfo...

I've never played the earliest examples of the Castlevania franchise, although I plan to at some point. But once I played Symphony of the Night on the PS1, I became a devoted fan of both the franchise and the "Metroidvania" or "Igavania" formula, and I finally got around to play...