Welcome back to the RPG Lounge, an occasional retrospective/review series about the RPGs I play through, most of which will be livestreamed. The lamented developer Quintet–according to Wikipedia, they’re believed to be long defunct, although no one is quite sure when it actually happened–are responsible for, among other games, a list of beloved SNES games. …
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Dec 31
The RPG Lounge- Ys II Chronicles +
Welcome back to the RPG Lounge, an occasional retrospective/review series about the RPGs I play through, most of which will be livestreamed. Falcom’s Ys series has been hugely popular and influential in Japan for a long time. Yet, despite a few releases of the early games in the series in the late 80s and early …
Dec 06
The RPG Lounge- Akalabeth: World of Doom
Welcome back to the RPG Lounge, an occasional retrospective/review series of the various RPGs I beat, most of which will be on stream. Richard “Lord British” Garriott is a video game development legend who I’ve referred to as “The geek’s Ric Flair”. Among some of his numerous other accomplishments, he’s one of the very few …
Nov 27
The RPG Lounge- Dragon Quest II
Welcome to the first in an occasional series of posts. Similar to the Games I Beat In 2014 series, this will be a retrospective/review of various RPGs I play, most of which will be on stream. Dragon Quest II is generally thought of as one of the weaker entries in the Dragon Quest series. While …
Oct 21
Dragon Warrior Randomizer Tournament Match 4 Postmortem
My fourth match in the tournament, versus johnbloodythumbs, was sadly also my last. You can watch the race from my perspective here, or check out the race stream here. After the beginnings of my previous two races, I was extremely happy to see both HEAL and HURTMORE in my starting spell list. No difficult beginning! …
Oct 04
Dragon Warrior Randomizer Tournament Match 3 Postmortem
My third match in the Dragon Warrior Randomizer tournament was a victory, albeit a bittersweet one. More on that later. For now, check out the race from my perspective here and here (My internet cut out mid-race, hence the 2 parts), or the actual race stream here. This was another tough beginning, although not quite …
Oct 01
Dragon Warrior Randomizer Tournament Match 2 Postmortem
So my second round match…did not go as well as my first round match. I put up a good fight, but two big mistakes cost me a potential victory against NESCardinality. For context, check out the race from my perspective here, or the actual race stream here. The beginning of this seed was a challenge. …
Sep 18
Dragon Warrior Randomizer Tournament Match 1 Postmortem
So my opening round (And actually the first match of the entire tournament to take place) match against RCTMid in the Dragon Warrior Randomizer tournament was a victory. More importantly for the tournament as a whole, it was a very close match, with me taking the win by 36 seconds according to Speedruns Live. If …
Aug 02
Where My Gaming Is At
So of late, I’ve been playing a lot of Sid Meier’s Covert Action (GOG Galaxy says I’ve played it for a total of 45 hours and 47 minutes). It’s essentially Sid Meier’s take on James Bond, in that you play as a secret agent trying to prevent various crimes from taking place. What’s neat about …
May 25
Album Review- Yes: Time and a Word
Album: Time and a Word Year: 1970 The Lineup: Jon Anderson- Vocals Peter Banks- Guitar Bill Bruford- Drums Tony Kaye- Keyboards Chris Squire- Bass Have I Heard It Before: Except for the title track, no, though with a caveat: A few songs from this album appear on “The Word Is Live”, meaning I’ve technically heard …
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