- Balatro is sick in more ways than one.
Yes, Balatro DOES Deserve GOTY
Tag: razzle
Rivals 2 Will Live or Die By Collective Action
A 9 minute read on:
- More Shields, Please, I’m a Platfighter: Rivals 1, but with shields and grabs;
- Don’t Forget – They’re Here Forever (?): Why you were at Scotland’s biggest Rivals 2 tournament last weekend;
- A Rivals Proposal: A summary of things to keep in mind as the game releases
A Binding of Isaac: Epiphany Tier List in the Form of a Response to Someone Who Didn’t Ask
Anyone NOT familiar with the Binding of Isaac: Repentance and its modding scene is free to leave now.
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A sixteen-minute read on an assortment of topics, such as:
- An odd debate on Google’s breakup: The jury is in – Google’s a monopoly. But is it a *gasp* good monopoly???
- Moderation in early MMORPGs: Early reputation systems allowed MMO players to moderate themselves;
- Cocoanuts aren’t nuts (or cocoa!): Etymology of the word ‘coconut;’
- You NEED to play Emerald Rogue (but not before I complain about Discord once more): Another good ROM hack held hostage by the unindexable walled garden that is Discord;
- It is (no longer) Caturday, my dudes: My cat is more handsome than your cat.
The Pen Shall Make Ye Fret
If you read to the end, right now, within my lifetime, ‘cos I can’t be doing this for all eternity, you’ll get these three consternations for the price of one:
- Oh, hey, I might get to write for a living;
- Recognising my flaws as a storyteller, and what I can do about ’em;
- Things you can expect on this blog soon…
Liminal Time
What an excellent day to read to the end and find such contemplative thoughts as:
- Liminal spaces – and why they feel comforting, yet eerie;
- Liminality in anthropology – and how it can explain said comforting eeriness;
- Persona 3 Reload, once more – and how the observing of its many rites of passage culminates in the most beautiful ending to a game I’ve ever played.
- (CW: THAT MEANS MASSIVE PERSONA 3 SPOILERS AHEAD)
(BOI) The Epiphany/Fiend Folio Experience
- Epiphany: Let’s take those Tainted Characters and mess them up even more;
- Fiend Folio: An essential expansion for your BoI experience – if not for the items, enemies, or layouts, then at least for…
- Golem: My precious… ooh, and that one’s my precious, too.
The Butcher, The Baker, The Brimstone Maker
- Tainted Cain is contrived bullshit;
- The Azazel Conundrum: The agony of acknowledging the sheer enormity of one’s wealth, and having to put it to work;
- What is the price to pay for ‘NO DESTINY?’
Games Wot I’ve Bin Playing
- Gaming. Bo not included.
- WARNING: Mild spoilers for…
- Persona 3 Reload: First Persona game I’ve ever tried. I like it.
- The Binding of Isaac: Repentance: A brainworm of a game, living in my head rent-free.