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Miss Nocti's Tea Room: drdala: kamidoodles: Someone stated today that the gaming industry...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:04:27 +0800

Miss Nocti's Tea Room: drdala: kamidoodles: Someone stated today that the gaming industry...:

kamidoodles:

Someone stated today that the gaming industry cannot and should not change for the “2%” demographic that is female. Since we all know that 85% of statistics are made up on the spot, I’m curious to see how many people in the tumblr sphere are part of this…

sailorswayze: AM I RIGHT LADIES

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:12:36 +0800

sailorswayze:

AM I RIGHT LADIES

mathewwithonet: IhopeApolloatleastshowsupandhelpsoutandstuff...

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:52:14 +0800

mathewwithonet:

IhopeApolloatleastshowsupandhelpsoutandstuff or subs through it midway

Wright & Justice Co sounds very attractive to me…

finalfantasythings: Final Fantasy otome game (jokingly)...

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:43:10 +0800

finalfantasythings:

Final Fantasy otome game (jokingly) announced

Square Enix held a keynote concerning the future of the Final Fantasy series in which a group of series directors and art designers came together and answered fan-submitted questions. One of the panelists was Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy Type-0.

One comment a fan submitted was “I’ve never played the Final Fantasy series, but I think I’d like to play the series if you made an otome (maiden simulation) FF game,” which aroused laughter from the audience. Tabata played along with the idea and revealed a concept for such a game, titled Tokimeki Final Fantasy Madouin Suzaku: Watashi no Koi ni Kago Are.

This is a joke.

Based heavily on Type-0, the main character is Kariya Shabaru, a new Agito candidate, and is the first female student ever at an all-male magic school, or peristylium. The goal of the game, like with all otome, is to get one of the many handsome male students (known as the ikemen archetype in manga) to fall in love with Kariya.

This is not real.

Gameplay is based on the active time battle system that the series has been known for since Final Fantasy IV, and features such modifications to the ATB like Active Time Lesson, Active Time Conversation, and Active Time Kiss.

This was all in good fun.

Tabata jokingly stated it would be for iOS and Android, and would run on Square Enix’s next-gen Luminous Engine.

If anyone didn’t get the subtext—this was all created as a joke.

Steam Sale

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:40:06 +0800

I’ve been absent again. If you want to know why, it’s because I’ve recently gotten into something called tokusatsu. And it’s taken up almost all my free time (aside from real life like work, friends and family).

But I’m back temporarily because guess what time of the year it is?

Steam Summer Sale.

Just *** me sideways.

Or at least my wallet.

So far I’ve gotten the Indie Pack I, which consists of Edge, Lone Survivor, and Cave Story+ (and two other games I’m not too familiar with).

Also I promise to play Sequence the next time I’m staring off into space and wondering what the feck I wanna do. Because it’s about time that I got Ky to the top of that damned tower.

Then maybe Bastion.

And I almost want to Livestream myself playing Lone Survivor… I predict myself to squeak a lot.

My List

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:36:06 +0800

This is just a list of… everything. Everything that I am currently watching or planning to watch or supposed to watch.

It’s really for my own personal consumption so you can skip this over if you like. If you’re curious just how little time I have, then well… go ahead if you really have to…

GAMES

Unfinished Games
Assassin’s Creed Revelations (PS3)
Batman: Arkham City (PS3)
Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
Dragon Age II (PC)
Mass Effect 2 (replay) (PC)
Kingdoms of Amalur (PC)
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (NDS)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (NDS)
Cave Story 3D (3DS)
Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 (PSP) - Yes I know I suck
Dissidia Final Fantasy Duodecim (PSP)
Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (PSP)
Bastion (Steam) - Sob I need to continue this
Sequence (Steam) - I’M SO SORRY

Games I would like to continue
Dungeon Defenders (Steam) - I miss playing this, really
Terraria (Steam) - If the developers put out a new patch <3

Bought Games, but not started
Mass Effect 3 (PC) - Well I technically HAVE started it but not officially.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)
Knights of the Old Republic (Steam)
Fallout 2 (Steam)

Games Wishlist
Lone Survivor (PC) - I blame TheRadBrad
Final Fantasy Agito (PSP)
One Piece Pirate Warriors (PS3/PSN) — Shut up have you SEEN the gameplay vids?
Diablo III (PC) - Arriving next week!

J-Drama Watch List
Bloody Monday - Hackers and Terrorists oh my!
Mei-chan no Shitsuji - I don’t usually do the romantic comedies but a certain actor is in here…
Undecided Heisei Kamen Rider titles

J-Drama Ongoing
Mr Brain (ep02) - Japanese CSI, but more focused on mentalities than forensics
Kamen Rider Ryuki (ep30) - Shutupmytearskeepfalling

Anime Watch List
Monster - Can I handle this…
Mushishi
Legend of Galactic Heroes
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Level E

Anime Ongoing
Glass Mask (ep30+)
Hunter X Hunter 2011 (ep10+)

Manga Read List
Surprisingly, I can’t seem to find anything…

Manga Ongoing
Monster (vol02) - I can’t read this at night u_u

Diablo III Open Beta

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:25:51 +0800

To think that I was playing Diablo II back when I was in high school… That is… Okay you know what? I won’t tell you how long ago that was… ):

Anyway, that’s why when the Open Beta opened last weekend, I scrambled to download it and get a place in line. And as I loaded it up, I bounced in my seat, cackling like the giddy fangirl that I am.

It’s beautiful.

I mean that literally, the graphics are sublime. Wandering around New Tristram was a feast for the eyes. At least for me, I don’t usually give that much weight onto art and graphics but it was wonderful. Very crisp and the mood was perfect.

As I got around to messing with the game itself, I learned something very interesting about the game.

It BARELY changed from Diablo II.

And you know what? That was perfectly fine with me. Diablo II had a great formula already, so honestly, why ruin a good thing? My friend and I agreed that Diablo III was essentially a souped up Diablo II. In his words? “Good job, Blizzard.”

Mind, there were some changes that I turned my nose up at. Like the complete LACK of a skill tree. Part of the fun in D2 was making a build that worked and seeing how outlandish you can make it and still manage to kill things. Runes are interesting at least, and might provide the variety I crave, but I still don’t think it’s enough. I guess it’s something that pisses me off in a lot of games lately… They’re making things TOO simple for us and it’s a trend that I hope doesn’t progress too far…

I also am hoping that I can actually customize my character when the real version comes along. By that I mean actually changing my hairstyle/appearance. It’s not a necessity, but I don’t think it’s TOO much to ask for, is it? :P

Anyway, I got my hand at three different classes before the beta ended: Monk, Demon Hunter and Witch Doctor. I think the Demon Hunter was my favorite one, followed by the Monk then the Witch Doctor.

Mind this ranking is PRETTY CLOSE, and the only real reason why the Witch Doctor fell to last out of the three was that I felt like it would be difficult to use without a party (I was lucky enough to have a friend playing a monk at the time). Otherwise, I was having WAY TOO MUCH FUN throwing spiders at enemies as a main attack, and making hands come out of the ground as an alternate. If anything, I totally enjoyed it because of how twisted and crazy the skills were.

The Demon Hunter was delicious for me mainly because of dual-wielding hand crossbows. THAT was ADDICTING. The skills were also just right, with my traps and ranged abilities.

The Monk is exactly what I wanted from it. A DPS tank. I have this tendency to gravitate toward support characters in multiplayer games, and getting into the monk was like slipping into a familiar pair of shoes.

I didn’t get to play the Barbarian because I’m not a fan of Barbarian classes to begin with. My friend played the Wizard and said he wasn’t too fond of it, so I decided not to bother (yet).

The dungeons were ENORMOUS. And I would have loved that part of it if I wasn’t screaming to finish the runs before the deadline, lol. When I’m playing it properly, I’m going to make the most out of exploring each and every dungeon and get the most out of the game. Also, Diablo retains its delicious randomosity in dungeon-generation, something that I will always love them for. <3

Finally… Plot… I actually am not sure what to say about it. It’s pretty standard RPG-fare so far. There isn’t much to get out of it just yet. They said that the open beta encompasses the entirety of Act I. I SURE HOPE NOT. That was a VERY SHORT FIRST ACT. (Seriously? Three total main quests?). If it is the first act, I hope the game is actually ten acts instead of the usual four/five.

Still, all in all, come May 15, when my preordered copy arrives, I will have a lot of sleepless nights…

Nothin’ just a cool screenshot where I paused my game...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:51:58 +0800

Nothin’ just a cool screenshot where I paused my game right when my Tech Armor exploded and the pulse went off. And I went “whoooooaaaa the effect…”

(btw to clarify this is my second ME2 run, which I want to finish before officially hitting ME3. I know I am late, but that’s life for ya XP)

SO. I haven’t said anything in a while, mostly because I...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:07:43 +0800

SO.

I haven’t said anything in a while, mostly because I haven’t been gaming (SHAME ON ME, I know!!) I promise that when I next get some free time, I’ll be playing more Dungeon Defenders or Sequence or other Indie games that come my way.

Actually I might also have a Silent Hill: Downpour mini-rant eventually, but it depends on how much I remember of it ahahah.

And no I haven’t gotten into ME3 yet because I am a stingy lady who wants my face import patch before then. (shallow yes, but it’s not my Shepard!!)

For now take a look at this REALLY AWESOME 2D Indie Fighter game that a friend threw in my direction:

(She had me at the word Indie, honestly)

I wanna know how well it plays (combo wise, etc) but heck, I’m pretty damn pumped for that! It’s just so darn quirky and the art style is funky

More info at their Official Website

Some gameplay and character videos

Seriously, this is some crazy fun stuff.

Yes. I am gloating.

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:21:43 +0800

Yes.

I am gloating.

ACIII talk continuation: Box art’s cool too. Still I have so many mixed feelings about the...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:16:50 +0800

ACIII talk continuation: Box art’s cool too.

Still I have so many mixed feelings about the game. The thought of it being set in the American Revolution is just freaky to me. On one hand it can be PRETTY DAMN AMAZING. On the other, it might hit some unfunny bones for me.

But seriously though. Connor the Assassin? CONNOR the Assassin? DON’T GET ME WRONG, I actually really do like the name Connor/Conner. But it’s so not an assassin name (which makes me giggle a lot.)

Admittedly Ratohnhaketon sounds awesome though.

Now, I’m gonna go ahead and say that I’m Asian (in case it hadn’t been obvious from previous posts), so forgive me for saying that I’m worried about the game having… well… a bias. Glorifying moments that shouldn’t be glorified and squishing down ugly things. On the other hand, Ubi is multicultural (something that they remind you of at the start of EVERY Assassin’s Creed so far), so I’m crossing my fingers on that.

I like though that Connor is half Brit, half Native American. Makes you wonder more how the story will go. Not to mention he’s already fighting RED COATS so… I also wonder if he switches allegiance along the way or something. Quite frankly, I will really be super pleased if Ubi manages to show ugly faces on BOTH sides of the Revolution. It’s a war. It’s real.

Another thing I’m considering, and this is a CONTROVERSIAL thing (but then AC LIVES on controversy and conspiracy and that’s why we love it). Weren’t there rumored Templars littered all over the American Revolution? On both sides? I sure hope Ubi addresses that part as well.

THAT SAID, I WONDER WHO HAS THE APPLE NOW. SERIOUSLY. Now I wanna backtrack the other games with the random pics/notes/letters of who is in possession of the Apple of Eden or which people are aligned with the Templars or the Assassins. Seriously. I’m sure they mentioned people from this time MORE THAN ONCE.

Other than that, I am spazzing over the details. I just got mindblown from the Blow-by-Blow Analysis IGN Article. Even that TINY DETAIL ABOUT THE AXE HOLY SHI—

And finally, I wonder what Desmond is up to now. <3

SO ASSASSIN’S CREED III HUH, AND IT’S ALREADY OUT...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:14:00 +0800

SO ASSASSIN’S CREED III HUH, AND IT’S ALREADY OUT THIS YEAR. So much excitement and wariness at the same time. Still quite amused at how Ubi just went “Oh… someone leaked it. Oh well, that’s fine. *releases all the rest of the information* “

… I need to make another post for the rest of the rant.

It’s been a while since I’ve shown myself here, hasn’t it? Well that’s...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:41:27 +0800

It’s been a while since I’ve shown myself here, hasn’t it? Well that’s partly because I’ve been playing more big name games lately and not so much the indie ones. In particular Mass Effect 2 because I decided to replay to fix some of my choices before I start Mass Effect 3. Just one more recruitment (two if you count Kasumi, who I only just bought last week, ahaha /LAME PERSON) before loyalty missions and random assignments.

Afterwards, you can fully expect a ME3 rant sooner or later, considering that it CAME OUT JUST TODAY AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I also finally finished Portal 2 Coop Mode with my high school best bud just last night. I’d have a video up of us playing but my comp refused to record and play the game at the same time ;_; I’m not sure why it’s being shitty now. I used to play it PERFECTLY FINE before. But at least we made it to the end!!

*spent a lot of time going “SHUT UP” to GlaDOS always making fun of us for dying, much to my partner’s laughter*

Actually we always play that mode with laughter. Especially when we die. I’m hoping to properly record in the future just for laughs \o/

[Demo] Mass Effect 3

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0800

LEAVE ME ALONE, I NEED A PLACE TO RANT, THIS IS WHY THIS BLOG EVEN EXISTS.

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THE ENTIRE MASS EFFECT SERIES, besides I’M REALLY JUST SCREAMING there’s no objectivity in this entire post. DON’T EXPECT ME TO BE SANE, I’M TYPING THIS AS I PLAY. In fact, run away if you can.

I KEPT SCREAMING. THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

OOOH Interesting Vega is your squad member from the BEGINNING.

I SCREAMED. I ADMIT IT. I DID. WHEN KAIDAN APPEARED. ARGH, I STILL LOVE YOU MOST MY DELICIOUS TURIAN, BUT KAIDAN WAS ALSO STILL MY FIRST LOVE.

man the looks at each other, Kaidan’s face when she walks off… these little details that Bioware adds in… Man I still wonder if Bioware will tackle the love triangle thing, I hope they do, I mean, I’m almost sure they won’t but…

nghahhghahhhh here comes the idiot alliance government not believing me again, I almost wanna yell at their faces but I’ll be a good Paragon a good Paragon— owait this isn’t my save file yet BWAHAHAHA *Renegade mode*

OH GOD IT’S SO GORGEOUS, AND MY HEART IS STOPPING AT THE REAPER ARRIVAL, I admit this wasn’t what I expected it to start with but what do I know, I’M A LOWLY PEON.

— COMBAT TIME

OH… oh my, they expanded on the skill tree from before… looks a little better, but I do hope there’s more to it, levelling up in ME2 was kinda sad.—

OH GOD.

OH GOD WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

WHAT WAS THAT KID, WHY DID YOU BREAK MY HEART LIKE THAT WHYYYY

THE COUNCIL, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I SAVED THEIR ASSES AND THEY STILL TURNED THEIR BACKS ON ME IF THEY DON’T HELP ME ONE TIME, I’LL CUT THAT SALARIAN THROAT

okay the switch between conversations to in-game events is very pretty, actually… damn…

Man I am so rusty, I need to get used to playing this again, took me forever just to kill a few Husks—

OH GOD NO, ANDERSON YOU GET YOUR ASS ON THIS SHIP WITH ME— ANDERSON NO o-okay I get it but but… BUT STILL YOU AND HACKETT CAN’T DIE

Oh the little boy’s alri— NOOOO WHY…YOU GAVE ME HOPE WHY DO YOU DO THIS?!!!? FUCK YOU REAPERS!!! BIOWARE THIS IS JUST A DEMO ARE YOU ALREADY MAKING ME CRY—

wait what oh timeskip wait I’m… I’m still getting a hold of my emotions… Oh… OH hi we’re on the Salarian homeworl—- WREX. IS THAT YOU, WREX… OMG WREX I LOVE YOU YOU’RE BACK BUDDY OMG, I DIDN’T THINK YOU’D BE AROUND AGAIN!! Kay not a squad member but sti—

LIARA HIII I KNEW ABOUT YOU BUT DIDN’T EXPECT TO SEE YOU—

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRUUUSSSS MY HONEY HOW ARE YOU~~~ Nice to see you babe <3<3<3<3

OMG MY ME1 CREW WHEEEEE I JUST NEED KAIDAN AND TALI NOWWW— Sorry Ashley but… you know…

— Ohh… OHHh this is so interesting… D: So that’s what you’re going to do here— CERBERUS… WTF ARE YOU DOING HERE?!! IS THIS THAT MAN’S DOING OR IS THIS A ROGUE GROUP?!! —

MORDIN… MORDIN HI… PLEASE JOIN MY SQUAD PLEASE? PLEASE? PLEASE?

— Kirrahe O.O wow… Is this the DEFAULT storyline? I assumed that the default story has him dead… Come to think of it, I always assume that the default story is dead people… And yet Kirrahe, and Wrex are here… Also ignoring that Mordin and Garrus COULD die because of ME2…

okay switching covers is cool, this should have always existed….. Man backflipping too! this is kinda awesome.

Demo over… Man yeah wtf is Cerberus doing, I really wanna know what’s going on…

Nope, not going to try playing the Multiplayer. Besides it’s already full of fanbois that are yelling at each other over weird things. Besides I can’t even access it yet anyway.

So far what I feel from this is that it took the osm gameplay of ME2 and FIXED THE NARRATIVE. ME2 and it’s gaddamn non-existent main story line.. >_< SO I’M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FULL THING. But yes this was a lovely little teaser u_u I… I want it now… Hnghhh March 6 can’t come any faster…!!

That little “NO” in the corner, makes me giggle EVERY time I’m in this...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:39:24 +0800

That little “NO” in the corner, makes me giggle EVERY time I’m in this dungeon.

(It’s actually N for north, and the circle there is actually my “current objective”. It’s still funny XD)

By the way, this is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It bleeped on my radar ever since I read a small IGN article about it and have been interested ever since. Mostly because I’m all for a new Fantasy RPG, especially with how it keeps raving about its combat system.

I actually got to play with the demo a little bit, especially because playing it gives you free in-game stuff when you buy the game (not to mention freebies for Mass Effect 3 too, dohohoho!). Ended up with some funny screenshots because a lot of the kinks hadn’t been taken out yet.

I wish I could say that I did that on purpose, but I didn’t.

Actually I’m not sure about that last bit yet, they might still happen. I haven’t killed anyone in funky poses yet. But hey! I’m totally okay with floating dead bodies. It’s better than backwards flying dragons.

Anyway, the story is actually pretty standard for a fantasy RPG so far. I’m hoping that it will pick up, somewhat, or have some interesting twist in the middle (especially considering how much they RAVE about how the story was written by these famous fantasy booklet writers). Still, even then, it’s actually kind of fun so far. I’m pretty excited about the prospect of not having a STRICT job class for the character, so I can go ahead and build myself into a lightning mage-slash-dagger-rogue-slash-healer-slash-sweettalker-that-could-make-my-own-weapons if I could properly stat myself.

The combat took some time getting used to, especially since I’m used to the camera rotating with you as you TURN, but I’m getting the hang of it now (I just hope I don’t forget about it when Mass Effect 3 rolls around). In fact, I -am- starting to see how it can work well… It really IS easy slashing and casting at the same time while switching to your ranged weapon in the middle. As long as you keep track of your key presses at least.

So anyway, so far it’s enjoyable, and I can’t say just yet if it’s at par with the big name RPGs out there since I’ll have to play more. But it’s a decent way of passing time while waiting for the big guns to come out.

*commences chanting for March 6, 2012*

Random shiznit I do on Terraria

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:00 +0800

Me and my friend being dorks.

I WORK OOOUUUUUUUUTTTTT

(Who knew that skeleton armor was bare midriff?)

Apparently I’ve hit the bottom of the world.

How the eff did a slime get up here? (And yes, I checked for floating islands in the vicinity)

WEREWOOOOLF *ATTACKS IT*

*commence screaming*

*CONTINUES SCREAMING HEAD OFF*

kay done. Sorry for the page stretch.

Been a while...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:01:00 +0800

On that note, it really had been a while since I played Sequence so I fired it up today. After getting used to how to play again (I freaked out sooooo much switching between my screens and was really bad at it at first. Actually I even forgot HOW to switch for a second), I made it to the real reason why I wanted to play.

Hello Third Boss.

*already sputtering laughing*

Post battle:

I was so busy laughing I didn’t get to cap everything. But MAN WASN’T EXPECTING THAT.

Oh and he did drop a dagger. A PINK one.

(Ignore my stats, I actually fumbled a lot in this song as you can see by my number of failed spells)

Now I wanna go play some Zork. XD

Although I have now met the Final Boss (or maybe next to final because I don’t know how the story will end up).

I admit to being intimidated.

And it looks like Ky is too.

I think I'm going to buy sequence now. I love me some indie games, and its just nice seeing what other developers are doing. THANKS FOR CAPPING!

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:29:06 +0800

It’s HARD, lol. I actually freak out switching between the defense, spell, and mana screens. Especially earlier since I hadn’t played in a couple weeks XD

But it’s definitely funny. With as much dry humor as the tutorial video from the developers XD

OhheyIhaveartwhat? Decided to draw my Shepard. So many things...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:17:29 +0800

OhheyIhaveartwhat?

Decided to draw my Shepard. So many things out of proportion. I’m really just practicing her though.

(“Funny” note, if SOPA passes tomorrow, I can get in trouble for this. Hooray?)

I call these the death-butt-shots (Not sure how they happened but they were funny)

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:04:48 +0800

I call these the death-butt-shots

(Not sure how they happened but they were funny)