Knowing I’m not going to get this write up finished before Halloween at my previous pace, I’m upping the regularity of these updates. Episode 4 Alan awakens to Alice’s face looking down on him, but it then begins to change and takes on the appearance of Dr Hartman. He tells Wake that he’s had a […]
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#ThrowbackThursday #Horroctober edition: Alan Wake – week 4
It’s taking longer than anticipated to type these up, I tried to have two episodes done for Thursday but even just doing Episode 3 resulted in a delay, so I’ll be increasing the rate at which I post them in order to try and get this finished for Halloween. Episode 3 Alan and Barry arrive […]
A rollercoaster week in Eorzea
It’s been a while since I last posted about Final Fantasy XIV, in fact, it was back in July when I was trying to run an alt character, which I’ve since abandoned. The reason for that was that I just couldn’t give my main the time I wanted, and at that stage, I think I […]
#ThrowbackThursday #Horroctober edition: Alan Wake – week 3
Episode Two New York, Three years ago. Alan enters his apartment and hears Alice call out to him, she’s done some cover shots for his next novel that she wants him to check out, but when he gets to his office the lights go out. She begins to panic, so Alan checks the fuse box, […]
#ThrowbackThursday #Horroctober edition: Alan Wake – week 2
It seems to me that these posts are going to be on the lengthy side. I think there’s something like 6 episodes in the game, so doing two episodes per weekly update will take me nicely to the end of the month, but typing them up is going to be a mammoth task. I was […]
Lord of Light – Roger Zelazny
2020 has been tough on everyone, a lot of us have lost our outlets and opportunities to socialise. Some of that is slowly coming back and I think there’ll be more appreciation of those situations once we have a bit more freedom. I’m not the most social person, I’m awful at making plans and committing […]
How a show about fishing kept me in check with my emotions
Over a six week period, and finishing last weekend, “Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing” aired on Sunday evenings on BBC 2, this was its third season, I’ve watched the previous two and read their book. It doesn’t sound like much: two ageing comedians visit various locations in Britain and fish, but its more than that. […]
#ThrowbackThursday #Horroctober edition: Alan Wake – Week 1
Those who have been reading Bar Harukiya since last year may recall that I used to mix things up with #ThrowbackThursday, covering a “Retro Club” game alongside my Final Fantasy IX playthrough, you may even recall I did things a little differently last October as I spent that month playing Gregory Horror Show, you know, […]
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
“Walking Simulators” are ten a penny now, a lot of developers who want to provide a narrative-heavy game that has some major emotional impact on the player use the genre to tell their story. This involves tasking the player with walking around or through a location and interacting with clues to keep said story ticking […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 44
We’re supposed to go to the Iifa Tree, but I really want to try some of the sidequests out, I’ve got the Mognet Central stuff, Stellazio Coins and Chocobo Forest that I think I should still be able to do. I head for Lindblum first and find Sagittarius, I’m not sure if it was there […]