In May I played around with two Early Access skateboarding games, Session and Skater XL, with the intention of writing follow up pieces for each once they’d had their “full” release. Well, that day has come, sort of. Both have now had console releases, however, Session still remains in Early Access (or whatever the Xbox […]
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#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 38
After getting Quina to level 36 and equipping Auto-Float to, I head back to the Earth Shrine. I’m hoping that s/he has a fighting chance now. The Earth Guardians “Earthquake” attack now misses every time, taking some of the pressure off of Quina’s White Wind Blue Magic (which heals the whole party, but not by […]
I’ve never watched Alfred Hitchcock: The 1940s
It’s been a long time since I last wrote about any movies, but I decided last night that it was confession time. I’ve mentioned this to a few people but I recently came to the realisation that I’d never (knowingly, at least) watched an Alfred Hitchcock film. There are others on this BFI list that […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 37
Even though Quina is only level 30 and has only learnt a few spells last week, I decide its time to try and head to the Earth Shrine. Once there Quina tells Zidane that s/he is really pleased they’ve paired up, Zidane admits to them that he got the “leftovers”. Amusingly this only serves to […]
My Riot – Rick Spears, Emmett Helen
Young Adult novels, and in this case, comics, tend to follow a similar formula (or at least from my experience they do): Young girl challenges the norms of her society in order to discover herself. My Riot is no different in that respect, however rather than settle for a dystopian future setting, we go way […]
#UbiToo: The insidious nature of the games industry
Over a year ago I wrote about the toxicity in gaming culture, recent events have brought my feelings towards that to the forefront of my mind again and I feel the need to put something down on Bar Harukiya about it. In recent months this place has mostly become a combination of reviews and playthrough […]
Final Fantasy XIV: A Beauty Reborn
This has gone out much, much later than my usual Sunday update. This is purely because I didn’t get on to FFXIV on Saturday evening, the past few days have been a struggle, mentally, the best way I can describe how I’m feeling is that any and all noise has been exhausting. I’m not sure […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 36
Not alot going on this week, in between trying not to go insane and catching up with my A Realm Restarted stuff, I’ve only been chipping away at Quina’s Blue Magic. I started the week with: Lv Holy Aqua Breath Mighty Guard Pumpkin Head Night White Wind Vanish Using the guide on Jegged I fly […]
Odessa – Jonathan Hill
Odessa, like last week’s Eden, leaves me in a difficult spot, it’s enjoyable but largely forgettable. It tells the story of an America that’s literally been torn in two by an earthquake, and within that is the story of a family in search of their Mother, though things end in this volume before they find […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 35
Outside Ipsen’s Castle we find a huge staircase leading up to the castle itself, Zidane notes that the building itself is strange, it looks like its been built upside down. The plan is for four of us to head in, with the rest standing guard outside. Amarant objects to this, he says he works alone […]