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 […]
#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 […]
#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 […]
#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 […]
Final Fantasy XIV: Soul of a Black Mage
Another busy weekend on Final Fantasy XIV, I did stream it but I’m not going to be doing that in future as I don’t really have any viewers and I’m not one for talking over a game when I’m playing it, so there’s nothing really there for anyone and at least two others stream the […]
#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 34
I decide not to begin the grind immediately. Now that the whole map is open to me I can get a bunch of other things done before its too late, things like side quests and a whole bunch of shopping. I pick a point on the map and just head there to see what there […]
Final Fantasy XIV: A Whole Lotta Unlockin
This week things are going to differ from previous posts relating to Cryspi Wonton’s adventures through Eorzea, previous instalments have dumped a whole load of story on you, name dropping people left, right and centre, there will obviously be a bit of that, but with how much I got through last night, this post would […]