We have almost finished Year 8 of Nintendo Power, with a fairly lean issue.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 110
Let’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 114 – …It’s Gone Now
We fight an optional boss to open up a portal back down to B8.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 113 – There Was A Lake Here…
We return to the waterfall level to investigate an area we unlocked.
Read moreGhost of Tsushima: Video Game Review
Ghost of Tsushima was the last game I beat in 2020 – I completed the game on New Year’s Eve on a launch PS4, and in spite of that console’s age, Tsushima is a title that looks and plays beautifully.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 112 – Fast Retreat
We start to make our way to the next memory crystal, but get ambushed and have to fall back to town.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 111 – Homebrew God
The party gets some exposition on the history of Duhan.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 110 – Continued Exploration
We continue through B8 to our next story objective.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 109 – In the Door
We finally get out of the lobby and start exploring the East wing of B8.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 108 – Crowded Foyer
We return to B8 and encounter a bunch of monsters in the level’s “foyer”
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 109
Another light issue, but we get our first dedicated coverage of a third party N64 game.
Read moreGBP – Azure Bonds #9: Pit of Moander
I’ve talked a bit in this series about encounter design. The Pit of Moander works well for it’s lack of encounter design. Or, rather, a designed lack of encounters – specifically random encounters.
Read moreGBP – Azure Bonds #8: Yulash
After completing Yulash and reaching the entrance to the Pit of Moander (see next blog post), I got to thinking about how to deal with this game’s money problem – in terms of the whole encumbered by cash issue. Aside from not giving cash encumbrance values, that is. And I thought of this based on Yulash, the Pit, and where we’re going to be going to next – Zhentil Keep.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 107 – Stake ‘Em
Time for another rematch with the Vampire Lord.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 106 – Re-Supply
We make a quick run to stock back up on Transfer Potions.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 105 – Close Call
We have a very close call before falling back to town resurrect our party and level up our members.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 104 – North Wing
We get teleported to another area of the dungeon and continue our exploration.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 103 – West Wing
We continue to explore the West Wing of level B8.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 102 – Pace Ourselves
We decide to pace ourselves and explore, and very nearly lose another party member again.
Read moreNextGen #13: January 1996
Once again, I’ve fallen back behind where we are in Nintendo Power Retrospectives, with my recaps in NextGen, so it’s time to play some very slow catchup.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 101 – Vampire Lord
We take on an optional boss in the form of a Vampire Lord, and get our clock cleaned.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 100 – Near Dust Experience
After nearly losing a party member from an in-dungeon resurrection, we return to town, and find out we have a shortcut back to B8.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 99 – Golem Rematch
We return to the Golem and throw down.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 98 – Return Trip For Reals II
We end up running into a whole bunch of encounters on this stretch of the dungeon.
Read moreJedi: Fallen Order: Video Game Review
It’s been a while since my last video game review, so it’s time to give my thoughts on one of the more recent games I’ve beaten – Jedi: Fallen Order.
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