Presumably, there is a design doc at Square Enix that defines what defines a Crystal Chronicles game. A character called Cid, cactuars, marlboros, flans, chocobos, airships, trains and magical jewelery are all borrowed from the main series. What makes a Crystal Chronicles game seems to be an obsession with talking about crystals, carrying …
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Review: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Friday, August 27th, 2010 by cunzy1 1The Passion of Tetris
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 by cunzy1 1Back in the day, a passion for video games meant a healthy interest in video games as part of a normal, balanced diet. These days, anything than less than full retard could see you harshly labeled as a newbie on some internet forums. But unlike wine or film it is hard to be …
Sounds
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 by cunzy1 1I may have already mentioned ALREADY JESUS CHRIST ALREADY GET OFF MY BACK MOM ALREADY! That I am a big fan of video game soundtracks. Be it the official tunes, an inspired remix and very occasionally I even allow songs which have merely sampled an OT to creep onto the MP3 player. …
The Epicest Clash Ever
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 by cunzy1 1Scholars have argued for hundreds of years over which belief system is the best and the jury is still out on the definitive answer. Is it the system with the most money? The system with the most followers? The system that fits in with current knowledge of how the universe works or is it the …
To Waggle or Not To Waggle?
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 by cunzy1 1That is actually the question. With the recent release of some concept shots for the PS Move inviting a glut of mixed internet people reactions from the logic failing PlayStation fundamentalists’ “this is all Nintendo’s fault” to the long suffering Wii forumite’s “how do you like them apples?”, motion controls seems to …
Resident Evil 4 Revisited
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 by cunzy1 1Recently, a brand spanking new copy of Resident Evil 4 for the Wii caught my eye. Reduced to clear and put in the shop window of a generic electronics shop in London’s laughable ‘electronics mile’, I couldn’t face the heart break over the thought of that particular copy of that gem of a game slowly …
Post PlayStation 2: Choose your own adventure!
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 by cunzy1 1You are in an excellent position as the market leader in the gaming industry. The PlayStation 2 went from strength to strength and, with few exceptions from the enemy, had some of the best games ever created. Nintendo have frankly just given up on the Gamecube and the Xbox is really heavy. With a huge …
Love the Capcom
Monday, November 30th, 2009 by cunzy1 1This is a transcript of a presentation I gave at the Women’s Institute last week.
In the ongoing, victimless, and utterly pointless console wars Capcom is America. It’s selling arms to everyone. Ammunition for all the fanboys to use on each other. Sure the Wii can’t do Dead Rising but then Zack and Wiki just …
Review – 100 Classic Book Collection
Friday, November 6th, 2009 by cunzy1 1100 Classic Book Collection for the DS is awesomesauce. That’s the gist of this whole review for those of you unwilling or unable to read further. However, for those with some staying power I will qualify why it is such an amazing condiment after I clarify that it isn’t a game.
100 Classic Book Collection …
Review – Another Code: R A Journey Into Lost Memories
Monday, October 12th, 2009 by cunzy1 1Another Code:R A Journey Into Lost Memories (herein abbreviated to AC:RAJILM) is from the same developer behind the rather excellent Hotel Dusk. So I was somewhat excited when AC:RAJILM was announced for the Wii.
After an extensive playthrough, it seems that this excitement was altogether misplaced. This is not necessarily to say that the game is …
