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06/18/2022 St. Elmo's Fire 1 Comment

Some Metroidvanias and some more standard platformers. Inside: Even the Ocean, Xenodrifter, Gato Roboto, RONIN.

Metroidvania, Platformers, Puzzle Platformer, Recommendations, Video Games Even the Ocean, Gato Roboto, RONIN, Xenodrifter

St. Elmo's Fire on Megaman Battle Network 1-3I've heard of One Step From Eden! It's on my wishlist.
Roarke on Megaman Battle Network 1-3I played Megaman Battle Network 2 as a kid and just loved it. Totally didn't bother to do any post-game content or farming out the chip library, thoug…
Seed of Bismuth on Shin Megami Tensei V"why are you writing fantasy if you hate it so goddamn much you pathetic hacks." Because if you try to change anything you'll only make it worse, bett…
Nerem on Persona 2: Innocent Sin & Eternal PunishmentIn SMT3 and 5 the universe is revealed to be cyclic because at some point someone or something who represents a human desire in some form becomes the…
St. Elmo's Fire on Persona 2: Innocent Sin & Eternal PunishmentHell, SMT3, 4, and 5 AND Strange Journey all are about how these desires become deified and take greater form. I only recall this being explicit in 4A…
Nerem on Persona 2: Innocent Sin & Eternal PunishmentThe idea of Persona and heck SMT in general is that all Demons are just manifestations of human desires and emotions. Before Persona 3 they didn't mak…
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files Fool Moon Ch34Oh, and while apparently Hulkwoofers sometimes 'just' maim targets in a chaotic mass attack situation like the prison mess, apparently they go all RAE…
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files ChatterHold up, *that's* what Kim Delaney's whole deal was?? Fuck's sake does that ever add a layer of skeeze. Also...as if Molly's whole shit deal WRT being…
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files Chatter...ye gods. How was that remotely necessary? Talk about extra skeezy dimensions to an already borked douchebag-apprentice dynamic.
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files Fool Moon Unfoolery + Next Time OnAll told, this book definitely stuck in my head because the concept (besides its author insert getting to call a fistful of people 'bitches' and be te…
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files Fool Moon Ch34...now that you mention the pit working so long as MacFinn only had Fridge Tiger to glare up at, the rich guy *totally* coulda parked a few days somep…
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files Fool Moon Ch33So apparently magick-dregs-charged pentacle>a half-dozen .22 rounds where Hulkwoofers are concerned. Come to think of it, (a) how much time did Mac…
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files Fool Moon Ch32Pound for pound, Tera's 'likely about to be skullcrunched by my fiancee along with every single one of the junior woofers' is easily the most poignant…
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files Fool Moon Ch30That said, I dunno about Denton being 'more of a hero', mainly since that 'necessary sacrifices' line is giving me colossal 'indefinitely rationalizin…
ex-dresdenite on Dresden Files Fool Moon Ch30Yeah, why *is* Mister Got-My-Crackwoofer-Belt-Snitched-By-Noirwiz shit-talking his colleague? You'd think he'd be laserfocused on getting his fix back…