Week Off for Paige

By Paige Francis Posted Monday Jan 27, 2025

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Hi, folks. Still working on the next post, but everything has been a bit off-kilter this weekend. Doesn’t help that we lost water for a few days thanks to below-freezing temperatures, but it was still an accident. There were things that *may* have helped, but we had a pretty extreme situation. Some plumbing repair took care of the biggest problem, but we still have a tiny leak (that will become bigger…they always do) and some electrical re-location that needs to be done. We’re waiting for a time period of good temperatures, which should be coming up. A little bit more to look at after the fold.

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DM of the Rings Remastered CIII: A Brief History of You

By Peter T Parker Posted Sunday Jan 26, 2025

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Only in the context of an RPG is it possible for someone to need the Cliff Notes version of their own biography.

– Shamus, Monday May 21, 2007

 


 

Wednesday Action Log 01-22-25

By Issac Young Posted Wednesday Jan 22, 2025

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This week I’ve actually played some games.

I played the demo for Heroes of Hammerwatch II. It was fine. I don’t know if it was just the demo, but there was almost no tutorial or guide, so there was about an hour of playing where I didn’t know what I was doing at all. Other than that, it was just fine.

Most of my time this week has been spent on a newly released game that is outside of my normal genre. Infinity Nikki. It’s a hard game to explain; it has a lot of modern Nintendo elements, some Super Mario Odyssey, a bit of Breath of the Wild, and a tiny bit of Pokémon vibes, all wrapped up in a game about dresses and fashion. Every thing you do is related to your outfit, your double jump has its own outfit, and so does your bug net.

And an outfit for combat.

A lot of the game consists of making outfits and finding clothing, as well as materials for your outfits. Then you have your ability outfits. You can’t change your ability outfits the same as your regular outfits. You can get alternate ones, but can’t really customize (at least as far as I know).

There’s also parkour.

Since I’m not the best at explaining games, I’ll just say: if you played Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, and got excited when you found a new piece of armor, you’ll probably like this game.

Anyway, what’s everyone else doing this week?

 


 

Final Fantasy 1 (part 002)

By Paige Francis Posted Monday Jan 20, 2025

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Day Two of Final Fantasy 1 Pixel Remaster. I spent a bit of time seeing if there was even a point in loading Roland MT-32 compatibility. However the Pixel Remasters are CD mixes, or at least CD-capable; so while any for any given piece of music there can be an honest argument about the best implementation, the PR versions are broadly the best version of every soundtrack for the first six games. I did, not too long ago, get MUNT working on my system for Sierra games. As those are some of the oldest, later games that used Roland emulation should work just fine. The secret is in the game’s startup, not the system. Once MUNT is installed correctly, I just have to have MUNT loaded. It’s the game itself that has to point to the right libraries for sound. But looping around to the beginning, there really isn’t a point to even trying, and so we move on with the next segment of our journey.

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DM of the Rings Remastered CII: A Minor Omission

By Peter T Parker Posted Sunday Jan 19, 2025

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There are ways to correct mistakes made in the delivery of the plot. Some are better than others.

– Shamus, Friday May 18, 2007

 


 

Wednesday Action Log 01-15-25

By Issac Young Posted Wednesday Jan 15, 2025

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This week has been a whole lot of nothing.

But as of writing this, I was looking at steam and saw Heroes of Hammerwatch II. I don’t know anything about it other than it released today and is a roguelike. I’m very fond of roguelikes, so I’m going to try the demo later.

What’s everyone else doing this week?

 


 

Final Fantasy 1 (part 001)

By Paige Francis Posted Monday Jan 13, 2025

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Pre-existing condition: my mouse is going out, apparently.

Let’s get one thing straight from the beginning: Final Fantasy is *not* the first console RPG, or JRPG…but it *was* inspired by the early ones. It *was* the first to use the format of enemies lined up vertically on the left side of the screen and home team lined up vertically on the right, for what it’s worth. This format is broadly associated with the concept of early console RPG’s, despite Final Fantasy being one of the few that used this idea. Dragon Quest, debuting a year earlier, used a first-person fight screen then switched to a second-person hybrid screen with Dragon Quest 7. This view would also dominate HD and 3D remakes so thoroughly and effectively that people associate that particular view with the series as a whole, now. The Phantasy Star series, another early hit for Sega-based systems; used a second-person view set right behind the protagonists. You would see their back and hair which set an early standard for that series’ focus on the avatars’ designs. Most earlier RPG’s used some variety of first-person point-of-view. So at least in one regard Final Fantasy did do something different.

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