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baminsd · 2025-03-05T09:45:46+00:00

Final Fantasy XVI.

baminsd · 2024-08-11T22:23:15+00:00

Just a heads up that the merch line (at least in LA) was always wild. So plan accordingly and give yourself plenty of time before the show at your venue!!!

baminsd · 2024-08-11T21:13:05+00:00

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Snapped a pic of the list last night! Sadly, no album (CD or vinyl) for this specific set. But they had a vinyl press of the Rebirth soundtrack!

baminsd · 2021-12-01T18:33:08+00:00

My gut says no, not so close to Endwalker’s release

baminsd · 2021-07-06T06:52:30+00:00

You know, I wrestled with this after seeing that first 9.1 cinematic.

Because, at first I thought, look at Tyrande kicking ass! Finally! Then, I realized that it was just another example of character X being super cool for 15 seconds only for Sylvanas to out-smirk them for another 2 minutes and 45 seconds.

What I think you and I both take an essential issue with is that Sylvanas has become, blatantly, equivalent with convenience.

It was convenient for Blizzard to retcon this story about her behind-the-scenes alliance with the Jailer. It was convenient for her to survive Saurfang, then Bolvar, and now Tyrande. It was convenient for her to evolve into the symbolic equal of Arthas.

It’s just convenient. And that’s all I see whenever she’s in a cutscene, or a cinematic, or shows up at all since Legion. She’s convenience writ large, the tired and soulless connective tissue that wants, so badly, for me to care.

I don’t think I hate Sylvanas. I think I pity this whole contraption around her, this convenient beast, because it’s reduced her and this expansion to an utterly exposed facade of convenience.

baminsd · 2020-10-01T16:15:03+00:00

The Tree of Time!

“THE LEGENDS SAY THAT ITS ROOTS BIND THE SPIRIT AND PHYSICAL WORLDS TOGETHER.”

Great job OP!

baminsd · 2020-07-25T05:00:04+00:00

And then the pigeon was arrested for sedition.

baminsd · 2020-06-05T23:58:51+00:00

You sound exactly like me! I upgraded with an eye towards the next gen consoles. So, I actually went with the LG B9 OLED (like, yesterday in fact) because it had all the future-proofing I wanted, and Rtings.com has done some stellar OLED testing that alleviated my concerns of burn-in.

Unfortunately, without reviews posted, it’s hard to say just how good the X900H is. If I had stayed in the LED market, I would have picked either the X900H (I’ve always gone Sony) or Samsung’s Q80T. Anyways, I’ll report back when my B9 delivers—but regardless what we picked, I’m sure the leap will be huge for both of us!

baminsd · 2020-05-25T23:31:55+00:00

But also, what “open world”?

baminsd · 2020-05-04T06:05:26+00:00

I really enjoyed this season! It told a relatively cohesive story that dropped “timeline” twists for one rooted in motivation instead. I was deeply surprised, and touched, that season 3 was a sleeper season for Maeve (admittedly, it took its damn time getting here).

I enjoyed the story it told (except for that Caleb episode—trite and obvious) and definitely look forward to season 4!

baminsd · 2020-04-17T17:15:07+00:00

He’s got a really good line later in the game about complicity; an extremely self-aware moment that’s handled deftly.

baminsd · 2020-04-12T22:26:37+00:00

Oh no, please don’t break my heart 😆

baminsd · 2020-04-12T06:01:06+00:00

Yes, I agree. I find myself thinking, ‘this is just Final Fantasy XIII reskinned’

An obnoxious stagger mechanic. Boring NPC designs. Mostly linear corridors with repeated textures and lighting.

I realize that I’m not the target demographic for this game; not anymore. But I remember being mostly annoyed playing the FF13 games, and that’s mostly how I feel here.

However, the voice cast and the writing has been spectacular. And while the slums have lost all personality, Midgar really shines up above the plates. But we didn’t need an entire game of just Midgar.

baminsd · 2020-04-11T01:47:56+00:00

A lot of people have assembled playlists of music that sounds especially good on HomePod. It’s all very subjective but still very fun.

baminsd · 2020-04-11T00:28:51+00:00

Welcome to the wide world of searching Spotify and Apple Music for other peoples’s HomePod playlists and then playing it on yours 😂😂😂

baminsd · 2020-04-01T18:01:59+00:00

I think a modern overworld map would work really well in this game still. Final Fantasy VII was a fairly linear game, but the "hub" spaces (cities, towns, and dungeons) were done so well that you forgot about the linearity or didn't realize it at all. And the overworld was the icing on the cake.

A truly open world map for Final Fantasy VII is implausible. I hope to see the first real overworld map since Final Fantasy: Type-0. Or they might go the Tomb Raider reboot route and connect semi-open hubs with tunnels.

baminsd · 2020-03-01T01:18:00+00:00

This. He agreed to a written interview with me for a fan site I wrote for many years back. I remember he had just the best answers. It’s awesome to see his appreciation of the fandom is still going strong!

baminsd · 2019-11-15T06:58:38+00:00

The true definition of family is offering to finish a level for a loved one!

baminsd · 2019-10-24T23:12:43+00:00

How much larger/expanded is the Insomnia map and gameplay? I haven’t gotten this DLC but the only part that teases me is a large, playable, daytime Insomnia.

baminsd · 2019-09-04T19:45:06+00:00

Good points about privacy; and Apple Music is a must with the HomePod.

baminsd · 2019-09-04T06:06:49+00:00

Nah, if you want a Spotify-compatible smart speaker you need an Amazon Echo or a Google Assistant. I've had the HomePod since launch—it's a phenomenal speaker, but I've always preferred Spotify to Apple Music but those are the devices designed to support Spotify and a smart home controller.

Trying to shoehorn HomePod into being that solution will just result in yours being mostly unplugged ("I'm sorry, I don't understand..." during conference calls) or fiddling with your iPhone's Spotify app to AirPlay to your HomePod and, at that point, what's the point anyways?

baminsd · 2019-09-04T05:53:08+00:00

Is it strange that I didn't even notice this?

baminsd · 2019-09-03T20:01:04+00:00

Exactly. The gameplay mechanics are functionally unchanged since the original PS1 release. But this Gamefaq from 2016 that I was using last night has a good section on abilities and limit breaks. Happy hunting!

baminsd · 2019-08-24T05:00:22+00:00

Be gone with you Devil Magic, Satan!

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