Recent content by TalonsAlight

If I had to guess, I would say developers/publishers would send memos to gaming mags, and they'd print them.  Strikes me as a tactful way to get some publicity.  I'm guessing this happened more often than not.

I like to think I'm a reasonably big booster of indie devs. One annoying habit some developers have is they try to stoke some kind of anti-establishment sentiment by evoking a good guys (indie) vs bad guys (major developers) battle. In my experiences, they have a point: much of the gaming...

Not normally about tower defense games, but Defense Grid's price is just fine with me.  I heard it has Borderlands shout-outs, which by itself if worth some kind of time investment.

Not that much purpose in not purging unless you're a collector.  If you beat/master a game, it'll likely be a long time before you'll want to do something with it again, if ever.  So sell soon when you can usually get the highest price (exceptions: when a game becomes collectable) and use the...

A bit harsher than I was, but yeah, I was let down a touch. I don't usually have expectations for a demo, but last time I was let down by one, was, strangely enough, Tales of Vesperia. Though I don't place a terribly high emphasis on demos.

Tell me about it. I sat here in what is the best PSPlus month in memory... and I don't have it. Don't have access to my PS3 system either, not for a little while longer. Usually, I don't mind missing sales, but looking at what has transpired on PSPlus recently....

I'll catgeorize my reply.  The one I'm most likely to return to... Out of the big releases: Super Mario 64 Out of the underappreciated but hearalded: Ogre Battle 64 Out of the underrated/overly reviled: Tetrisphere I have yet to get to, but am hankering to play: Jet Force Gemini

I try to funnel half of my game acqusitions in support of indie devs (which is most assuredly not the same as half my game funds).  As a rule, my MS points are usually reserved for Xbox Indie or Live Arcade titles.  Not this time, though.  Sonic games for two bucks is just too good to pass up...

To me, having a few waify pretty boys thwarting enemies usually requiring an entire army to defeat isn't much less believable than having a few bodybuilders thwarting the same bad guys. This being said, I'd like my JRPG heroes to not flaunt their comfort with their masculinity so much. Any...

This. Also, Dragon Quest IV, V and Final Fantasy III. Hell, I wouldn't have complained if Fire Emblem, FFIV or DQVI would've made it. It irked me when I'd hear seasoned/'core' gamers complain of the lack of RPGs in the generation. It has been a great generation for the genre - in the...

Yeah, I convinced myself the same thing a while back, and was looking forward to paying under $20 one release day. That ain't gonna happen, but, as broke as I am, I've been salavating at footage since I first laid eyes on it, and now that an oddball is being thrown in (artbook), resistance is...

Hiya.  First post here, not that anyone asked. Looking back, I don't really recall a whole lotta games I've played disappointing me terribly.  The closest thing I can think of are Metal Gear Solids 2 and 3, although I heard enough stridently negative things about those games to keep...