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Category: Blues Reviews

  • Digital Domain’s Monkey King™

    Hey, it’s been forever since this thing came out as a VR experience and somehow I can’t find that I ever actually reviewed it. So assuming I didn’t, it’s a good opportunity to maybe write something relevant about the Wukong myth without having to touch anything problematic. God, is it ever great not giving a…

  • MegaMan Battle Network, early game impressions

    I kind of wanted to do this because I’m actually playing it a bit and actually making a bit of progress. I’m still not very far, and I’ll save an Objective Review System review for once I have more time with the game, but I have some thoughts on the first game after seeing a…

  • Biker Mice from Mars toys, by Nacelle

    Let me preface this by saying I don’t come at this as an actual fan of the show so much as someone who was a fan of the commercials. It aired in a time slot I wasn’t able to watch except to catch the rare snippet when I was sick and mostly cordoned off at…

  • Fade In review

    Let me just say this: I love Trelby. But I’ve outgrown it. If you’re getting started with screenwriting, start with Trelby. It hasn’t updated in years, but it’s FOSS and will teach you the essentials. Fade In sounded like it was going to do more of what I wanted and it’s a fraction of the…

  • Digimon World: Next Order, objectively

    To begin, Amazon has it for $30 and I would like to reimburse $30 (any version) for the first 10 or however many I can manage until Sept. 1 for whom it might provide solace for the untimely passing of Dragoneer, best known for his Murasadramon fursona. This game has themes of death and rebirth,…

  • Quest 64, objectively

    To begin this, I need to issue a rather embarrasing retraction. In my first impressions review, I made a fuss about this being an American take on a JRPG, which is something I have been wrong about for *mumble* years. In updated context, a LOT of the visual design decisions make a lot more sense…

  • Rogue Galaxy, objectively

    While working on an older review covering what did and didn’t age well, I kind of started dipping my toe into what I might rate a section or two here. So to take a break from that, I’m doing this for a more focused experience. Rogue Galaxy is a PS2 game released in 2005 in…

  • AcuRite Atlas Wind Extension

    This is really an excuse to review my final setup, including all the various parts, because I have updates. The Wind Extension itself is, to be blunt, a bit of molded plastic, a screw knob, and a cable. No surprise there. For what it is, it’s an elegant solution, and what it is is a…

  • Quest 64, first impressions

    To start this off, I was not completely unfamiliar with Quest 64 going into it. I’d seen it played at a friend’s house. Said friend had complained about "getting lost in a hallway" and had had specific opinions about Wind sucking, though he thought Fire was best. Mathematically, he was only half right, but I…

  • Solar Power Pack for AcuRite Iris® and AcuRite Atlas® Weather Stations

    So that name is a mouthful. This battery backup solar panel, which I will henceforth refer to simply as the Solar Power Pack, is available at a discount if you act quickly, but chances are my average reader does not have an Atlas or Iris weather station, so we’re just going to sit back and…

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