Requiem for a Fantasy

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Despite having a huge backlog of new games to play, I found myself having a craving to play Final Fantasy XII again. It seems stupid. Why would I waste time replaying an old game I had finished years ago?

2 days pass, but the old hankering does not subside. I want to go back and be with the characters I have gotten to know and love after spending tens, if not hundreds of hours in their company. To re-live their journey, bring them back to life, live in their world again…

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The Operant Conditioning Chamber

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Over the past few days I subjected myself (for research purposes) to the experience of playing certain well known games that I would normally never touch:

  • Farmville 2
  • Sim City BuildIt
  • Plants vs Zombies 2
  • Godus
  • and as much of Hay Day and Kim Kardashian Hollywood as I could stand.

There’s got to be a reason why these games are so popular and financially successful.  Continue reading

Quick thoughts on the MLP Season 5 trailer

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But some ponies are more equal than others

Yesterday we got our first proper reveal of what’s in store for Princess Twilight Sparkle and her ministers friends, and it all looks very interesting, going places the show has never thematically gone before. Speculation time!

WARNING: this post will inevitably contain massive spoilers for Season 1-4.

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