I’m a cynical guy, and even I never predicted anything this bad. The modern gaming industry is one where you use a privacy-invading storefront to buy a DRM locked game where you use an in-game storefront to buy lootboxes to gamble for NFTs. I love this hobby, but I would experience orgasmic levels of schadenfreude […]

This week Rocketeer is betrayed by Vossler, the tall, humorless, duty-obsessed military guy who wants to guard the princess. I was glad to be rid of him, since I already have one of those on the team and Basch isn’t any fun either. In listing his grievances against Vossler, Rocketeer says: he gets a fucking […]

You may remember that last week I made a spaceship model. I think I could do better if I were to have another go at it, but this model is good enough for now: I didn’t mention it last time, but this isn’t a single ship model. Instead it’s built from modular pieces, and those […]

The captured party is brought aboard the Dreadnought Leviathan, flagship of Archadia’s 8th Fleet, and presented before the commander: it’s Judge Ghis! I missed him; now that he doesn’t wear the helmet anymore, we can admire that great Archadian hair. Grand Moff Ghis greets Ashe glibly, and demands that they hand over the nethicite. Penelo […]

In this episode, the main characters finally corner the guy we’ve been chasing for most of the game. And instead of arresting him, or hitting him, or shooting him, or hurting his feelings, or doing anything else that might somehow advance his goals, Chris Redfield just glares at the guy while asking stupid questions. The […]

If I had a sign in my office that read, “WE HAVE GONE ___ WEEKS WITHOUT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ENDING OF MESS EFFECT 3,” then that blank would have at least a 15 in it. Until today, when I’d have to erase that number and replace it with a 0. Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited […]

This week The Rocketeer escorts us through the Ogir-Yensa Sandsea. I love the Sandsea. Well, I love the premise, anyway. This section of the game kinda drags on for a little too long, and there are a couple of annoying “gotcha” enemies in the area that can ruin your day if you haven’t been reading the […]

Long-time readers have heard this story before. I decided to spend “a couple of hours” making something. Those hours turned into days. Pretty soon I was stealing hours that I was supposed to be spending on the blog. So to cover up my crime, I decided to write about the project.  I’ve said before that […]