Recent content by Althea

The trio of Giacomo, Ayme and Folon, from Baten Kaitos, especially the first time around. I think that is the most difficult boss battle I have ever had the misfortune of suffering through...THREE TIMES. Twice back-to-back, as well. In terms of looks, Malpercio, from the same game. A giant...

I never EVER base my decision on whether or not to buy a video game from the reviews, because there is no such thing these days as a critical analysis of a video game. It's nothing but bias, and I am quite capable of deciding for myself whether or not I'll enjoy a game. When reviewers give a...

"For the last time, we are NOT going to have 'bouncy flouncy trouncy pouncy fun fun fun fun fun'!"

Schedule? What's that? O_o I don't really have any set way of doing things, other than getting up at 6:30am, going to bed at around 10:30pm, and going to University on Monday and Thursday for lectures. I tend to take things one day at a time, see what I have to do each day in terms of...

I think that the likes of Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto, or just Nintendo in general, would be more influential than Steve Jobs. Whilst Steve Jobs has made games more accessible for the vast majority of people, Nintendo as a company are far more influential, because they have totally changed...

I'm...not sure what to make of Skyrim, to be honest. I adored Morrowind, but I despised Oblivion. In fact, excluding Final Fantasy IX and XIII, I'd say Oblivion has got to be the most abysmally designed and utterly boring game I have ever played. So, is Skyrim going to be more like Morrowind, or...

I don't play anywhere near as much as I used to, and I'd attribute this to a number of things. The most obvious one is that as I've grown older I've diversified my interests, so I don't have as much time to play games as what I used to. I spend a lot of time on the internet, I roleplay quite a...

I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding when it comes to what qualifies as a "hard" video game, and what is merely a "challenging" one. People are so quick to label games as "hard" if they die on them or whatever, and I think that in itself shows how much games have changed, and how the...

I can't honestly say I have any hopes or dreams. The way I see it, I don't need a reason to live: I do, therefore I am. As tired and old as that saying is, that pretty much sums me up. I live in the present, and I'm perfectly content to let the future come to me when it's good and ready to. What...

I am both asexual and aromantic; I've honestly never really been interested in these things, and I've never felt anything for anyone else, beyond enjoying talking to them on occasion.

I believe I can Fly - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes I absolutely LOVE this group. It's one of the few things that kept me sane during revision for exams this year (along with the Classic FM radio app) and, whilst I honestly do not like this song, they do quite a few pop songs I detest and make...

Region locking is one of the most aggravating things that exists for consoles, especially for those of us in Europe I think, since a lot of games released in the US don't make it to our shores. We can import them, yes, but only if the console isn't region locked. This is a huge weight off my...

I quite like job and classes systems, they grant a great deal of freedom to a player, or at least as much freedom as an RPG provides. In most RPGs, characters have unofficial classes of their own anyway, determined by the moves they learn and stat growth, so it's not an uncommon thing, but as I...

Do you look upon people in positions of "power" (or influence) differently than you view everyone else? If so, is it subconscious, aka something in the back of your mind, or rather something you're aware of and don't really think of it any different to regard those people differently? Sort...

Pokemon has a very "it isn't broken, so we're not going to fix it" approach to gameplay that both bothers and reassures me. Given how bad JRPGs have been recently, I am eternally grateful that Pokemon hasn't gone the way of certain other franchises (I'm looking at you, Square Enix) that used to...