I haven’t played any games localized by NISA, save for the 15 minutes I’ve spent with Disgaea on PSP. Yet I find myself fascinated with the company, thanks to the many stories of I hear of the mind boggling mistakes and blunders they have suffered over time. Here are a few that I have heard …
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NISA, no sir
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 by christianWhy I Like Playing Games at my Desk
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 by jacksonI like to think of myself as above silly things like console wars, but let’s face it, we all have our certain preferences. When we were kids our preferences came from the fact that our parents would only buy us one console, so whichever one we got was automatically the best. Nintendo’s exclusives were always …
Weekend in Review
Friday, January 29th, 2010 by pat and jayPat came to town last weekend and we took a break from our regularly scheduled God Hand and Shining Force 3 to play a bunch of games we had but had yet to really play. Our backlog is daunting so spending 30 hours skipping from disc to disc felt productive, even if we only …
Building a Mystery… I mean a City Builder
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 by golden jewGrowing up, I was a huge fan of Legos. Loved the damn things–I think I spent time after grade school every day building Legos and watching old Batman reruns (POW!). Now that I’m an adult, it’s not really appropriate for me to build Legos, but it is OK for me to play video …
Resist the Temptation
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 by christianI just recently finished Resistance: Retribution on PSP. I’m not sure how I feel about it. On one hand, I played through its campaign in three straight nights of gaming, which means it was least somewhat addictive. On the other hand, I was so thoroughly finished with it by the end that I sent it …
Blood N’ Guts
Friday, January 8th, 2010 by christianThis week, Sega announced that they plan to make few Mature Wii games. Capcom followed with a similar statement (which they had to clarify with simple PR speak). Some folks seem to be in a frenzy over the news, so let …
Demon’s Souls is the GOTY
Monday, January 4th, 2010 by christianIt is no secret any more that many of us at videolamer are huge fans of Demon’s Souls. Those of us who have played it would easily consider it one of the best games of the year, if not the best game on the PS3. But our tastes in gaming do not always line up …
Some of my Favorite Box Covers of the Decade
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by jacksonMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
Resident Evil (2002)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2003)
Killer 7 (2005)
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (2005)
Contact (2006)
Electroplankton (2006)…
Finishing a Final Fantasy
Friday, December 18th, 2009 by christianYesterday, Final Fantasy VIII was uploaded to the Playstation Store. For just ten bucks, you too can relive one of the most controversial and most poorly regarded games in the franchise. I know I intend to.
My history with FF8 is long. My brother bought it at launch as one of many people …
Post PlayStation 2: Choose your own adventure!
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 by cunzy1 1You are in an excellent position as the market leader in the gaming industry. The PlayStation 2 went from strength to strength and, with few exceptions from the enemy, had some of the best games ever created. Nintendo have frankly just given up on the Gamecube and the Xbox is really heavy. With a huge …
