First order of business: How did something like Chaos Wars slip under my radar? Hell, how did something NAMED Chaos Wars slip under my radar? It has chaos… AND war in the title! FFS. And if that wasn’t enough of a line to bait me, it’s a strategy rpg? A massive crossover strategy RPG? With the likes of Gungrave, Thousand Arms, and others in it?

Kee-ripes. My spy net is failing me.

It’s a shame we didn’t get Namco X Capcom here and will likely never have a ‘true’ installment of Super Robot Wars over here, but it’s always good to have officially-licensed ‘Who Would Win In A Fight’ arguments that tap into that schoolyard vibe that we never entirely grow out of.

(Er, it usually works better for video games than movies, before anybody brings up Aliens vs Predator.)

I generally approach my sites with a blindfold of sorts on, but no matter how I promise myself I won’t do it anymore, I keep looking at my hit/visitor counts, and while not entirely depressing (this site does good!) it’s a tad discouraging that my little pet project’s readership seems to be dwindling pretty steadily. I don’t see myself quitting it any time soon, don’t worry (if you were) but it does have me looking at taking a different tact on things ’round here. Maybe I should cave and do some more  disconnected comic and art work on here to accompany the-

(uh what the hell do I do, anyway? oh right it’s a glue factory)

-articles. At one point I considered reviewing games IN comic format- but that would 1) probably be more trouble than it’s worth, and 2) in a literal sense, mean that I had created a gaming webcomic, and as much as I love superfluousness and the fuzzy line between things I like and things I like ironically, I think I might start producing ammonia-like clouds of mediocrity.

Uh yeah, s’pose I ought to sum up: RK will be twice weekly, thrice if I feel especially froggy, Gatling Guard will probably come back soon, run for 2-3 strips then explode again, expect more sketchy junk to show up in future ‘nothing’ posts.

I think that covers about everything. I have to save something for later on.

Wild ARMs XF (PSP)
2008 XSEED/Media Vision

The Short Version: “XF” stands for “Crossfire,” or possibly “Boss says we can’t call it ‘Tactics.’” Sadly doesn’t go too far with the Western motif in regards to classes, but it’s a richer experience than Luminous Arc at least.

The Long Version: Read the rest of this entry »

The upgrade went through after a couple failed attempts last night, which honestly doesn’t mean all that much for you chumps, but gets rid of a ‘PLEASE UPGRADE NOW’ tag as well as making the backend all shiny and new. I still have to fix the stupid link section, though. Those weird floating zeroes have been appearing since v2.3.3.

I suppose I oughta do something game related sometime soon. At least I’m not busting out a tired old HAHA CLOSING FOR GOOD BUT NOT REALLY posting for April Fools’ Day. How about I review Wild Arms Tactics XF next? Deal?