Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns (NDS)
2008 Atlus/Success/Ninja Studio
The Short Version: Some sequels really earn that ‘2′ next to the name. This would be one of those games, since it has at least twice as much to do in it. Not the most brutal of dungeon crawls, but boldly introduces being kind of actually fun [...]

ROBOTECH: BATTLECRY (PS2)
Harmony Gold/TDK
The Short Version: Protoculture is a miraculous new energy source that can run a Veritech Fighter a virtually unlimited amount of time. Battlecry, however, runs out of steam early. Still. Robots. Whee.
The Long Version:

Once again, the mighty Manna has been sidetracked by the doldrums of day to day life longer than intended between postings. Not unpleasant ones, mind. So far, the new apartment life is pretty sweet. Thanks to saving and budgeting, I’ve had money enough for the various things I’d been expecting to come out. Living with [...]

A fucking overdone gag I’m not going to use.
Just a quick note here that I didn’t die in transit or crush my laptop or anything like that. I’ve finished moving into the new place, though between unpacking and settling everything in a little at a time and the SOUL-SAPPING humidity in the air, I haven’t [...]

As we speak, my DVD’s, games, and the consoles that run each are in boxes on the other side of town. Normally I really only touch the systems in moderation- any more most of my home time is spent writing and trashing drafts of articles or scribbling furiously. But as soon as those things were [...]