Yet Another Renegade Angel: 2017

Friday, 24 November 2017

This year's Steam Awards nominations

This is how I voted. If it were possible, I would have voted POLYBIUS on PS4 for the "Mom's Spaghetti" award, because it's the only game this year to really fit the description of having a really intense subconscious physical reaction to a game. But, these are Steam awards. So I nominated Scoregasm since, well, that's a physical reaction too, right? Hahaha.

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The “The World Is Grim Enough Let's Just All Get Along” Award
- Zaccaria Pinball

The “Choices Matter” Award
- West Of Loathing

The “Haunts My Dreams” Award
- Chime Sharp

The “Mom’s Spaghetti” Award
- Scoregasm

The “No Apologies” Award
- Space Giraffe

The “Cry Havoc And Let Slip The Dogs Of War” Award
- Saints Row : The Third

The “Suspension of Disbelief” Award
- Roundabout

The “Soul Of Vitruvius” Award
- Bayonetta

The “Defies Description” Award
- Mu cartographer

The “Labor of Love” Award
- Pizza Express

The “Whoooaaaaaaa, Dude! 2.0” Award
- Mibibli's Quest

The “Even Better Than I Expected” Award
- Enter The Gungeon

The “Nicest developer” Award
- HEIANKYO ALIEN / 平安京エイリアン

Tuesday, 13 June 2017

Neverland Chronicles, June 2100 edition

Some fan material I wrote, in response to the Obsidian Times newspaper which is given away free at performances of Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell The Musical. I think mostly I wrote it because I felt that the Obsidian Times contained information which didn't seem true to me (as a fan of the show) and wasn't funny enough, or contain enough references for fans.

I picture this incarnation of the Neverland Chronicles to be left-leaning, vaguely tolerant but distrusting of Falco, an underground publication that's at times gossip rag, other times vaguely high-brow, and never really taken seriously enough to get into real trouble.

Neverland Chronicles, June 2100 (PDF)

Monday, 20 March 2017

Let The Revels Begin...

Obsessed with Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell Musical and can't think about anything else.

It's time for a sequel to the Perl Poetry Competition 2000 Best Of Show.

To celebrate the new lyrics to All Revved Up With No Place To Go, some ES6 / nodejs poetry. :)

let revels;
let cages;
let flags;
let endOfWorld = false;

revels.begin();
cages.open();
flags.furled = !flags.furl();

var strat = {
eyes : "blue",
hair : "blonde",
heart : "black",
gender : "boy"
}

while(!endOfWorld){
strat.kill(spawn('time'));
}

Saturday, 4 March 2017

Yuusha Raideen spotted in X-Men comic

X-Men, issue #107 (1977):

Yuusha Raideen (1975):

That is totally just a drawing of Raideen sitting in this old X-Men comic. I guess the artist - Dave Cockrum - was a fan. :)

Thursday, 9 February 2017

The most terrifying games of my childhood

Here are some games I found terrifying, when I played them as a child.

Warning! Scary C64 games in this post! Don't click through if you don't want to see what I found scary when I was in primary school!

Japanese video game English localisation news - 123

Upcoming:

fault - SILENCE THE PEDANT (PC) : June 2017 (part of the fault milestone series)
TEKKEN 7 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) : 2nd June 2017
Story Of Seasons: Trio Of Towns (3DS) : 28th February 2017
Tales Of Berseria (PS4, PC) : 26th January 2017
Digimon World: Next Order (PS Vita, PS4) : 27th January 2017
Toukiden 2 (PS4, PS Vita, PC) : NA - 21st March 2017, EU - 24th March 2017
Malicious Fallen (PS4) : 21st February 2017
Dark Rose Valkyrie (PS4) : 2nd June 2017

Released:

Resident Evil 7 biohazard (PC / PS4 / PS4 deluxe edition)
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (PS4)
Yakuza Zero (PS4)
Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star (PS4, PS Vita)
Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (PS Vita)

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Japanese video game English localisation news - 122

Wow, a whole month passed, and I didn't make an update. I feel so out-of-the-loop now.

Announcements:

Nintendo Switch (region free!) 3rd March 2017
Nintendo Switch games : 3/3/2017 -> onwards (there are loads announced)
God Wars: Future Past (PS4, PS Vita) : End of March 2017
Tokyo Xanadu (PS Vita) : Summer 2017
Tokyo Xanadu eX+ (PS4, PC) : Fall 2017
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (PS Vita, PS4) : Spring 2017
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth (PS Vita, PS4) : Fall 2017
??? Fire Emblem - upcoming Nintendo Direct
A new Nioh demo (PS4) : 21st Jan 2017
Danganronpa Another Episode (PS4) : End of June 2017
Malicious Fallen (PS4) : early Spring 2017
Shin Megami Tensei ??? (3DS, Switch) ????
Puyo Puyo Tetris (PS4, Switch) : Spring 2017 (YAY! YAY! YAY!)
River City Melee: Battle Royal Special (PS4) : March 2017
Da Capo 3 R (PC) : January 2017
School of Talent: SUZU-ROUTE (PC) : "Coming Soon"