Notes on Nostalgia – #2 – Chrono Trigger: Pacing

2013.02.03
You would be hard pressed to find an Indie RPG developer who doesn't respect Chrono Trigger on some level. Mitsuda's soundtrack is amongst the best of its generation; Toriyama's designs; Kato's story managed to be complex, yet deceptively simple. This was Squaresoft at its finest, completely unencumbered by the negative trends of recent years. There are almost too many details too much to properly appreciate, but one element stands above all. You should really keep reading this[...]

Today I Played: #4 The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword 8:38-14:11

2012.02.07
In which this game starts to pull me in both directions.... You should really keep reading this[...]

Post-Partum Depression #1 – Vagrant Dreamtide V0.01

2012.01.27
Now let’s reserve a few thoughts for the things that went wrong, fell short, or demand further explanation. Deployment Difficulty with XNA prerequisites and downloads. I would’ve been well served with a little bit more time on this before hand. I tried to set up everything I felt necessary. More than anything else, this validated my reasoning. I got this out of the way in a largely unseen release. Now I can worry about other things. Audio If You should really keep reading this[...]