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It's been a few more days of Munchkin and my journey to throw the ring into Mount D-- take out the gym leaders of the Sinnoh region! Following a brief partnership with Cheryl, we made our way throughout Eterna Forest in our quest for the second gym badge in Eterna City. It was on a …
Continue reading Pokemon Pearl: The Solo Run – Ken the Bridge Troll (part 2)
I’m a man who likes choices. I get tired of seeing the same thing day after day - while I hate change generally speaking, things that I use every single day can really use some freshening up sometimes. I sometimes like a change of scenery, in other words. Sometimes, a small change in my day-to-day …
Continue reading The Quandary with Owning Multiple Nintendo 3DS Consoles
Continuing my rant on Breath of the Wild, here is part 3, finally. In the last installment, we talked about the exhaustion that slowly began to occur from exploring, collectibles, eating and cooking, as well as some more positive words about the durability system. If you haven't read the previous two preceding posts yet, I …
Continue reading The Breath of the Wild Critique: The Burnout Phase (part 3/4)
Given the good news about Pokemon at the Nintendo E3 Presentation earlier today, I figured it was as good a time as ever to put together a write-up of my latest foray into the franchise. Read on! I have a confession. I get nostalgic about things and then buy stuff. You could say.. my nostalgia …
Continue reading Pokemon Pearl: The Solo Piplup Run – Munchkin’s Journey Begins (part 1)
I'm a little over-the-top excited right now, so bear that in mind. I've also had 19 quarts of coffee today so exaggerations are bound to happen. Anyway! As Nintendo's E3 presentation is the one that affects me the most, I had to watch this one live. And boy, I'm sure glad I did. I would …
My alarm, it rang, the crack of dawn, Only 4 hours of sleep, but not even a yawn, for that morning I was ready for the ARMS Test Punch, an hourlong gameplay demo betwixt breakfast and lunch. I'd missed the first demo, due to making home improvements But the second? I was here, and …
I've read tons of these E3 wish lists, and read all kinds of crazy demands. But there's something to be said about having completely unrealistic expectations. Ya gotta dream big, right? Now I'm not a Playstation guy aside from the Vita which is dead as far as Sony's concerned, and I don't care about VR …
Continue reading E3 2017 – My Hopes, Dreams, and Everything in Betweams
It came and went - the seemingly out of left field Pokemon Direct, a mere week before E3, failed to deliver anything significant to the Switch. Well, I shouldn't say that, as Pokken Tournament is being ported. Ported, that is.With the addition of 5 new Pokemon and a presumed minor graphics improvement. By significant, I should …
Word on the street is that we're to receive a Pokémon Direct tomorrow morning! And it couldn't have come at a better time, let me tell you. For one, I've been getting a real nostalgic Pokemon itch for the past few weeks, and this might just be the scratch I'm needed! What could possibly be in store …
Continue reading Pokémon Direct: My Hopes, Dreams, and Everything In Between
There was a small window of time right after the launch of the iPhone that will always stand out to me in gaming. Back in the mid-2000s while clamshell phones were still all the rage, the elusive iPhone had just been revealed by Steve Jobs, and was quickly taking the world by storm by putting a …
Continue reading iOS App Store Retrospective + My 5 Favorite Vintage Games
Due to some coincidences, there have been not one, not two, but three instances today where someone has directly mentioned or asked about backlog management. As a subscriber of many game discussion outlets, whether it be here on WordPress, Reddit, Neogaf, or elsewhere, this topic is one that seems to unite gamers across all console …
Continue reading “How to Manage Your Gaming Backlog 101” with Geddy
While it's been a good long time since I did a monthly update, I wanted to drop in and do a quick summary of games I've been playing, what I've got planned for the foreseeable future, and some quick news! First of all, I've got a special feature that nostalgia'd me pretty hard sitting in the …
Continue reading My Yearly Monthly Update – What’s Geddy Playing?
Over on the Discord Channel I got to thinking out loud again, and I realized I was on to something in the form of a brief article. In essence, the Nintendo Switch, providing console-quality portable gaming, has started to spoil me. While I still manage to get some time in with the non-portable types, generally PC games, …
Welcome back to the Nostalgia Trigger Breath of the Wild Critique! Here's your host Geddy, who is speaking in the third person for some reason. If you missed the first part, the context may get lost here since this is a continuation of the first part. In that event, please click below to check out part 1 …
Continue reading The Breath of the Wild Critique: The Exhaustion Phase (part 2/4)
For those of you that follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you may know that I had some fun this weekend working on the new office. Specifically, my goal was to turn it from a cardboard jungle into an actual office and game room! In my old room, I have some track shelving that held a decent …
Continue reading The NostalgiaTrigger GameRoom – Weekend Progress! part 1
I've mentioned my game collecting in some previous articles, but never really went too far into detail. Over the past two years, I've gone from system to system, grabbing games I found and sniping some auctions. I've basically cleaned out the 3DS and Vita offerings, grabbing up whatever games I was interested in. Same with the Wii …
Continue reading The Decline and Extinction of the Physical PC Game
Note: After writing this over the course of several days, I decided that it was far too long for any mortal to sit still long enough to read. I'll be breaking this up into a four-parter, because rather than overwhelm with 10 opinions on 10 topics, I'd rather inspire some discussion on one or two at a …
Continue reading The Breath of the Wild Critique: The Honeymoon Phase (part 1/4)
You're walking along a sandy shore through the universe of Agrabah, when a faint glimmer in the surf catches your eye. You rush over . Is it..? No, it can't be! Sweet Odin's Raven! Why, it's a magical lamp! Could this possibly be a magical lamp? Oh how that would lessen the drudgery of another …
Continue reading You Rub a Magic Lamp and a Genie Gives You 100 Uninterrupted Gaming Hours…
I realized I wanted to review this game about a week ago when I had logged around 9 hours in it. The thing was, I know that JRPGs can change dramatically in a matter of minutes, and felt I should wait a bit so I didn't miss anything that would have otherwise been worth mentioning. …
Hey everyone! Hope your weeks are all off to a great start. Today is my first day back in the office since buying the house so I feel like things can finally get back to normal. Like actually updating this blog! Speaking of the house, it's coming along awesome. However, try as I did, I wasn't …
