or, the Always-Already Savior So I’m finally getting around to writing on Earthbound. I mean, for cereals. I wrote about it a little over on my personal blog, but I didn’t really have a driving idea, I just wanted to get some feelings out that I couldn’t phrase any better than that. The simplest way [...]
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Memories of the Present
Posted by cuchlann on 8 April 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/04/08/memories-of-the-present/
Grasping the true form of Giygas’s attack
What’s this? A post? By Pontifus!? Surely glee seeps from your every pore. Until you realize it’s a video game post about a cult classic that’s probably more cult than classic. But fuck it. Earthbound is amazing, and all the more so for its unusual final boss. Giygas, like the game, compels one to drag [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 15 April 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/04/15/grasping-the-true-form-of-giygass-attack/
Thank God for the apocalypse: setting and the authorial shell
Why thank God for the apocalypse? Because it gives me something to write about that isn’t Aria. Not that I dislike writing about Aria, but it has a way of possessing me via dark, indefinable magics and forcing me to serve its needs. It’s an unforgiving master. And I haven’t even watched the second or [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 9 January 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/01/09/thank-god-for-the-apocalypse-setting-and-the-authorial-shell/
Brief thoughts on external aid
I woke up today thinking about the use of external aids in completing video games, and I wonder if we can fit that into our ongoing discourse about games, so allow me to throw a few random ideas at you. My feelings toward player’s guides and the like are mixed. While I feel that they [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 28 December 2008
http://superfani.com/2008/12/28/brief-thoughts-on-external-aid/
Twelve Moments 4 — Personal Revelations (not necessarily mine)
For anyone who missed the previous references, this past semester I took a course in the Gothic novel. It was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot of things about the beginnings of the fantasy genre — as the Gothic genre is typically viewed. I just happened to be taking in all of [...]
Posted by cuchlann on 22 December 2008
http://superfani.com/2008/12/22/twelve-moments-4-personal-revelations-not-necessarily-mine/
Twelve Moments 7 — A Dream of Emulation
This one is a bit odd, even for me. But a few months ago I realized that my Dreamcast, packed away in watertight storage, could still be useful to me (even though the two DC games I own I also have on other systems). That is, through delicious internet downloads.
Posted by cuchlann on 19 December 2008
http://superfani.com/2008/12/19/twelve-moments-7-a-dream-of-emulation/
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