Monthly Archives: September 2009

From the Cutting-Room Floor.. or whatever writers use (the waste basket?)

In almost every effort of self-expression, I go through a pretty ridiculous creative process. It should really be the subject of scientific study. For anyone interested, this is the kind of thing I write in the script–then, realizing that I’m not making an information video or a review, and repeating what’s written in 5,897 other [...]

An Obvious Issue; a Not-So-Obvious Solution

In all my tinkering to make the blog a better visual experience, I’ve kind of hampered the navigational experience. For some reason, in the sidebar, you can only activate the links when you hover over the left-most couple of characters. I think it has to do with the fact they’re list items or sub-items, and [...]

Next Episode: “Gunstar Heroin(e)”!

Okay. I know what you’re thinking, so go on and say it. You thought… now this is hard for me. You thought I was…. cured. OF ALL THE NERVE! Joking aside, this announcement’s long overdue, and I apologize. It’s nice to know (or think?) that you still have some time and love for something so [...]

I may be Silent but I’m Still Alive♪

Hey buddies, pals, and buddy ol’ pals! I may be back in school, but this, despite all appearances, has not rendered me altogether dead to the online world. You have probably seen evidence of my tampering with the site design, through which I’m trying to pick up on “the very powerful CSS semantic selectors” that [...]

Valkyria Chronicles 2 to answer the question, “Does it hurt as much a second time?”

I liked Valkyria Chronicles, I really did. Not just because of its heritage–which, by a game of six-degrees, extends back to Skies of Arcadia and Phantasy Star IV, both beautiful games and consummate JPRGs overshadowed by big-name competitors at the time of their releases. No, it was clear to me that Valkyria had a good [...]

“Gaming Pains”: Sonic 2

This is the first entry in the “Gaming Pains” series–a new, VERY little sibling to “Problem Gamer”. It was formerly to be entitled “What’s YOUR Problem, Game?”, but apparently that name wasn’t very fetching (and I have yet to decide if this one is). While making the video, I went looking for trouble in Sonic [...]

Happy Upgrade Day!

Thanks to the generosity of WordPress user kwonstein, I was able to purchase the Custom CSS upgrade for the blog today. Hooray! I have said I’d prefer to work on content rather than web design, but I am fairly comfy with HTML and CSS, and I think I could make the site more attractive with [...]

Contra Magnificently Reborn in all its Guns A-Blazin’ Glory

Much as I had not been aware that September was already upon us, one of the most anticipated WiiWare releases of the month also caught me by surprise: Contra Rebirth. Now, I’m pretty glad the cruelest month is here. This completely-original game first caught not my eye, but my ear, with its Genesis-styled background music [...]

NEW Spinoff Series: “What’s YOUR Problem, Game?”!

Call them shorts, quickies or whatever, there are new videos on the way that will turn the camera on something else’s Problem: the games! In the series What’s YOUR Problem, Game?, it’s the games’ turn to confess as I expose their glitches, design faux-pas, and cut-corners in my salty old gamer way, with more ad-libbing [...]

Quick post to announce DVD offer

Good day all, Just making a quick note that the details of the DVD offer are now on the “Contact & Support” page. Donating $2.00 or more will nab you the free DVD. ~Problem Gamer~

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