it’s a me ▼
hey i am lost in this absolute death spiral of a year but all i know is i exist and sometimes i like to play video games. here is where i keep track of those video games because i like to keep track of things in an orderly fashion and my memory is very unreliable. i can read just enough japanese to barely get by playing japanese video games, so i like to do that because it’s fun and makes me feel like a stupid kid again with the world still full of mystery and also japanese box art is better 99.9% of the time.
trying to keep my :b: at or over 50%
ratings:
five stars means a game that was constantly on my mind, one that lured me in to a degree where i would forget to eat. and i love to eat. a truly amazing time that makes me think “yeah, this sure is why i play video games”.
four stars is a game that i had a real good time with. if somebody said “should i play this?” i would say “it is worth your time to play this.” not, you know, life-changing, but an experience i appreciated and respected.
three stars is like my favorite meal at whatever fast casual restaurant. it’s tasty and sometimes i’ll go out of my way for it, but do i need it? no. are there better things the world has to offer? yeah.
two stars is a game that i would advise against playing. it sucks real bad for one reason or another. and although it sucks real bad, and i wouldn’t recommend whatever two-star game in particular, it’s important to play these types of games sometimes — it contextualizes just what makes the good games so good.
one star is a game that is horrendous enough that i would like to step into the octagon with whoever brought it to life. i think it’s unlikely that any one-star game will end up on here because i’d like to think that i’ve grown to respect myself and my time enough that i’ll quit while i’m ahead and walk away, but i do have a foolish streak in me so who knows what the future holds.
talk to me about games, and after some period of time i will talk back, probably. let’s all have fun. or maybe not have fun. if games don’t have to be good to be fun, i’d also posit that games don’t have to be fun to be good. how about this: let’s just play games, and let’s talk about them.