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Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

Blade & Soul. Boobs & Queue. TERA & Soul. Call it whatever you want, but as a Free 2 Play MMO it is a nice distraction for those days I wanna take a break from Final Fantasy XIV or Destiny. Beyond the long program load time, the queues, the load time, the gold seller spam, and the confusing interface and gameplay therein lies a game that's entertaining for PvErs and (apparently)…

I was on the verge of giving up several times, and that's no secret. But I always kept trying; sometimes because I did not want to let my group down a member, and other times because I really like raiding in Final Fantasy XIV despite how insane Alexander Savage floor 3 (A3S) is.

Ever since we got our Thordan weapons we have been slowly inching closer to the kill. Reaching enrage with 30%, then 20%, then 10%... all the way to the infamous 0.5% last week. And last night, to much rejoicing, Liv…

Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

Let's forget for a moment that Arkham Knight had so many issues on PC it had to be pulled from Steam for a while until some kinks were worked on. Let's also forget that the Arkham series are amazing games, true gems that changed the way some people see games with comic book licenses. No, we're going way back today. To the NES days.

Today I share the theme for the first level (o…

I know curiosity will eventually get the best of me. My Twitter timeline is brimming with people trying out the new Free to Play (F2P) Korean MMO Blade & Soul, and I know that someday along the line I just might download it and give it a shot, if only to see how it plays.

My problem is that B&S (or is it BnS?) reminds me a lot of TERA, and another Korean MMO from a long time in my past: Silkroad Online (SRO).
TERA was a fun alternative to World of Warcraft during those days. Visually much mo…

Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

Hey guys! The week is ending, work is winding down, and it's time to relax. Today's theme is called "Deconstruction" and it's a theme from Destiny that plays sometimes while you're in the game's main social hub, the Tower.

If you recall, Destiny has a couple of areas where music changes every now and then. One of them is the orbit where various themes roll while you are waiting…

Have you seen one of David Bowie's last videos, Blackstar? Or, rather, ★?
So, I am not a Bowie fan (I'll admit that) but I do know the man is a music legend for many. But watching this video, or at least the first four minutes, I couldn't help but have a single word come to mind: alien. It's unsettling. My first honest reaction is "how can someone consider this music?" and the scenarios presented - a blindfolded Bowie, a black sun, a dead astronaut, and people... convulsing? - were creepy in…

Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

While listening to the latest episode of the Sequence Break XIV (SBXIV) podcast - which you should listen to, if you're a XIV fan/player - I was reminded that in the next big patch (3.2, scheduled for February) we'll get the first encounter against one of the Primals of the Warring Triad. Hype!

For those out of the loop, the Warring Triad is a trio of "gods" who control all mag…

The Oculus Rift, one of the upcoming devices that promises virtual reality for users had its price revealed yesterday, and the ripples were all over social networks.

$600.

Six hundred bucks. At first I thought everyone was talking about the much maligned launch price for the Playstation 3!

My first reaction:
And then I got thinking: what comes with such a price? Turns out it includes the Rift (the headset thing itself), a remote, a mic, and an Xbox controller. And then it hit me: you know…

Wait... it's the new year already!?





FFXIV

1. FFXIV Random Complaint Thread II
2. FFXIV 3.0 Heavensward Expansion Information and Discussion
3. Ravana Extreme
4. The Official Forum fail thread This game wasn't meant for alts.
5. Alexander Discussion Round 2
6. Thordan Extreme
7. Random Fail
8. The Final Coil
9. FFXIV Random Praise Thread
10. Bismarck Extreme
11. FFXIV story lore thread
12. Triple Triad Thread
13. Game Watch Heavensward Role Highlights (EU Media Event 5/18-5/20)
14. HUNTS Heavensward Elite Marks
15. Nikki Seven/LBR vs Reddit

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What defines a "Game of the Year?" Is it the game you played the most? Is it the game you enjoyed the most? What about release date – does it need to be a game which came out this year? As 2015 comes to a close, it’s time for that time honored tradition. What? No, not getting crazy drunk and spending three days severely dehydrated and hungover! Although, who am I to criticize your traditions? To each his own, I guess. Where was I going with this? Oh right! It’s the end of the year, s…

Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the first day of the new year joined by some great music!

Goodbye 2015! Hello, 2016! Before moving on, let's look back one last time at some amazing tracks that graced our ears during this past year. Once I checked at the list I made, I noticed that they were almost all "boss" tracks; stands to reason, as they're some of the most intense moments you can have in a game.

Like my top games of 2015, I present these in no particular order. Al…

2015 is about to end and before we jump over to the new year I wanted to do a post like this, highlighting games that have been my favorite during this year. Yes, everyone does it... but it's fun, ok? The games are presented in no particular order. Let's begin!

Bloodborne
Taking the Souls games, making stuff faster and removing the defensive options of the previous entries? Sounds like a horrible nightmare - and it is! As someone who plays Souls game defensively, Bloodborne comes as a rud…

Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

Merry Christmas, everyone! It's a busy time but I did not want to go without sharing a theme worthy of the season!

Final Fantasy XIV's Starlight Celebration, Eorzea's Christmas, is in full swing. I am just catching up with the content but the theme is always soothing and easy to listen to (XIV's yearly event music is always pretty good!). Remember you can get some reindeer atti…

ARE YOU KIDDING ME, SQUARE ENIX?

Today during the Live Letter from the Producer XXVI they announced the inclusion of a Mentor System. I don't know the dirty details yet, but I just had to share this! This a post I've been working on for a couple of months now! Since now it has become irrelevant (it was actually written before 3.1 came out) I'll share what I had. It's not a complete post, but I think I came up with a few good ideas here and there... or so I like to think. So, enjoy!
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I would like to preface this post by saying this is my opinion... which should be fairly obvious considering this is my blog but you'd be surprised the amount of brain-covering sap you can find on the internet.

The latest grind, the Anima Weapon quest, is being eyed by many as the last straw that leads them to unsub because of the almost ridiculous length one must go to obtain it. Of course, there's a big difference between saying you're unsubbing and actually going forward with it... but I di…

Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

It's Star Wars day. It's not a video game theme. It's Star Wars day. I got tickets for tonight at 20h00... it's 08h47. Can it be 20h00 now? Can it? It's Star Wars day.

Note: Yes, I am a 36 year old guy that still gets excited like a kid for Star Wars. Sue me.

May the Force be with you all.

- Sagacyte

Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!
Remember when I said last week that the sequel to Chrono Trigger - Chrono Cross - would be a good topic for this week? Well, it's time (kek) to feature it!

Trigger is legendary and a sequel had big shoes to fill (big shoes to fill... big shoes to...), and perhaps it was this ridiculously high expectations that made some people not treat Cross with the respect it deserves; at…

Hello, guys! Before we begin, please take a look at the following graphic:
That's my excite-o-meter for the Playstation Experience keynote that happened this last Saturday. Opening with a new trailer that shows early engine and "gameplay" for the ridiculously anticipated remake of Final Fantasy VII (VIIR). It's unlikely there's a gamer on this corner of the internet that hasn't seen it, but here it is, just for the sake of it:
Unfortunately the rest of the event was a barrage of mostly …

Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

One of the best (and for some THE best) RPGs from the Super Nintendo era is absolutely Chrono Trigger, by Squaresoft (now Square Enix). A group of young adventurers accidentally end up in the past and while trying to get back to the present they end up in a future where everything has been destroyed by an alien called Lavos. They vow to go back in time and stop this power from d…

It has been nearly two decades since players first ventured into the Koprulu Sector and the Starcraft universe. The original game introduced players to the Terran, Zerg, Protoss, and their galactic war. Players took their first steps with Jim Raynor, Sarah Kerrigan, Arcturus Mengsk and the Terran Dominion, followed the directives of the Overmind and led the Zerg swarm in their mission of conquest, and joined forces to defend the Protoss homeworld of Aiur with Tassardar and Zeratul. The Brood …