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Wild rumors

By Sagacyte ·


What do The Elder Scrolls Online (TESO) and Wildstar have in common? Besides both being MMOs, of course. They both had their boxes recalled from stores - though one was on a much bigger scale. Rumors this morning mention that retailers in some part of the world have recalled Wildstar boxes from their shelves. What does this mean?

The short answer: absolutely nothing... yet.

Have a great day! See you in... what? You want a long answer?

The last time an event like this was news, it concerned T…
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Music Friday: Lullaby for Mergo

By Sagacyte ·

[video=youtube;htp5hoPrDaw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htp5hoPrDaw[/video]
Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

I haven't played Bloodborne at all this week. Since getting the "easy" ending last Sunday I'm "detoxing" from the stress of the final few hours of the game. I plan to return soon to get the other two endings but in the meantime I often remember the final moments, and the boss that ends one of the most c…
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A Nightmare (Bloodborne Spoilers)

By Sagacyte ·

This weekend I "finished" Bloodborne. And I put that into quotes because I only got the "easy" ending and I am also perfectly aware that I'm missing a lot of content (extra zones, bosses, etc.). Boy, what a trip. I wanted to share with you my thoughts during the final hours of the game - hours that kept me on edge at every turn; Bloodborne is truly a horror game at heart.

This article is, obviously, going to contain spoilers for the final hours of Bloodborne.
Beware of spoilers, but close t…
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Keeping Records

By Sagacyte ·



Happy Freve, everyone! Tomorrow is a holiday so we're cheery all around. Unless you're a Final Fantasy XIV player that has already completed the final scenario quests in patch 2.55 in which case you're probably shocked. BUT I'm not here to spoil so I'll just talk about something else, and that is going to be Final Fantasy Record Keeper. Brace yourself for vertical screens!
FFRK is a mobile... WAIT, don't leave, HEAR ME OUT... it's a mobile game about Final Fantasy. A FF about FF, if you wil…
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BG Stats for March 2015

By Ragns ·

Some of March RIT



I'm still working on organizing all the RIT threads into a mobile friendly and SFW thing over there: http://www.randomlulz.com/ Spam that Random button.



FFXIV
  1. Triple Triad Thread
  2. Chocobo Racing
  3. Famitsu PAX East Interview (3/14) - Translation
  4. Heavensward JP Release Information
  5. Patch 2.55 Notes
  6. [Theorycraft] BLM Mechanics
  7. FFXIV PAX East 2015 Reddit Interview with Naoki Yoshida
  8. Celebrating 4m accounts- free login campaign
  9. Limit Break Radio - The XIV Podcast You Shoul…
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Limit Break Radio: A Radio Returns – Episode 13.55 – Please Refill My Drink

By LimitBreakRadio ·



It’s patch day! Time to find out who or what ends up falling in patch 2.55. Limit Break Radio has you covered because we’re talking about everything we know about patch 2.55 and what we learned from interviews out at PAX East 2015 as well as GDC and others. We also read your emails and respond to the drama llama. That’s all on this super sized episode of Limit Break Radio!

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Music Friday: Frostfang Footslip

By Sagacyte ·

[video=youtube;Kf9gS4_xBXc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9gS4_xBXc[/video]
Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

With the release of Final Fantasy Record Keeper for mobiles yesterday I was surprised that SE did a good mobile FF that isn't an straightforward cash grab. It's sprite art of all FFs is a delight. This in turn got me thinking of games with good pixel art and one of the first to immediately come to mind …
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Prepare to die

By Sagacyte ·

See that screenshot? That's the only screenshot I grabbed last night during my first couple of hours with Bloodborne, and it happened when I bought the hat. The rest of the time I was seeing everything, admiring everything... but didn't press the capture button because I was too enraptured with the visual and aural experience. And trying not to die. I failed.

The atmosphere in Bloodborne (BB) is absolutely fantastic. It's a gothic city that really looks like all hell broke loose. Citizens ar…
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Music Friday: Old Snake

By Sagacyte ·

[video=youtube;oDjLzgLxulk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDjLzgLxulk[/video]
Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

Man, hasn't this been some week? Lots of news in videogame land. People finally had a chance to take an early demo for Final Fantasy XV for a spin to confirm it's not vaporware (it's pretty great!), Type-0 also got its long awaited release (wrong console, but it's better than nothing),  God of War 3 is …
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No place for HIDEO (Updated)

By Sagacyte ·

**** UPDATE: Gamespot broke news of news of internal turmoil between Kojima Productions and Konami, coming from an "insider". Apparently, it's a bit harsher than people suspected. Grain of salt, everyone. ****
Previously
Twitter folk is discussing a chain of events that can be considered quite important: as of this morning Konami has removed the "A Hideo Kojima Game" tag from its Phantom Pain website arts, there's rumours that he is no longer in an executive position in the company, and the bran…
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Heavensward (where the SE servers are going today)

By Sagacyte ·


Hear that? That's the sound of Square Enix Store servers being scared shitless of the human avalanche that'll try to pre-order the Final Fantasy XIV's Heavensward expansion Collector's Edition (that's a mouthful). It has apparently already happened in the EU store, it will happen in the NA store.
I would say that Square Enix should have been prepared, but hey, it's Square Enix. To be honest I'm not surprised and was fully expecting this to happen. Last few days the pre-order hype has been hi…
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Music Friday: Majula

By Sagacyte ·


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

I am hyped for Bloodborne. Unreasonably hyped. I am more hyped for it than even Final Fantasy Type-0. Souls games are a curious bunch because they are the modern day version of a NES game: gripping, absorbing, and difficult as hell. Of the three that have been released so far (Demon's, Dark 1, Dark 2) I've only completed the first one; and though I've progressed a bunch in the …
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Limit Break Radio - The XIV Podcast You Should Be Listening To

By LimitBreakRadio ·

LimitBreakRadio;6368653 wrote:

Here we go Limit Break Radio listeners, the crew dives head long into a controversial debate: is the 3rd party tool Guildwork a game-breaking app that breaks an event or is it a mostly innocuous, creatively designed piece of software that automates information sharing? Does Square-Enix’s responses to past tools give us an indication about what realistic risks are involved with using the software? LBR breaks it all down for you, and lets you lend your voice to the …
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Looking forward to it

By Sagacyte ·


Today news broke** that Naoki Yoshida, Producer of Final Fantasy XIV, affectionately called Yoshi-P by fans, has been promoted to an executive position within the ranks of Square Enix (SE). This is, in my opinion (and many fan's as well) a well deserved recognition for a man that did the impossible: he took a failed MMO, which also happened to be a main numbered entry in the FF franchise, and turned it into a success¹.

Beyond turning around the Titanic that was the original FFXIV (1.0) I also …
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V is coming

By Sagacyte ·



A moment of silence for the poor IGN soul who, surely as a mistake, uploaded the Metal Gear Solid V video earlier than usual, which led it to being leaked and published everywhere on the 'net revealing the surprise early: The Phantom Pain is releasing September 1st.

Kojima has said in the video (or will say, if you didn't manage to watch the leaked thing) that with TPP he's finally "closing the loop" on the Metal Gear Solid saga. Does this mean that at some point in the game we will see Solid…
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Limit Break Radio: A Radio Returns – Episode 13.1 – Two Point Five One

By LimitBreakRadio ·

LimitBreakRadio;6364759 wrote:

Here it is Limit Break Radio listeners, the first part of what may be Limit Break Radio’s most epic episode to date! On today’s show Limit Break Radio officially announces and unveils their Patreon fundraising campaign, the LBR memorabilia auction and community advertising program. Limit Break Radio fans can now support their favorite FFXIV podcast directly, get some cool exclusive gifts and help shape the future of Limit Break Radio. The LBRmy has already started…
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BG Stats for February 2015

By Ragns ·

Some of February RIT





FFXIV
  1. [DATs] FFXIV Patch 2.5: Mining The Fall
  2. Triple Triad Thread
  3. Patch 2.51 Info Translation (Tokaigi Live Letter)
  4. Yoshida Press Interview Translations - Patch 2.5
  5. Famitsu Interview with Yoshida - FFXIV in 2015
  6. Urth's Fount, Gilgamesh, Mystery Trial Encounter
  7. AK Hard, WP Hard, Keeper of the Lake, and World of Darkness
  8. Tonberry Server act like idiots
  9. Chocobo Racing
  10. new player general thoughts/questions


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The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D Review

By Serra ·

After 2011’s release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS, players naturally had one question -- when would the Nintendo 64 sequel, Majora’s Mask, receive similar treatment? After all, in gaming, where remastered versions of our favorite games have long become the (disappointing) norm, the updated release of Ocarina of Time is generally regarded as an example of a remake done right. Many regard Majora’s Mask fondly, but it is one of the more unconventional entries in the Zel…
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Music Friday: Gold Saucer

By Sagacyte ·

[video=youtube_share;PXmQowoWcPI]http://youtu.be/PXmQowoWcPI[/video]
Hello! Let’s all tread together the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

Eorzea is deserted. Cities look like ghost towns and somewhere (in some timeline) the Elder Primal Bahamut is not destroying the world because he's too busy scratching his head wondering why no one is attempting to stop him. Yes, folks, the Manderville Gold Saucer (GS) has been unleashed upon the realm and adven…
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The New Order

By Sagacyte ·



Remember that Wolfenstein reboot from quite a few years ago? Return to Castle Wolfenstein? Yeah, the one that featured undead skeletons and occult stuff? Won't blame you if you don't as it was pretty vanilla. I guess it's part the reason I wasn't expecting much from the more recent game in the Wolfenstein franchise, The New Order; it made it all more surprising when most gaming publications around the web (and Twitter folk) were singing praise for it. Couple of weeks ago I had the chance to pl…
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