http://www.8bitninja.com The professional website of Richard Mitchell, Video Game Journalist Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:19:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Presented here are the notes I jotted down (well, typed) while playing Amy. Some I've deleted in retrospect, others I've expanded since beating the game, most are presented as-is. Think of it as a stream of consciousness way of expressing what I tried (and probably failed) to do with the ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2012/01/18/amy-review-notes/ My entire career hinges on two things: Chris Grant and the letter Q. It was a fluke that I even found Joystiq at all. In 2006, I was working for a manufacturing company as a project scheduler, my first real job outside of college. My office was in the back corner ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2011/12/27/the-coming-tide/ A lot of things going on this week, leaving me ruminating on the current state of things. First thing's first, this place is going to need a sprucing up. Can anyone out there recommend a sweet Wordpress theme? Should I stick with this one? Tell me, internet. TELL ME! http://www.8bitninja.com/2011/12/18/ruminations-are-incoming/ Posted here is my review of Monday Night Combat as it appeared on Joystiq.com It's dangerously simple to refer to a new product as an amalgam of other known quantities, but in the case of Monday Night Combat, it's the most effective sell. Here's the pitch: Imagine the class-based, team-oriented play ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2010/08/10/review-monday-night-combat/ Reprinted here my Limbo review as it appeared on Joystiq.com When trying to work out the best way to describe Limbo, I keep coming back to Edvard Munch. I've always been fascinated with Munch, an artist most famous for painting The Scream. It's his other works, however, that tend to stick ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2010/08/10/review-limbo/ http://www.8bitninja.com/2010/05/14/review-alan-wake/ Reprinted here is the Lost Planet 2 preview I wrote for Joystiq.com I enjoyed the original Lost Planet, but I wouldn't call myself a fan. The third-person shooting was vanilla at best and frustrating at worst. The story and characters were forgettable -- really, do you remember any of it? But ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2010/04/09/hands-on-lost-planet-2-single-player/ Reprinted here is the Bayonetta review I wrote for Joystiq.com The first thing you should know about Bayonetta is that the story is entirely unimportant. It makes no sense. At all. Period. There's something about two warring clans, one of witches and one of sages (Light vs. Dark -- yada yada ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2010/01/08/review-bayonetta/ Whenever the ol' Netflix queue runs out of TV episodes to ship -- Annie and I just watched the first two seasons of Mad Men -- I'm often at a loss. What movies should I rent? My first choice was Zombieland, but that's not out yet. So what's a consumer ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2009/12/10/blood-the-last-vampire/ Reprinted here is the Silent Hill: Shattered Memories review I wrote for Joystiq.com I've played every game in the series and a few years ago you might even have caught me defending the Silent Hill movie. When I first heard that Climax was re-imagining the first game in the Silent Hill ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2009/12/09/review-silent-hill-shattered-memories/