Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
This is a repost, now with pictures. A while back, I reviewed the first Coffee Talk. Coffee Talk and Coffee Talk Episode 2 is a visual novel game where you serve a variety of warming drinks to the regulars of your store. Rather than making choices like normal visual novels, the story changes depending on…
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon
This is a repost, now with pictures! Yakuza: Like a Dragon is part of the long-running Yakuza franchise. In Japan, the franchise was always known as Like a Dragon while it was changed to Yakuza in America.. From this game on, it’ll also be called Like a Dragon. Now this is actually the 8th mainline…
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HIVESWAP: ACT 2
I played Hiveswap: Act 1 so long ago I don’t remember it well. Fortunately, Act 2 gives me a recap to jog my memories. Hiveswap is a point and click game set in the Homestuck universe. I don’t know Homestuck or any of the expanded stories from there. So what drew me towards the game…
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Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Kentucky Route Zero is a game that showcases the feel of the rural Kentucky country and all the supernatural stories that go on there. The game is all about the journey, not the destination. There is a surreal and magical quality that permeates everything but without too much attention drawn to it at all. The…
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VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Yes, that is the full name. I’ll just be calling it Valhalla for ease. In Valhalla, you take on the role of Jill, an ordinary person in Glitch City, year 207X. Glitch City is known to be a mess as well as the unofficial testing ground of some new technologies and policies leading to a…
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Crystal Project
Are you craving some old-school JRPG style combat? Crystal Project is for you. It is a well-crafted and loving ripoff of the older Final Fantasy games, Final Fantasy 5 specifically. You have a team of generics with the goal of going out into the world for adventure. At home points, you can change classes, and…
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Tchia
Tchia is an open world game where you play as 12 year old Tchia, a girl on a mission to save her father. The game takes place on an island nation inspired by New Caledonia. If you know about New Caledonia, you’ll probably see many familiar things. They speak French, for example, with some native…
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Machinika: Museum
Machinika: Museum is a fun little puzzle game where you work as a museum worker of some sort that studies and repairs artifacts. Only this is the future, and the museum is full of alien artifacts. One late night, you suddenly receive a huge shipment to go through, so it’s time to get to work.…
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Guild Wars 2, Part 3
This is the third part of my Guild Wars 2 review. Read the previous parts (one, two) if you haven’t! This will be my middle (not initial or final) thoughts, after playing the game for a month or two. Find it on the official site here. Things I can’t really talk about yet because I…
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Guild Wars 2, Part 2
This is part 2 of my Guild Wars 2 review. This will focus more on the in-game store, the UI, and other things not directly related to gameplay. You can read Part 1 here, and get Guild Wars 2 from the official site here. I will talk about Masteries first, though. They do affect the…
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