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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: January 04, 2015 (02:28 PM)
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As you've all probably noticed, EmP trounced everyone last year and came very so close to actually finishing. Since he'll probably destroy us all again this year, I propose we at least try to beat last year's spread (which was ten declared reviews, according to the scoreboard). Good luck! Also, I might present a list of # games for people to review, since everyone seems to have trouble with that.

Again, the rules are unaltered. You only obtain points for reviews that you yourself declare; no one will be keeping track for you or reminding you to list them here!

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#: 1942 (NES)
A: Aquattack (CV)
B: Bermuda Triangle (Atari 2600)
C: Crossbow (Atari 2600)
D: Demon's Souls (PS3)
E: Eyes: The Horror Game (Android)
F: Flappy Bird (Android)
G: Gothic (PC)
H: Horror Island (Android)
I: Injustice: Gods Among Us - Ultimate Edition (PS4)
J:
K:
L: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PS)
M:
N:
O: Odallus: The Dark Call (PC)
P:
Q:
R: Road Not Taken (PC)
S: Space Panic (CV)
T: Toren (PS4)
U:
V:
W: WWF Raw (32X)
X:
Y:
Z: Zaxxon (CV)



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Leaderboard:

WINNER!

EmP: 27

Overdrive: 27
Suskie: 21
Honestgamer: 17
JoeTheDestroyer: 16
holdthephone: 9
Janus: 1


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Author: honestgamer
Posted: January 04, 2015 (04:35 PM)
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I don't have any reviews to point to yet, but I might as well put this here as a placeholder, since there's every likelihood that I will review something here before year's end. ;-)

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#: 3D Out Run (3DS)
A: The Awakened Fate: Ultimatum (PS3)
B: Blocky Bot (Wii U)
C: Citizens of Earth (Wii U)
D: A Druid's Duel (PC)
E:
F:
G: Guitar Hero Live (PS4)
H: HuniePop (PC)
I:
J:
K:
L: Legend of Kay Anniversary (Wii U)
M: Mighty Gunvolt (3DS)
N: No Time to Explain (Xbox One)
O: Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (PS4)
P: The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure (Wii U)
Q:
R:
S: Slow Down, Bull (PC)
T: Toukiden: Kiwami (PS4)
U: Undertale (PC)
V:
W:
X:
Y: Yakuza 5 (PS3)
Z: Zaxxon (Arcade)


"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2

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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: January 06, 2015 (03:58 PM)
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I guess it's time to smash another year out of the park.
Twenty-bloody-seven/27

#: 4PM [PC] 200% Mixed Juice [PC]
A: ALLTYNEX Second [PC]
B: Bloodnet [PC]
C: Corpse Killer [32X]
D: Discworld Noir [PC] Dreamfall: Book 2 // Book 3 [PC] Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today [PC]
E: ETHER One [PC]
F: FTL [PC] Funk of Titans [PC]
G: Grey Goo [PC] Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure [PC]
H: High Strangeness [PC]
I: Icarus-X: Tides of Fire [PC]
J: Jotun [PC]
K: Kholat [PC]
L: The Longest Journey [PC]
M: ManaCollect [PC]
N: NEO AQUARIUM: The King Of Crustaceans [PC]
O: Ossuary
P: Pregnency [PC]
Q: Quake 4 [360]
R: RefleX [PC] Reverse Crawl [PC]
S: Supreme League of Patriots - Issue 1 // Issue 2 // Issue 3 [PC] Sunless Sea [PC] Star Ruler 2 [PC] Supercharged Robot VULKAISER [PC] Super Galaxy Squadron [PC] Slam City with Scottie Pippin [32X] Skyshine's Bedlam [PC] SOMA [PC]
T: Tormentum - Dark Sorrow [PC]
U: Unpossible [PC]
V: Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 4: Pai Chan [SAT]
W: War of the Human Tanks ALTeR [PC]
X: Xeodrifter [VITA]
Y: Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm [PC]
Z: Zaxxon Motherbase 2000 [32X]


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Author: Suskie
Posted: January 09, 2015 (08:23 PM)
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#:
A: Axiom Verge (PS4)
B: Bloodborne (PS4)
C: Castle in the Darkness (PC)
D: Divinity: Original Sin (PC)
E: Evolve (Xbox One)
F: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (PS4)
G: Godzilla (PS4)
H: Hand of Fate (PC)
I: Ico (PS2)
J: Jotun (PC)
K: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (Wii U)
L: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (3DS)
M: Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS)
N:
O: The Order: 1886 (PS4)
P: Pokémon Shuffle (3DS)
Q:
R: Rocket League (PC)
S: SOMA (PC)
T: Titan Souls (Vita)
U: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3)
V:
W: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (PC)
X:
Y: Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U)
Z:

21/27


You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

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Author: JANUS2
Posted: January 12, 2015 (02:18 PM)
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S: Spider-Man: Web of Fire (32X)
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"fuck yeah oblivion" - Jihad

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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: January 13, 2015 (10:32 AM)
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VICTORY!!!!! Or at least 2nd place, if we're going by who got 'em all first...

# - 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure (3DS)
A - Aphelion: Graves of Earth (XBox 360 Indie); Alphadia (Android)
B - Blazing Lazers (TG-16)
C - Chrono Trigger (SNES); Covenant of Solitude (Android)
D - Dragon Quest IX (DS); Deus Ex: Human Revolution (XBox 360)
E - Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn (XBox 360); EvilQuest (XBox 360 indie); End of Aspiration (Android)
F - Front Mission 3 (PlayStation)
G - Grinsia (3DS)
H - Holy Umbrella: Dondera no Mubo!! (SNES)
I - Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors 2 (NES)
J - Just Breed (NES)
K - Knuckles Chaotix (Sega 32X)
L - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES)
M - Magicians and Looters (XBox 360)
N - Nekketsu Tairiku Burning Heroes (SNES)
O - Oozi: Earth Adventure Ep. 1 (XBox 360 Indie)
P - Pokemon Shuffle (3DS)
Q - Quest: Brian's Journey (Game Boy Color)
R - Rayman Origins (XBox 360)
S - Shipwreck (XBox 360 Indie); Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (PlayStation); Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (PS2); Super Mario Galaxy (Wii); Symphony of Eternity (Android)
T - Terranigma (SNES)
U - Unreal Land (XBox 360 Indie)
V - Venetica (XBox 360)
W - Whomp 'Em (NES)
X - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)
Y - Yume Penguin Monogatari (NES)
Z - Zaxxon (Atari 2600)


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Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: February 23, 2015 (09:45 AM)
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If it was up to blasted Venter I'd review nothing but S games for the rest of my life.


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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: February 23, 2015 (10:04 AM)
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I'd totally laugh at you if not for the fact that 2 of the next 4-5 games I'll be reviewing are Stella Deus and Super Mario Galaxy. And another is EvilQuest. I already have S and E finished, but was underway in all 3 when I decided to give this thing another shot.


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Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: February 23, 2015 (11:33 AM)
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This may be the first year I review a W game that isn't a wrestling title (or affiliated with wresting, as was the case with WWF Betrayal). Mwhahahahahaha, Wizorb!


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Author: bbbmoney
Posted: February 23, 2015 (04:53 PM)
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#:
A: Atelier Rorona Plus (PS3)
B: Bloodborne (PS4)
C:
D:
E:
F: Front Mission 3 (PSX)
G:
H: Her Story (PC)
I:
J:
K:
L: The Legend of Dragoon
M: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
N:
O:
P: Parasite Eve
Q:
R:
S: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
T:
U:
V: Vagrant Story (PSX)
W:
X:
Y: Ys Seven (PSP)
Z:


Mobius 1, engage...

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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: December 10, 2015 (09:48 AM)
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For you, my friends, I fear this race is over.

But who will join me in Alphabet City? Population: 1


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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: December 10, 2015 (02:25 PM)
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Aw well. There's always 2016, fellow losers.


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Author: jerec
Posted: December 10, 2015 (10:14 PM)
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I'll concede my loss this year.


I can avoid death by not having a life.

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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: December 11, 2015 (01:31 PM)
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I haven't given up on finishing this thing (4 more reviews to type in this month, which is doable, but will be a bit tough considering all the holiday stuff and get-togethers I tend to be doing this month.

But I hope I do. This is my last real attempt at this, as I want to spend future years playing stuff I want to play and not basing my "what's next?" selections off what letters I need to play. Sometimes, it works great (totally loving Rayman Origins to the point I'd put it among the top platformers I've ever played). Sometimes, it leads to me realizing I just wasted valuable gaming time that I could have been playing GTA V or Diablo 3 on Venetica and it's love of unintentional comedy.


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Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: December 13, 2015 (07:00 AM)
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Hope you make it ODdy. You've put together a solid run along with Joe and Suskie.

I'll keep this thing going for a few more years, I think (or Joe, or whoever put the topic together) because I've started to think it's the last thing that keeps me going. Plus, it does force me to seek out games I would have never played otherwise and while there are plenty of 4PMs and Pregnancys out there, there are also loads of Banner Saga and Jotun.

Not for the rest of this year though; I'm done. Well reserved couple of weeks off, I think.

Which should cue Jason to appear in my inbox in 5...4...


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Author: honestgamer
Posted: December 13, 2015 (01:24 PM)
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You're probably safe, EmP. I understand the desire to take a break, and I'd love to see you feeling refreshed and ready to resume your prolific output in 2016. I'd love to see that for me, too.

Right now is a good time to enjoy just talking about games and thinking about potential conquests in 2016. It is looking like I might manage another review or two that will count toward my own Alpha Marathon performance in 2015, but as usual, I don't devote too much energy to it because I'm busy reviewing a bunch of games that start with the same few letters. Or at least, that's what I'm busy doing in years when I'm not totally slacking like I was in 2015.

I hope to be very productive in 2016, though!


"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2

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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: December 18, 2015 (01:08 PM)
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Well, I submitted two more for approval, which means I have about 12-13 days to do two reviews.

CAN I DO IT?


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Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

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Author: honestgamer
Posted: December 18, 2015 (04:12 PM)
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I'm just shy of the halfway mark, with 13/27 covered. And I plan to cross that line and head into the second half sometime during the next few days, with another title or two by year's end (though my next planned review will do nothing for my Alphabet Marathon performance). For me, honestly, that's not half bad!


"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2

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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: December 31, 2015 (09:04 AM)
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I DID IT! Nothing like waiting until the last day (or last month, since I got either 5 or 6 letters over these past few weeks).


I'm not afraid to die because I am invincible
Viva la muerte, that's my goddamn principle

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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: December 31, 2015 (11:38 AM)
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I was rooting for you, buddy - great job! You are now one of only five people to have run the entire course.


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