Forums > Contributor Zone > RotW // 24th July -- 30th July // The Battle of the Vanguards

Only the three reviews this week -- bad for the site, good for burn-suffering writer's self-imposed to whittle away what little tim they do have on mini tourney blathering. But all three reviews are from firmly established staffer; some might say those that provide the very backbone of this little site of ours. Today is the battle of Jason, Joe and Rob “Rob” Robbington. No flashy introduction required.


THIRD

For us. For them. For you.

Spacing error fixed, and thank you for the victory and the topic!

The only thing my milkshake brings to the yard is a subpoena.

The Splatoon review didn't come easily.

I wrote about the single-player stuff first, which at least went reasonably well, and then I penciled in space for the online discussion.

Unfortunately, my Switch wouldn't let me connect to any matches, so I spent most of a day trying to figure out how to fix that with no progress. I decided next to try a wired connection, to change the NAT type. That meant ordering an adaptor online and waiting for it to arrive... which it did, without really fixing anything.

Eventually, I settled on the fix of buying a new router (which I figure will address similar issues the PS4 and Xbox One have given me). Then I had to play the game in a bunch of matches to get a feel for everything, and finally I could write the paragraphs to slap into that section of the review.

It was all a bit of an ordeal, and to be honest, I was relieved the review turned out as well as it did.

"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

Did Jason review Life is Strange?

I can avoid death by not having a life.

Nope, I covered Splatoon 2. EmP was probably using a template and just forgot to update the title, if I had to guess.

"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

I thought he was making an in-joke, so I didn't question it.

The only thing my milkshake brings to the yard is a subpoena.

I'm glad there's still someone around here that can question EmP.

I can avoid death by not having a life.

I think the reason I had some struggles with this review is part of why I'm working to cut down the number of games I play at once. Sometimes, games just fall through the cracks, so while I'm focusing on this one or that one, one like Bastion just sort of gets played once every few weeks for an hour or so (until the last half-dozen stages, when I ripped through it). So, I had an idea of what I was saying when I reviewed it, but my early memories were pretty foggy just because it had been so long since I'd started it and it took so long before it was anything more than a light diversion.

I'm not afraid to die because I am invincible
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