Posts by Nitrocosm

After studying for a couple of months, a friend and I took our license exams and became licensed amateur radio operators. It's a fascinating hobby. Although it isn't quite as popular as it was a few decades ago, ham radio is still very important f...

I have the admit that the whole propeller-leg thing is, perhaps, a little too weird for my tastes. There's a chance I might get around to watching the rest of this series. I'm only a few episodes in right now. ...

As I've been going through another caffeine detox (trying to quit coffee because it causes some unpleasant side effects), I've discovered Peppermint Tea. It's pretty great and contains no caffeine. Its flavor is such that I don't add any sugar to it (...

IMO, the story is strong even through the second disc. It's just that the budget was cut so the actual gameplay is scarce toward the end of the game until the final dungeon. Then things just get insanely difficult and you have to level grind f...

Now I'm considering dusting off my copy of XG and giving it another playthrough. I haven't touched it since playing Xenosaga. Oh yeah. I thought about doing that, too. The thing is, Xenogears isn't an easy game to play through, so it would t...