Wayne Santos | Toronto-based writer and game journalist
Settling Down
The Wife is mostly back to normal, still a little weak and prone to near narcoleptic fits of suddenly needing a power nap, but it looks like the fever is gone, and aside from some lingering flu-ish aches and pains, she can now think about food without getting nauseous. This is good.
And I’m [...]
Ho. Ly. CRAP.
Man, what can you say about the Japanese? Of the various notions of horror that exist as a genre, it is the Japanese who have perhaps the most unique take on the topic of making people wet their pants.
Having just put Fatal Frame II away (once and for all, I [...]
No Major Post
Because the Wife is down with the flu, meaning lots of bed rest, fluids, vegetable soup, movies and games.
It Is HOT
And since the apartment is air condition-less, this makes for a much better understanding of “lazy days of summer” since it’s hard to do anything even remotely productive.
Well, that and Fatal Frame II (pictured yesterday and with this delightful shot left) is making it so that I don’t really want to go to [...]
Holy Crap I’m Scared
I don’t care what anyone says, the scariest fictional experience I’ve ever had to date was not with a book, a campfire story or even a movie, it’s these damn video games.
I’ve had this game for a while now but have been extremely hesitant to play it through to the finish. [...]
For All The Best Friends Out There
I was having a talk with the neighbor downstairs where we kind of touched in the idea of the support role that many earnest, male best friends play for fabulous women they know who wish they could date someone like said Best Friend but will have absolutely nothing to [...]
You Know You’re A Cityslicker Snob
When you actually take the step of owning a coffee bean grinder and instant just don’t cut it anymore.
Yup, I now officially suck.
Friday For Dull People
Wrote more of a GameAxis article, had dinner with the neighbors in the backyard and, in a fit of supreme boringness, actually played through Tomb Raider: Legend again, just because I’m really enjoying this style of gameplay right now.
More Dullness
Did laundry, wrote article for GameAxis, and that’s about it, really. Oh, and Time Trials for Tomb Raider: Anniversary are nearly done. Only Greece left now…