Ink for May 18th, 2022 (And a slight change of plans...)

An Unusual Sequel to a Classic SNES Epic (Captured in Handheld Mode)

This is going to be a brief update as there's a big, personal thing happening later in the week—as in, I won't be able to access Blogger for a couple days. I posted a Twitter thread last month laying out an update regarding what happened to the Axiom Verge 1 & 2 review, or rather what my future plan was considering that I ignored my initial deadline of late February to early March.  

It's smack dab in the middle of May with the same old song and dance. However, I'm changing things up a bit.  I started writing out a review for Chrono Cross, a game that I started playing in the first week of April. When Nintendo did their Direct livestream in February, I took to Twitter to post how excited I was since the announcement came out of nowhere. 

The big question is this: Is Chrono Cross a classic gem worth revisiting (or in my case, visiting for the first time)?

My plan is to have it finished and posted by next Friday, which shouldn't be an issue this time. It will be similar to the one I did for Shin Megami Tensei V, but I might bump up the word count to around 1250 words so I can better explain aspects like the combat system and the visual novel, Radical Dreamers (pictured above).

Until then, have a great week!

General Waffling: I've been doing some other written reviews on Goodreads for a couple books to help disciple myself to get back into a writing groove. One of them is on Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis, which was my first foray into a "first-contact" novel. Another one was for Existentially Challenged by Yahtzee Crowhaw which is the sequel to Differently Morphous—a book that I enjoyed for how it tackled a challenging concept.   

The person who lent me Pat Buchanan's Where the Right Went Wrong let me borrow another book—Bobby Fischer Comes Home—which also got a brief review on Goodreads. 

Kermode & Mayo are just as good, if not better, on their new podcast than their former BBC Radio 5 Live show. The two of them are the only big-name podcast players that I would (and have) willingly chip in money just to get the Extra Takes.