Parteibuch Aggregator Feed - Items from date 2010-06-30

Destructoid: Play along with the Chrono Trigger fanfest

Destructoid — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000

I think it's time for another personal confession. I ... wow, this is really tough. Okay. *deep breath*

I have never finished Chrono Trigger. Not once. I don't even have any idea how far into the game I am because I have either skillfully avoided any sort of spoiler for the game or didn't know I'd seen one when it happened. Despite my best efforts, attempting at least once yearly for a decade, the game remains sadly uncompleted.

Maybe that can change this month. Fangamer is doing a really cool event where they take on the classic Square action-RPG one chapter at a time over the course of a month. Each day brings a new section of the game to focus on and  they've worked up some challenges everyone can attempt to do even if you've played the game a thousand times before. Sounds like the whole thing is a lot of fun, but they're a few days in now so you'll want to hurry up and get to the Village of Magic pronto.

I've been thinking a lot lately about my approach to games, particularly titles which require an unhealthy time investment that I never get around to finishing. Concluding just last night that I needed to try and tackle them one hour at a time, this event seems right up my alley.

Chrono Trigger Fanfest 2010 [Fangamer via GameSetWatch]

Finds 210: Disk System Games + Case!

Finds 210 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:35:00 +0000

Here is a very neat find that finally arrived. Five disk system games pirates and a case to carry them on....never quite heard of that. Although I can't test the games thanks to my Disk System breaking, I can find some use for the case. Overall a very interesting find.

Benj Edwards: Inside the Amiga 1000 25th Anniversary

Benj Edwards — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:21:42 +0000

Commodore first shipped the legendary Amiga 1000 in July of 1985 — twenty-five years ago. In honor of the Amiga’s birthday, I did what comes natural to Benjs of all sorts: I took one apart. And I did it for PC World, making this the tenth entry in my “workbench series” of tech [...]