Author: Lee Baxley

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 10.15.03

    Greetings, and welcome back to the new and improved version of the Hump Day Otaku. Last week was an interesting one, because not only did I change the name of the column temporally, but it also was not out on hump day. It should have been the Hump Day BAKA News Report, but due to…

  • BAKA News Report 10.09.03

    Yes, I changed the title of the column. For one week. Why? I’ll go into detail later, but basically I’m simply dedicating this column to a certain baka. So this is the all baka, all the time edition. Because of that, this is going to be special. I’m kicking it up a notch. I’m shifting…

  • Review: Disagea (PS2)

    Genre: Strategy RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Comic Mischief, Mild Language, Mild Violence) Developer: Nippon Ichi Software Publisher: Atlus Release Date: 8/27/03 Official Home Page: Disgaea @ Atlus.com Offbeat. Crazy. Unique. All of these descriptions can be used in either a good or bad manner, and all have been used when describing games…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 10.01.03

    Sometimes in your life, you have to make a decision. You reach a point where you don’t know what you’re doing or where you’re going, and you simply want to sit down and give up. You know at that point in your life that it’s time to re-evaluate what you’re doing and correct the situation.…

  • Review: Doom 3 (PC)

    Doom 3 Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: Windows PC ESRB Rating: Mature (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence) Developer: id Software Publisher: Activision Release Date: 8/3/04 Official Home Page: Doom3.com Minimum Reqirements: Pentium 4 1.5GHz (or equivalent) 384MB RAM GeForce 3 w/ 64MB RAM or Radeon 8500 w/ 64MB RAM 2GB Free Hard Drive Space Recommended…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 09.24.03

    Hey yo, I’m back with another edition of my look at the news in the world of games and anime. I’m still alive, though still in pain. I got my teeth pulled and replaced with a big hunk of plastic and is really irritating, but I’ve gotta get used to it because it’s gonna be…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 09.17.03

    Greetings! Welcome back to another exciting and action packed installment of the best news report out there! No, I can’t substantiate that declaration, but I believe I’m right dammit! Ahem. Like I was saying before I rudely interrupted myself, welcome to another installment blah blah blah. You know the spiel. I talk about RPGs and…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 09.10.03

    Ok, just so you know, this is going to be a quickie week. I’m not gonna slack off and speed it all up like last time, but I am going to have to slack off on content. No reviews or bonuses this time. Sorry. I had to review a game and that took a lot…

  • Review: ESPN NFL Football (PS2)

    ESPN NFL Football 2K4 Genre: Sports (Football) Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Everyone Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: Sega Release Date: 9/3/03 Early on in the lifespan of the Dreamcast, Sega decided to get into an area where they had previously never ventured seriously. They wanted to make sports games. Even though the road ahead of…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 09.03.03

    Hey yo. Before we get to anything else, I just wanted to apologize for last week’s column. I reached an obvious point where I just wanted it done, and rushed through the whole thing and what started out as a really good column ended up really, really shitty near the end. In addition, since I…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 08.27.03

    Hey yo. I’m Lee. I write about games and stuff. Anyway, this week may be a quickie because I decided to slack off this weekend and I’m writing this early Tuesday morning. I’ve got a Persona review for you, as well as a super quick Castlevania: Symphony of the Night review and some tips. No…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 08.20.03

    Hey yo. I’m back with another fun-filled edition of the News Report. If anybody is reading that hasn’t read me before, I’ll give you a rundown of what I do here. I’m what many would consider a geek, because I typically cover games that aren’t considered mainstream games. I’m talking about RPGs, because they are…

  • Review: Madden NFL 2004 (PS2)

    Madden NFL 2004 Genre: Sports (Football) Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: Official Home Page: Madden2004.com I know what you’re thinking right now. Why is the humping RPG guy reviewing a sports game? Well, it’s a little known fact that I used to be quite the fan of football games. In…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 08.13.03

    Hey yo. I’m back this week with more of what you’ve come to expect from me. RPG news and stuff, and me slacking off in some way or another. I know I promised that I’d review one of the anime series I purchased (which DID come in), but I haven’t watched any yet. Hey, I’ll…

  • Review: Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow (Game Boy Advance)

    Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Genre: Platform Action RPG Platform: Gameboy Advance ESRB Rating: Teen (Animated Blood, Violence) Publisher: Konami Release Date: 5/7/2003 The Castlevania franchise has been one of the most popular and prolific series to date. Spanning many different consoles, the series has had quite a few titles and they range from incredible, to…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 08.06.03

    It’s nice when things go the way you want them to.As I’ve said before, I’ve had to work a lot of overtime, and if I didn’t, it’d count against my attendance. Well, apparently enough people complained and it has been changed so that it will NOT affect attendance. They even went back and corrected it…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 07.30.03

    First I’d like to say that I’m a dumbass. No, not for my still present loyalty to Squaresoft. Not for spending way too much money on anime and games, and therefore getting into massive debt. I’m talking about the name of my column. I screwed it up last week! I can’t believe I did that.…

  • Otaku Hump Day News Report 07.23.03

    This week is going to be a little bit different for me. For one thing, I have to work a lot of overtime at work (have to being the operative word…if I don’t, it’ll hit my attendance and I’m already on the edge of the cliff for that). For another, my better half has been…

  • Hump Day Otaku News Report 07.16.03

    Welcome back to another week in my insanity. This week is somewhat special, because it marks my first foray into an anime PREVIEW, and I have a review to boot! Somebody hold me back, or I may get responsible and start throwing a whole buncha stuff in. I’ll raise you two anime reviews, a game…

  • Review: Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Game Boy Advance)

    Golden Sun: The Lost Age Genre: Traditional RPG Platform: Game Boy Advance ESRB Rating: Everyone (Violence) Developer: Camelot Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: April 15, 2003 Official Home Page: www.goldensun-games.com When it was released, Golden Sun was the first RPG available for the Game Boy Advance (not counting previous Game Boy and Game Boy Color games),…