Arumi’s Blog

It was 3:45 am on a Wednesday night, the chilly December air sneaking in through an uninsulated window. I was glued to my computer screen, my noise-cancelling headset blocking out the echoing techno beat of the dorm party going on downstairs. My Counter-Strike clan was just about to take our 9th straight victory for the [...]

There are many experiences that I could cite as being incredibly influential to my development as a gamer. Building my first computer, sharing a N64 console with my brother, receiving a Gameboy Color system for Christmas, playing Diablo II obsessively throughout college – all of these experiences are valuable to me, each in their own [...]

Just thought I’d share a comment I posted on Kotaku. The flame war about MW2 is getting far too vicious. O.o

Alright, I understand that a lot of people don’t understand why the lack of dedicated servers and mods in MW2 is a big deal. That’s completely fine. I actually agree that the whiny fanboys who [...]

A genre that is becoming increasingly more popular among the gamer demographic is the “free-to-play” online gaming entertainment market. Games that offer a free social interaction experience are becoming a huge phenomenon, often surpassing some “Paid Subscription” games in number of active monthly users. As a business model, offering an interactive online game free of [...]

I suppose you could say that I’ve played a lot of MMORPG’s. Well… perhaps more than is really considered to be either “healthy” or “socially acceptable”. ( :-P ) Here is the comprehensive list – I have included all MMO’s that I’ve been semi-addicted to, over several years time. Some I loved, some I hated, [...]

As I stated before, I made semi-finalists for the Frag Doll’s casting call! The Frag Dolls are a professional all-girl gaming team who also do marketing for Ubisoft. The finalists get announced on Thursday or Friday, so I’m both excited and nervous as the end of the week approaches. Personally, I was thrilled that I [...]

So, I’ve played it enough, I figured it was about time for a review.

Naturally, I love zombie games. I loved the original “House of the Dead” (wow, was that really 1996? I played some violent games when I was 10 :-P), have played all of the Resident Evil games (except for 5, I’ve been hearing [...]

Okay, I’ve decided that BlackWarGreymon is totally emo. Even though the show was released way before “emo”  was actually specifically defined.
I’m liking Digimon Adventure 02 a lot better than Digimon Adventure 01. There aren’t as many realllly bad dub jokes (And that’s how you make egg-salad!), and the characters are much better developed. Even though [...]

I figured it was about time for an update. :D

The DSi is almost out! The DSi is an upgrade of the DS-lite, being even thinner, and including a camera and some other cool features. The problem is, it’s just an upgrade. The nintendo DS has been out for a few years now, and the DS-lite [...]

I stopped procrastinating… xD

I tried playing versus mode in Left4Dead for the second time yesterday… and I still get owned when I play as the infected. Seriously, I think I had a lifespan of about 30 seconds after I got close to the survivors. I did like playing as a smoker, though. Kind of like [...]