It seems like I’ve always enjoyed RPGs. I remember all of the time I spent adventuring in Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, and any other RPG for the NES that I could get my hands on. Once the SNES came along, a whole slew of outstanding RPGs came out for it over the entirety of its lifespan. Among these are Breath of Fire and Breath of Fire II, the prequels to the game I’m about to review. I must say that I haven’t been quite as enamoured with games that have come out after the end of the 16-bit era, so it takes a special kind of game to keep my interest from beginning to end, let alone properly follow up two solid RPGs. This game does both in spades. (more…)
You may have noticed that lately we here at Good-Evil have been insurmountably lazy. “No, really?” you say? Yes, really. In fact, did you know that I haven’t posted a review in… well, I’m too lazy to look up how long it’s been. But the creative gears are always spinning, and we are coming up with new ways to bring you loyal readers content without requiring much work on our behalf. And without further ado…
Welcome to the patented new dynamic feature brought to you by the geniuses at Good-Evil. Dubbed “Good-Evil; The Soundtrack”*, this weekly feature will be used to showcase an editor’s song pick complete with a small write-up and a YouTube video or streaming version of the song.
Today’s song is by a band called Tortoise. My relationship with Tortoise is somewhat odd in that back in 1999 or 2000 or so, I heard the song “TNT” and fell in love. Then someone gave me a copy of the album TNT and for whatever reason I wasn’t impressed. Well, sometime last year I got the song stuck in my head, bought the album, and have been in love ever since.
The song “Glass Museum” is from their second album, Millions Now Living Will Never Die. This is not my favorite Tortoise album by a long shot, but this is one of my favorite Tortoise songs. This song showcases much of what makes Tortoise so great to me. There are many instruments layered in this song, but no individual instrument is playing anything that is overly complex. There are multiple sections to the song that flow into and out of each other beautifully. The main melody creates a crescendo and a sort of wave-like feeling, moving up and down and emphasizing the odd and shifting time signature.
And as a bonus, here is an amazing half hour live set of the band:
Being a regular customer of Orbit gum, I was very curious when I noticed a new brand of their gum on sale this week. Dubbed Orbit Mist: Peppermint Spray, the box promises “A Hydrating Sensation, with micro-bursts”.
Due to popular demand, we present a bonus two pages for our Top 10 SNES Games feature. Here is page six, the final page, which has games 23-30… (more…)
Are you thirsty? Do you like chocolate? Do you like mint? Are you a boozehound? You are? Great! This recipe is ridiculously easy and doesn’t really even deserve its own write-up, but here we go anyway! If you’re in the mood for a sweet and easy to stomach shot that will curl the toes of all the ladies in the room, behold: (more…)
And now for the finale of our Top 10 SNES Games feature, we go through top 2 games, as well as the 4 runners-up, each again with commentary from Eric, Raub, Josh, and Matt, respectively. For the fourth and final “page”, hit more… (more…)
As we near the end of our Top 10 SNES Games feature, we go through games 5, 4, and 3, each again with commentary from Eric, Raub, Josh, and Matt, respectively. There are 4 pages total, one to be released every day until Friday. For the third “page”, hit more… (more…)
