Lucien Maverick's Blog

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/06/09/lft-life-is-strange-de-reveal-trailer/

Lucien’s First Take: Life is Strange: Double Exposure Reveal Trailer A game that I really loved in 2015 was Life is Strange. It wasn’t perfect, but it had so much charm. There was the Indie movie aesthetic and music, the personal story about Max and Chloe, a…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/06/08/rip-gainax/

RIP, Gainax Why, oh why, must everything suck now?! I’m really starting to wonder that, because everywhere I look, I see cool studios who made some amazing stuff being shut down. Not long ago, it was F…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/06/06/inspiration-from-the-most-unlikely-places/

Inspiration From the Most Unlikely Places It’s funny how things turn out. How life can turn and move in unusual ways. Things have been difficult for me for ages. I’ve been so exhausted lately. If it isn’t money troubl…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/06/02/the-trolls-have-never-cared-a-response-to-thegamer/

The Trolls Have Never Cared (A response to TheGamer) There’s this publication that I see on my feed all the time, and I’m always amused by them. Because they put out some of the stupidest takes I’ve ever seen, couched in the idea t…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/06/01/everything-is-becoming-a-luxury-item/

Everything is Becoming a Luxury Item I read a story about how fast food is becoming seen as a luxury item. That’s right, McDonald’s food is being seen as something of status. Why? Because it’s so damn expensive! …

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/luciens-first-take-silent-hill-2-gameplay-trailer/

Lucien’s First Take: Silent Hill 2 – Gameplay Trailer Sony had a State of Play today, and…it sucked. There was next to nothing that was worth my time to really see. So many things that I would love to know about, none of which were there. Mar…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/everything-is-so-lame-now/

Everything is So Lame Now I remember when I was growing up, my dear girly-mate had this cool glitter lamp. Love glitter lamps. They are colorful, vibrant, and fun. Hers was purple liquid, and the based was like the sorce…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/19/at-this-point-gamers-deserve-to-be-ripped-off/

At This Point, Gamers Deserve to be Ripped Off When Ubisoft showed off their CG trailer for their upcoming Ghost of Tsushima knock-off, they were rightfully s**t on for their anti-consumer need for an Internet connection for a single-player gam…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/18/ubisoft-hates-their-customers/

Ubisoft Hates Their Customers I saw the trailer recently for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, and I’m gonna be real with ya, the only thing that went through my head as I watched that was – oh look, a Ghost of Tsush…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/18/luciens-mish-mash-of-random-thoughts-17/

Lucien’s Mish-Mash of Random Thoughts, #17 For whatever reason, I decided to watch the ending to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King today. I got to thinking about the scene where the hobbits come home, and they realize that too much had…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/16/xbox-is-spitting-on-the-people-who-lost-their-jobs-by-opening-elsewhere/

Xbox is Spitting on the People Who Lost Their Jobs by Opening Elsewhere You almost have to admire Xbox and the people who run that banana farm of stupidity. They have absolutely no shame. None whatsoever. Hundreds of people, across four studios, two of which created…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/what-we-can-learn-from-the-closure-of-tango-gameworks/

What We Can Learn From the Closure of Tango Gameworks I was about to say “with the dust settling” on the situation with Microsoft and them closing down studios, but it isn’t settling anytime soon. Because more are coming. It has be…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/11/this-idea-that-men-want-to-sa-women-all-the-time/

This Idea that Men Want to SA Women All the Time Saw this guy with a microphone who was saying that he wished women could be men for five minutes. His contention is that if they became men for five minutes, they wouldn’t be able to handle …

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/11/what-high-value-men-dont-understand/

What “High Value” Men Don’t Understand I see so many videos where men talk about the attributes of a “high value man” and why women are lesser in value. How they will depreciate in value over time. It is an escalator when …

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/10/you-are-so-boring-a-response-to-steve-shives/

You Are So Boring (A response to Steve Shives) This has to be the lowest of the low-hanging fruit. The absolute peak of easy targets who are probably beneath me. But dammit, this is just too fun! I honestly thought that I was done with Steve…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/07/phil-spencer-needs-to-go-from-xbox/

Phil Spencer Needs to Go from Xbox! In case you didn’t know, Microsoft announced today that a couple game studios that were acquired along with Bethesda were shuttered. I speak about Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin. This in…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/07/luciens-gaming-clips-ffvii-rb/

Lucien’s Gaming Clips: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth For so long, I’ve had compilations that I want to make, but I haven’t had the drive to actually do it. For two years, I’ve kind of been neglecting my YouTube channel. Well no mo…

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Cloud and Tifa Romance Cutscenes (Complete) - Final Fantasy VII: Remake & Rebirth As complete as I could make it, with the time limit that ShareFactory has available.

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Vincent Valentine Cutscenes (Complete) - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Okay, this time I got it right! Sorry for all the messes. Discovered a new video editing app, and I think it is going to be the one! I'm back now, and I'm...

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/04/top-10-video-game-guns-2024-edition/

Top 10 Video Game Guns (2024 Edition) A decade is a long time. Almost a quarter of my life. Getting older. Feel older. Emotionally, physically, mentally. I feel like I’m an older man who doesn’t fit in in the modern wo…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/the-insane-reaction-to-a-single-question-man-or-bear/

The Insane Reaction to a Single Question – Man or Bear? Recently, there was a question that has ignited some of the very worst of what my gender has to offer, and been a standing refutation of the idea that the women who feel this way are wrong. See, s…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/05/02/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-does-new-game-plus-right/

Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Does New Game Plus Right! I’m FINALLY getting back into making compilations of some of my favorite moments in gaming, and one of the things that I really like is how Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth seems to be tailor-made …

Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Does New Game Plus Right! I’m FINALLY getting back into making compilations of some of my favorite moments in gaming, and one of the things that I really like is how Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth seems to be tailor-made …

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/04/28/cool-dlc-ideas-for-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth/

Cool DLC Ideas for Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Yes, I am doing another post about this game. I’m not sorry about that. It’s been so long since I’ve had something I’m looking forward to like the third act in this franch…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/04/27/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-is-so-dark/

Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth is so DARK! I’ve been replaying Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, which is now one of my favorite games. This game has so much fun things going for it. It’s fantastic to play now. There are a few thin…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/critical-examination-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-and-clouds-decaying-mind/

Critical Examination: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth and Cloud’s Decaying Mind I’ve been replaying Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, and I gotta say – this game is amazing. It’s a mark of my favorite games that the second it is over, I kinda wanna play it again. …

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/04/21/top-15-games-that-need-a-remake-2023-edition/

Top 15 Games that Need a Remake (2023 Edition) I saw that GameBolt made a video about this topic, but I found it kind of dull to watch. It had ALL of the usual suspects on there from videos that other channels have made. I made a list like th…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/04/19/well-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-is-underperforming/

Well, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth is Underperforming… There’s a horrible tragedy in gaming. Something that I have learned is that all it takes to destroy something amazing is one failure. So many AAA gaming companies are just one major failure…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/questions-i-have-ff-vii-remake-part-3/

Top 12 Questions I Have Going Into Final Fantasy VII: Remake (Part 3) One of the hallmarks of a favorite game of mine is that when it’s done, I immediately want to play it again. I waited a bit, but am now doing another playthrough of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirt…

https://lucien0maverick.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/the-line-between-objectification-and-uglification/

The Line Between Objectification and “Uglification” I’ve been seeing some things lately, and they are triggering this part of me mind which is like “you can’t be serious.” See, there’s this image macro going around of …