Happy birthday to VGR! Without some kind of magical time machine, it is now impossible for us to be 12-year-old British homos who whack off too much and can’t get any. I guess we are now 13-year-old British homos who whack off too much and can’t get any!
Obviously the big news is that the new site is, um, mostly done. It is completely transferred over to WordPress and is no longer made up of crusty old table-based HTML. The current design isn’t intended to be permanent — which means I’ll probably get around to an actual redesign in another decade — but it should at least be readable. I transferred all existing user accounts and comments over as well, so you shouldn’t have to change anything. I did a ton of work on the back end. That’s what Phoenix said. Anyway, the new site is a work in progress (it’s a beta!), so stay tuned, even if it takes me another couple of decades to finish it.
In other awesome news, Sam has completed the first two recaps for Xenosaga II!
* Part 1
* Part 2
Thanks so much to Sam for keeping VGR going with her amazing recaps! Also a big thank you to Ben and Ryan who have contributed so much to the site!
And of course thank you to all of you who continue to read and enjoy the recaps!
(Note: You’ll notice that some stuff, including articles and some recaps, didn’t make it over to the new site. You can still access them on the old site. Also, I won’t be transferring any more comments over from the old site because it’s kind of a pain, so if you want to comment, please do so on the new/beta site. Thanks again!)
HOOOOOOLY CAAAARRRRRP!
Thank you Jeanne, for your ultra hard work on the site! You must be made of awesomenium… Heck, Sam, Ben, Ryan and you must be made of such incredible material to be able to keep them recaps up and coming.
Once again, thank you guys for all of your efforts! Whenever the site updates, it is like a small ray of sunshine in my day š
Thirteen, huh? Congrats! And good work on the site.
Also, wow, I am way behind on catching up on recaps.
On the plus side, the fact that you worked on the site to make it convenient to mobile means that I should quickly catch up on them, since I have an hour long shuttle ride to (and from) my college campus. It’ll be nice to have something new to read besides fanfic. š
But do you still have tiny weiners? After all VGR is all about the weiners. Can’t have CHAOS!!! keep smirking snidely at you forever, right?
Happy 8 billionth birthday, VGR! You just get better with age, like wine. And like certain cheeses, but let’s stick with the drinky-drinky. And at my old job, you helped my more dull and tedious lunch breaks zoom by. Stay funny, stay sexy, stay hyperactively homoerotic. And say no to drugs. Look at what they did to the game designers.
Speaking for Jeanne and myself, our wieners are still VERY tiny.
Thanks for sticking around all these years, guys! And a round of applause for Jeanne, who has been busting her hump to rebuild this site from the ground up.
Horray, new site! Good job!
The design is so different. So bright.
This double recap is awesome so far and I don’t care that I have barely played this game Incoming awesome quote barrage:
“I imagine we are meant to believe that Jin in fact stole the MacGuffin Data from Margulis. We probably arenāt meant to believe that he fished it out of his loverās utility kilt, strewn carelessly on the floor, while Margulis was snoring away in bed, but I donāt like being told what to think.”
Of course.
“And somewhere in there he kicks Jin right in the stomach, causing me to shout out, āBUT THE BABY!!!ā I have issues.”
Oh Sam! Hahaha.
“I hope you havenāt forgotten, given how exciting this all has been so far, that Richard and Hermann are the ones Wonderbra assigned to capture MOMO. I know that was probably obvious, but sometimes I fall into step with the writers of this series and lose faith in my audience.”
Understandable.
“But the lowercase song announces the arrival of a new mech. Itās a very Blanche from Golden Girls hue of rose pink from head to toe. In one hand itās holding a 30-foot-long spear. In the otherā¦well, nothing, but the hand itself is as big as the entire rest of the mech. It looks like the Hamburger Helper Manās custom pleasure bot.”
This imagery is both gold and scarring. You may have created a new crossover pairing. Blanche x The Hamburger Helper Man. You’re welcome.
“āThe red horse carries war, and the black horse, famine,ā he says to no one. But the red horse is currently carrying the black horse! What do you say to that, Castrati Jesus? āUpon those tiny backs,ā he goes on, ignoring me, ābear they great calamity.ā Canaan is basically like, āIām going to pretend I didnāt hear that. I did, but it was stupid.ā Moments later Canaan is lifting Nigredo into his arms and CHAOS!!! is helping Jailbait climb onto his back. This is messing with my shipping.”
Just awesome, but that’s a creator fro you, just out to ruin practical shipping.
I also want to say that you outdid yourself with the captions and the homoeroticism. I look forward to the next one. Maybe because of you I won’t have to play this tripe myself!
OMG, I forgot about the tiny wieners! Someone revoke my recapping license, I’ve clearly been out of the game too long. But yes, still very tiny.
Thanks for all the supportive comments!
*brain explodes from excitement* Jin…. How I’ve waited for the day you’d start recapping this game for Jin. I love you for this, Sam! Also Happy Birthday VGR! As a long time fan, I’m so happy to see more recaps, and new games. You have totally made my day!
Hmm, but for all the work you all do, I think a dick upgrade is in order. Maybe two levels worth of dick upgrades!