MO! Welcome back to the Backloggery!

You'd almost definitely get a kick out of Persona 4! It's pretty much a straight combination of a JRPG and a visual novel/dating sim, as you need to interact with lots of characters and build your relationship with them in order to create stronger Personas to use in combat. It's also fairly cheap on the Vita these days, plus it goes on sale on the PSN every once in a while.

I felt like each individual half was not as good as their respective series, but put together it made a game that was better than either. I also really liked cross-examining multiple witnesses at once. I hope that comes back!

The story is pretty good for a video game. There are multiple endings with slight alterations depending how you play the game. I thought the gameplay was the best part though, some really unique, well thought out gameplay mechanics and very good at giving players choices without shoving it down their throat too much.

Congrats on beating Layton vs. Ace Attorney, looking forward to playing Dream Team at the same time as you now!

Stewie is still there, is he not? Hope your trip went well! It sounds like fun. My 21st birthday was great, I went to Atlantic City and saw a Coheed and Cambria concert, then got drunk (of course) and went gambling...somehow won $86 on my first try (off of 50 cents)! It was an awesome time, although we got stuck on the way home. I do miss you too. All of those games sound awesome, you get a nice variety there. Me, I'm just doing GTA V, whenever I have the time anyway. It's so much fun! Hope all is well on your end as well.

Let me know what you think of Dual Destinies then too! I think I'm going to buy a 3DS sometime after I finish GTA V, and when I do that'll be the first game I purchase for it, I've wanted to play it for a long time.

Yep! The only thing holding me back from playing them is that I've been trying to finish watching E3 stuff. I did just start episode 2 tonight though, gonna try and finish it tomorrow. Man do I love this game so far. It's a great experience, and I find myself trying to base my choices around protecting Clementine, that little girl just tugs at my heart haha. As for other game releases, the only ones I plan on picking up at launch are GTA V (cause I already pre-ordered and paid it off) and possibly Phoenix Wright DD, if I have a 3DS yet. Otherwise I'll wait for some of those other games to go down in price. There is still so many games I want to play though, and I find my wishlist continually growing. Doesn't make it easier that new consoles are coming out either, just more money I need to throw down! In any case, happy gaming!

Also, let me know how you're liking The Last of Us. Game looked sick.

So it's fine that I'm completely new to the series?

How are you liking the Walking Dead game? I bought during the Steam Sale and I'm not really familiar with the series at all. I just know the game got a lot of GotY nominations.

I was away for the last week and I like to take my Wii on my travels since it's smaller. But I do still play it from time to time too. I think as long as you're beating games it's fine. Gotta beat them all someday, right? So what games they are don't matter. I did recently finish the inFamous series though, and I loved them. I'd recommend getting into those if you'd like.

VLR was indeed just sitting there mocking me. i finally saw the True Ending this week though, and I'm so glad I did.

as for other 3DS games I want, I think the only new releases on my radar right now are Paper Mario and Adventure Time. I already got NSMB2, and my girlfriend got Layton... and then there's the fact that I also just got the Wii U, haha. So many games.

hey man, awesome! i actually decided to replay 999 first, because it's been awhile. ...aaaand i never got the "true" ending anyways.

Virtues Last Reward is just on my shelf. staring at me, haha.

Uncharted 3 is my favorite in the series, enjoy that shit.

I do like the cast this year as well. I really didn't like Suzkaiden most of the time though. As far as the other four, I wouldn't mind if any of them win, although I think I'm pulling for Skydiddy the most. Although Krysti was my favorite girl from the start of the season, so I'm also rooting for her. And Akilleez is pretty cool as well, I like him. Reality Palez I do have a love/hate thing with. It can't be denied that he's a bit of a dick, and so I both like him and dislike him because of that. Still, it was another good season! Sad it's almost over. I even watched this season with Madeline haha!

Treasure hunting was one of my favorite side-quests. Getting a map with some vague directions and then following them all the way to the hidden chest was a very rewarding experience.

I'm on the last case in AAI:ME, but haven't gotten around to finishing it since I started TWEWY and got so hooked on that game I couldn't go back to anything else. I'm definitely looking forward to the next Ace Attorney title, what ever it may be.