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I have to confess that last week I purchased Arcana Heart. I was completely in the dark that Atlus was releasing this game here in the United States. Not that it mattered, I never heard of it. Until XiaNaphryz posted his thread (with a somewhat sensationalist title) on NeoGAF, although the content was admittedly taken from a well-researched Penny Arcade thread, that sold me to the game with the in-depth information.

Although some of the design choices do have a dubious otaku quality, hence all the schoolgirl age anime characters, the game design (mix and match character and arcana) and the sheer insanity of the character design — girl with devil wings? witch with a demon staff? 10 year old scientist hell bent on taking over the world while riding in a giant anthropomorphic blog of water/jelly? — are well worth feeling a little dirty. I just haven’t gotten to the point of looking at the move list and doing something other than button mashing whilst playing it.

Over on GameSetWatch, Simon caught something interesting during what might be one of his many games of Boom Boom Rocket — a familiar building. In his post, Simon says that the building happens to be facsimile of the 30 St. Mary Axe building in London. He points out that the, according to the Wikipedia article he and I both linked to, this isn’t the first time the building was used in a video game, having made an appearance in The Getaway 2: Black Monday for the PlayStation 2.

The only thing missing from the post was a screenshot of the building in the rhythm game developed by Bizarre Creations, so, finding his post interesting, I decided to oblige. I got credited more than I should have — I really didn’t go beyond the call of duty, I just wanted to contribute to what I found to be an interesting article. At least with 30 St. Mary Axe and the genre Boom Boom Rocket resides in, Bizarre Creations doesn’t have to worry about answering to a higher power.

(Yes, I’m listing the backlog too…)

Xbox 360

Fight Night Round 3

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII

… and XBLA games, depending on if anything comes out.

PS2

We <3 Katamari

Guitar Hero

PSP

Me and My Katamari

Splinter Cell Essentials

DS


DS Lite

and

Animal Crossing: Wild World

Tetris DS