Shining Nikki – Just another grindy gacha game

Shining Nikki, the sequel to Love Nikki, launched globally on July 5th 2021. I’ve been playing since day one and have only missed a few logins here and there. It’s fun in its own way, but like Love Nikki it isn’t really about fashion. Shining Nikki is more fashionable in effect because of changes to […]

Another Eden: The Cat beyond Time and Space – Grindier than I’d thought

As I’d thought, there’s always a catch in these supposedly stamina-free mobile RPGs. Another Eden: The Cat beyond Time and Space bills itself as a JRPG that just happens to be on mobile platforms. But you’d be crazy to think you can just zoom from story point to story point freely. I mean you can, […]

Started Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space (very early thoughts)

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You might look at the dearth of posts on this blog this year and think I’ve quit gaming. Nothing of the sort has happened. It’s just that I’m playing mostly casual browser and gacha games where nothing much happens from day to day. Those games provide a nice dopamine hit when I need it, and […]

Really, really final word on Atelier Online + a few tips

I hear “that garbage Atelier Online game” finally got released in English this week. It doesn’t mean much to me because I dropped it already, but I figure some people might make their way here wondering whether it’s worth playing or not. To them I say yeah… it’s worth a try, but don’t spend any […]

Love Nikki: Dress Up Queen – “Dressed up” does not equal “fashionable”

…What? I told you I was a lost cause. Save yourselves! I had to do a spot of extended babysitting earlier this month because of reasons. To keep my niece entertained, I downloaded Love Nikki: Dress Up Queen on my tablet and let her try it. Why that game in particular? Because I’d seen ads […]