Ookiku Furikabutte: Hontou no Ace ni Nareru Kamo – Okay for one or two playthroughs

I’m not a mega-huge fan of Ookiku Furikabutte (known in the west as Big Windup!) but it’s definitely one of the best sports anime I’ve seen so far. I liked it enough that I even bought the series after watching it for free on Funimation’s youtube channel. So despite my misgivings about anime spin-off games, […]

Ore ga Omae wo Mamoru – Metroidvania for girls

The first release in Idea Factory’s now abandoned Otomate Forte series of games. The idea was to produce regular games with a ‘girl-friendly’ coating to make them more appealing to female gamers. The second game was Date ni Gametsui wake ja nai, which was a remake of Master of the Monster Lair with added bishies. […]

Hayate no Gotoku! Ojousama Produce Daisakusen: Bokuiro ni Somare! ~Gakkouhen~

A short, sweet palate cleanser from the sour aftertaste of Lunar. Hayate no Gotoku! Ojousama Blah Blah ~ What is it with Hata and Long Titles, Anyway?~ is a raising sim slash beauty pageant sim with a little bit of romance rounding it out. I stopped reading Hayate no Gotoku! over a year ago so […]

Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! = Trash

I almost titled this post “Doki Doki Majo S**tpan” but I’m trying to run a clean(er) ship these days. Besides, such a perfectly descriptive name would leave me with nothing left to write about this game, one of the dullest, most joyless things I have ever experienced in my life. Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! is […]