Gacha gaming update 2023 – Tried Alchemy Stars, gave CounterSide a second chance

Dropped both after roughly two days, though. It’s going to take a lot for a game to make it into my permanent gacha rotation now. I don’t even think it’s possible because I’m either really busy or really tired these days. Peak earning years, I told you. Games aren’t going to pay for my retirement […]

Shepherd’s Crossing port for Switch, yaaay!

We gaming fans are a stubborn lot. I had already accepted that Shepherd’s Crossing was a dead series outside of the gacha game, but I still stalk the developer (Success Corp) every couple of weeks, juuuust in case they change their minds. Imagine my joy when I checked in today to find out they’re porting […]

What I’m playing at the end of summer 2022

Summertime blues~ Let’s round up all the games I’m playing/want to play/should be playing right now. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – It came, I’m playing it and I’m taking my sweeeeet time about it. I’m supposed to be doing [important spoiler mission] right now, but it can wait while I explore vast areas of nothingness. If […]

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 […]