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 […]

Updates on all the games and non-games I’m busy with

Just because I’m not blogging doesn’t mean I’m not gaming. It just means I’m not playing anything worth blogging about. In this case, it looks the “game worth blogging about” drought is going to continue for a while, so I might as well show I’m still alive by mentioning what I’m up to lately. Genshin […]

JRPGs that still need localization in 2020

After writing my “10th Anniversary” post, I scrolled through my list of posts and noticed a couple of Japanese games I really enjoyed but that still aren’t available in English (AFAIK). With the advent of Kickstarter and Steam and other similar platforms, I thought for sure that more old games would have been licensed and […]

One Hour Review: Atelier Lulua – Rather boring start

As we all know, I was scheduled to play Atelier Lydie & Scumbag after finishing Atelier Firis, in order to round off the Mysterious series of games. But for various reasons I am shelving it for the meantime and will return after I’ve finished Atelier Lulua and maybe Ryza and maybe replayed one or two […]

One Hour Review: Atelier Lydie & Suelle – What the hell

Aight, so I mentioned a while ago that I wanted to try Atelier Lydie & Suelle ~The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings~ because I pulled Suelle in Atelier Online and she looked cute. BIG MISTAKE. Don’t judge a character by her cutesy design. What the hell is wrong with this girl’s head, and what is […]