9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors – I knew I wouldn’t like it

To be honest the odds were stacked against 999 from the start. 1. I don’t like visual novels. I don’t think I’ve made a secret of this dislike or of the reason: they’re really boring to read. The dialogue parts aren’t so bad, but there’s always a lot of description of things that don’t need […]

The Conveni DS – Sexist? Or realistic? Either way it’s boring

The Conveni DS is a convenience store simulator developed by Hamster and published by Nippon Ichi Software. Like most Nippon Ichi Software games it is a disappointment through and through, though I did derive some fleeting enjoyment right at the beginning before I realized just how bad it was. The problem is that, as the […]

Fuurai no Shiren DS 2 – I’m not really into postgame content

I finished the Hole of Tonfan dungeon! It was a pretty fun dungeon, now that I look back on it. Your first few runs will always be devoted to getting Nfuu to eat the best meats you can find – first finding out what those best meats are and then obtaining some and feeding it […]

Last Bullet DS review – Likeable characters, laughable plot (spoilers)

Last Bullet is a visual novel/sniping game developed and published by Furyu Corporation. I know them better as dungeon-crawler developers, but I recently learned that they occasionally dabble in otome games as well, so I decided to give Last Bullet a shot. And you know, it was actually pretty good. I’m not a fan of […]