Kanuchi: Futatsu no Tsubasa – Should have known it was too good to be true (spoilers)

Remember how I said last time that I thought I’d be done with Kanuchi soon and that Kasuga’s route would be relatively drama-free? Yeeeahhh, I kinda underestimated Idea Factory’s readiness to ruin a good story. Kasuga x Aki really seemed like a match made in heaven to me. The ordinary blacksmith girl and the ordinary […]

Kanuchi: Futatsu no Tsubasa – One step forward, five steps back

Shortly after my last post about Idea Factory’s fantasy blacksmithing otome game, the writers hit the reset button and reset most of my progress back to square one. To recap the story a bit, the two nations of Takamahara and Yasuna have been at war for approximately 2017 years. Aki, an ordinary Taka-whatsit village girl, […]

Happy New Year! And resolutions for 2014

It’s a little late, but Happy New Year! Now, straight to business. What am I playing this year? Last year’s resolutions were a bit of a disaster. I packed the list with games I’d “always wanted to try,” little realizing that the real reason I’d never actually tried the games I’d “always wanted to try” […]

Kanuchi: Futatsu no Tsubasa – An introduction

Kanuchi: Futatsu no Tsubasa (Kanuchi: Two Wings) is a fantasy blacksmithing otome game developed by Vingt-et-un Systems and published by Idea Factory under their Otomate label. The ‘kanuchi’ part of the title is an in-game title for the king’s exclusive blacksmith. The ‘two wings’, I suppose, refer to the fact that our heroine Aki has […]

Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies – Capcom has redeemed itself just a little bit

Yay, finished! For once the final case didn’t drag on forever and ever until I was sick of it. And so, for once, I’m not going to spoil the end of the game. You’ll have to play it yourself to see the final, shocking conclusion. And I do recommend it to anyone who likes the […]