Harvestella is a fantastic game except for the combat

You ever start a game and realize almost immediately what you’ll eventually quit over? It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I can tell right away what is going to be a pain point down the road, whether it’s a character, a plot point, or in Harvestella‘s case, a game mechanic. To put it plainly, the […]

Happy New Year 2026!

Happy new year, everyone! If I’m not much mistaken, this humble little blog will be 17 years old in May 2026, and this is also the 14th edition of my New Year’s greeting (the first was a whole lifetime ago in 2012). No idea how much longer I’ll be doing this, but then again I […]

My Xenoblade Chronicles X! I’ve failed you! (spoilers)

So… I dropped Xenoblade Chronicles X. It’s been three days and I’m still feeling absolutely rotten about it. That almost never happens to me because despite popular rumor, I don’t drop games that easily. When I let something go, it’s because I’m sick and tired of it and don’t see myself going on any further. […]

115 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles X – Almost done!

There comes a time in every gamer’s life when you can feel yourself about to drop a game. You start skipping text where you used to read everything. Little things start to piss you off. You’re tired of hearing the same songs and sound effects. You still play, but not as excitedly as before. That’s […]

Epic Seven – Totally not worth climbing from Champion V to Emperor V, but here’s how I did it anyway

Last year I made a post about climbing to Champion V in Epic Seven‘s regular arena (not RTA, all my homies hate RTA). More recently I decided to make the push to Emperor V just to see if I could. I actually made it to Emperor III before dropping all the way back to Champion […]