Played a year and a half of Immortal Life. It’s exactly what I wanted.

Farm screenshot from Immortal life video game

Having a blast. Half ready to move on, half wanting to keep playing a little longer. The first in-game year of Immortal Life was a lot of fun, totally glorious, just what the doctor ordered to get me back in the gaming mood. What I’m loving Chinese cultivation! Heaven knows I’ve read enough cultivation web […]

Harvestella: An ordinary JRPG with a not-very-robust farming minigame tacked on

Yo! I’m back to report on my progress with Harvestella. One of the reasons why I write several posts on a single game instead of waiting to finish it first is that my opinions and attitudes towards a game can changed drastically as I keep playing, and I want this blog to reflect that. The […]

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 […]