Umamusume – If only it had come out 10 years earlier

And by that I mean aeons ago when I was playing things like Granblue Fantasy and had all the time in the world for long dialogues, excessive loading screens and repetitive grinds. Umamusume finally came out in English recently. I’ve been playing it for the past couple of days and I like it quite a bit… […]

More casual games: Happy Dessert Cafe & My Sushi Story

And also Xenoblade Chronicles X, which I was making real progress on until I hit an annoying roadblock (White Cometite, if you know, you know), but more on that another day. Happy Dessert Cafe and My Sushi Story are two idle games from the same company (Miya Games) with the same premise (running a café/sushi […]

Another month, another batch of casual games.

Yeah, it’s all over for me. If even Xenoblade Chronicles X couldn’t bring me back to the straight and narrow, I don’t think any “proper” games can tempt me away from the lure of quick gratification gacha/mobile games. I dropped a whole batch last month, but that didn’t stop me from downloading more. I’m also […]

What I’m playing lately (April 2025)

Xenoblade Chronicles X – Like I said I would. Barely made any progress because sitting in front of the TV feels like a chore, but playing it in handheld mode just doesn’t feel right. Also I spent two weeks agonizing about having to fight a Tyrant to become a BLADE (I was traumatized by my […]