When Dekitate High School came out on the SNES in 1995, it marketed itself as “the first high school simulation game on the SNES.” According to j-wiki, this wasn’t true because a game called Houkago in Beppin Jogakuin (After School in the Beautiful Girl’s Academy) had come out a few months before. It was also […]
Farm Frenzy: Animal Country – My casualization is progressing at an alarming rate
I’m still not in the frame of mind to play anything “long” and “epic”, but the casualest of games? Bring it on! It only took me two days to finish all the levels of Farm Frenzy: Animal Country and get a silver rank in about 75% of them. That’s what I like about these casual games. […]
25 tips for making Shepherd’s Crossing 2 easier
Yeah, yeah, I know I said I’d play it again next year. But I don’t have anything else exciting going on now, plus I really, really like Shepherd’s Crossing 2. This time I made two bedcovers, saved and checked out all the male marriage candidates. Wow, could these guys be any less eager to marry […]
Shepherd’s Crossing 2 – Not for kids!
Not that anyone’s keeping score, but this is actually my third replay of Shepherd’s Crossing 2. I keep coming back to it like a bad relationship. This time, to spice things up I decided to play as a girl, i.e. hard mode. And since I was taking the tougher route, I decided to shoot for […]
Ookiku Furikabutte: Hontou no Ace ni Nareru Kamo – Okay for one or two playthroughs
I’m not a mega-huge fan of Ookiku Furikabutte (known in the west as Big Windup!) but it’s definitely one of the best sports anime I’ve seen so far. I liked it enough that I even bought the series after watching it for free on Funimation’s youtube channel. So despite my misgivings about anime spin-off games, […]