Chaos Zero Nightmare – Frustrating experience, or rather lack thereof

What if you wanted to play a mobile game that recently came out… but the developers said no? Chaos Zero Nightmare is the latest game from Supercreative and Smilegate, the same team behind my beloved Epic Seven. I played it from around day three-ish for about two months, and I enjoyed it a lot more […]

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 […]

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. […]