Sakura Note – A study in parental selfishness (spoilers for a game no one has played)

Sakura Note is a short game, only about 4 or 5 hours long, so I finished it quickly once I put my mind to it. I had some harsh words for it last time, but the story improved dramatically in the last two chapters and the ending was very sweet, so I feel a lot […]

New half-year gaming resolutions

It’s more like 5/12th of a year, since we’re still technically, barely in June. I’ve realized I don’t feel like playing most of the games on my New Year’s resolution list right now. When I made that list, I thought I’d never see my PS2 again, but now that it has miraculously resurrected there’s stuff […]

Sakura Note: Ima ni Tsunagaru Mirai – Deservedly unknown

Games like Sakura Note give the slice of life genre a bad name. There’s no point making a game about ordinary life with a mystic twist if the result is going to be less interesting than real life. Heck, there’s no point making any game that’s less interesting than real life. After two mediocre chapters […]