Playing Another Life — Dungeons and Dragons Learning Diary 1

With being such a fan of fantasy, it seemed odd that I’d never played Dungeons and Dragons. But it’s difficult as an adult isn’t it? We’ve all moved across the country in different directions, and booking long trips home every other week to make a group isn’t feasible. There’s things like work getting in the… Read More

A love story with “Analogue: A Hate Story”

Analogue: A Hate Story is a thoughtful and unique visual novel style game. It tells the story of an extinct empire, including murder, love, transhumanism, LGBTQ issues, feudal politics, loneliness and a girl surviving in a strongly enforced misogynistic society. Created by Christine Love, this Joseon Dynasty-inspired story is in my top list of beautiful games… Read More

Oh what a wonderful life! Thoughts on Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon is a long-standing farm simulation series starting in 1996 with the Game Boy release Harvest Moon. Since then it has released a stream of Harvest Moon games, a collection of spin-offs, including the successful series Rune Factory, and an online social network game for the Japanese market. Each Harvest Moon is largely the… Read More