I finished BELPAESE: Homecoming yesterday. This is an Italian game that was translated into English. It's about a guy named Peppe who comes home from university after being a total failure with no degree and he can't face his mother, so he's got to find some way to impress her. Once that's done, he gets involved in some other situations. I don't ( Read more... )

I finished Maggie's Apartment or at least it seemed that way because I was taken back to the main menu screen. This was a weird one. It's one of those games where it serves more as a piece of art than anything else. You play as Maggie, alone in her apartment, which has been locked down for some reason. She's in love with a man named Randy Rosebud ( Read more... )

The last trip to Disneyland of the year. I was anxious to get out this time before the gardener came and because there are things I wanted to get accomplished before lunch time. It didn't exactly happen that way. The parking structure and tram went relatively smoothly, but we still didn't get into the park until around 10. It was pretty cold. ( Read more... )

I finished Orwell's Animal Farm sorta kinda. At least it seemed like I got one of the endings. It seemed to end abruptly. I'm sure there's more. It's a short game if you don't replay it, which I don't. I'm not going to get into the story of Animal Farm. I'm sure most everyone knows that story, but you're supposed to try to help the farm survive by ( Read more... )

So, Thanksgiving was yesterday. I'd say it was a good Thanksgiving. I watched the parade in the morning and I was in a good mood. I was a bit worried because my mom decided to get a frozen turkey this year, but it did defrost in time. We did good with the turkey this year. We got some seasonings and gravy from Williams & Sonoma, and the seasonings ( Read more... )

I finished Magret & FaceDeBouc “The buddy-buddy case”. This is a French game that was translated into English and it kind of shows, but not that it's bad. Sometimes the dialog didn't flow so well, but you play as a duck named Magret. He's a cop and he teams up with a goat named FaceDeBouc who is another detective. I was a little worried the humor ( Read more... )

The holidays are in full swing at Disneyland and we soaked in a little of that, even though it wasn't exactly the most perfect day. I wish I could have done a little more, but that's what next time is for. Unfortunately, we didn't get out until late because our gardener was over and he was blocking the driveway. Plus we hit traffic and spent about ( Read more... )

I finished Midnight Ramen yesterday. I would call it a combination of visual novel and cooking sim, although the latter doesn't quite describe it because there's no pressure at all in the cooking. You play as Homura who is coming of age, and together with her adoptive father Blaze run a ramen shop and Homura is learning the chops. You follow the ( Read more... )

Recently my parents and I finished Star Trek: The Next Generation, which was my personal rewatch. I felt sad and empty after finishing it again, but the following day we watched the movie, Star Trek: Generations. I had never seen it before and I thought I'd share my thoughts here. This was kind of a depressing movie honestly. First they killed off ( Read more... )

I finished An English Haunting yesterday. I felt kind of misled about this game. I thought it was going to be about investigating a haunted house. It is about that, but that doesn't happen until the end of the game. The story takes place in London in 1907 and you play as a professor named Patrick Moore. He and his colleague Nelson Ward have been ( Read more... )