Étoile Princesse is an X68000 exclusive action adventure by Exact, the same developers responsible for the incredible Geograph Seal as well as the later Jumping Flash series. As you may hope from a colorful game set on the magical floating islands of "FAIL LAND" (yes, really) this is a light-hearted sort of journey for red haired heroine Rilule and her … Continue reading Fail Land is a huge success
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Sakura Wars Corner: Adventure Part
You spend most of your time in the first two Sakura Wars games interacting with the adventure side of things: graphic window at the top, dialogue box at the bottom, and... that's about all there is to the layout, really. The adventure - the story - that takes place on these deceptively simple screens is … Continue reading Sakura Wars Corner: Adventure Part
Death is but a door, time is but a window
FromSoftware have something of a habit of creating worlds filled with darkness and ghosts, desolate spaces still reeling from the aftershocks of horrific events long since passed (as well as their natural creative companion... action-sims starring giant mecha), and 1998's Echo Night is no exception, surrounding leading man Richard Osmond with the spirits of those killed … Continue reading Death is but a door, time is but a window
It is 2020 and there is time for…
Klax! Hopefully barring any unexpected mishaps there's time for this blog too - this post exists to try and help me clear away the last year's cobwebs, underline things like I know what I'm doing, cross t's, dot i's, have a go at roughly planning out the year ahead, and let you know what you're … Continue reading It is 2020 and there is time for…