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Dating Adzuken – Tokyo School Life
For this adventure into dating sims, things go absolutely off the rails. Tokyo School Life makes me feel weird, and ashamed, and uncomfortable. So, I suppose it very accurately captured my high school days. I don't mention this in the article, but this one is made by legendary remaster developer M2.
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Dating Adzuken – Magical Diary: Horse Hall
The first in my series of articles focused on my adventures in dating sims. Looking back well after the fact, starting off with this misadventure was weirdly indicative of how things were going to proceed. But at least I got to go to the prom with a demonic hunk.
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Review – 198X
I am, if nothing else, very sentimental about video games. Not sure if you can tell. It doesn't take much to get me to spin yarns about my childhood and the games that turned me into the wreck you see before me. So 198x appeals to me on a conceptual level.
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Review – Shadowrun: Hong Kong
I'm always hungry for Shadowrun. Shadowrun Hong Kong builds off Harebrained Schemes' previous games to present something that is similar, improved, but also deficient in some ways. Or over-ficient, maybe. Listen, I'm not sure how much to give away in these blurbs. Maybe just read on to see what I mean.
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Review – Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut
Shadowrun Returns set the groundwork for Harebrained Scheme's trilogy, and Dragonfall picks up the ball and runs with it. Wait... I guess "builds on it" would be the better follow-up to that analogy, but it's not as fun as taking a ball and running with it.
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Review – Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
It's interesting that one of the most influential games of the '90s was a skateboarding game. Neversoft managed to create something unexpected and uniquely fun about a sport that involves falling down a bit. And now this remake comes along and washes out all the personality. It's interesting in its own way.
