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Review: inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories.
Last year, I found myself in a bit of a reading frenzy with books about shops, stores, cafes, and similar neighborhood establishments. I devoured the likes of Robert Seethaler’s The Cafe with no Name, Kim Ho-Yeon’s The Second Chance Convenience Store, and—to a lesser extent—Mai Mochizuki’s The Full Moon Coffee Shop as I sought the comfort of their feel-good dramas…
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Review – Lovish
Lovish is a charming throwback to the single-screen arcade games that would have eaten rolls of quarters in the ’80s. Players take control of Sir Soloman, a selfish knight who decides to ditch his party before they venture out so he can have the princess in waiting all to himself. Without his band of RPG staples to help him out,…
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Review – Tiny Bookshop
Christopher Morley was already a known quantity in the literary world when his debut novel, Parnassus on Wheels, was published in 1917. A poet, a journalist, an editor; he had an affinity for the written word and a deep appreciation for books and booksellers. That appreciation can be seen on every page of Parnassus, a charming story of a book…
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Review – The Rocky Horror Show Video Game (2024)
Do you have some toast on hand to throw at the screen? It's time to look at the subversive impact that the Rocky Horror Picture Show had, illustrated through a personal anecdote. The best kind of anecdote. Also, if there's time, there may be some words on the recent game.
