August Report

Reviewed on Steam

Review article submitted to the lovely SteamGifts Magazine group and will appear in the October issue <3 I'll make another BLAEO post when the issue goes live.

I loved the unsettling atmosphere and, while I found some of the puzzles underwhelming, the Extra mode added in this remake revamped all the puzzles and addressed all my disappointments.

Reviewed on Steam

A gamebook-style choose-your-own-adventure interactive fiction. I loved the Lovecraftian theme and the way skill tree can often make as much, if not more, impact on the plot as the player's choices. Playing it brings back fond memories of reading horror-themed physical gamebooks as a kid.

A charming and funny point & click wacky adventure. Looking forward to replaying this after a few months to get all the missable achievements (I love these in point & click games!), as well as playing other titles from the Homestuck franchise.

The game doesn't stand out in any way to me, but it's enjoyable enough to keep me interested. There is, however, one very memorable moment. After I wiped out the entire population of an enemy AI planet using interplantery nuclear weaponry, it naturally dropped out of the current match. Several turns later, I received an in-game notification that some infrastructures on that planet were damaged by nuclear waste. It took me several seconds to realize that, yes, while that planet is a lifeless nuclear wasteland, the residual nuclear waste is indeed still damaging the remains of what used to be a highly developed civilization. That was quite a horrible realization.

A short cozy story with an endearing art style from a Taiwanese studio, loved every minute of playing it. I'll replay it some time in the near future to 100% the achievements.