And it's a shame, because, while incidental, the line plays into Midi's inferiority complex with her sister. It's a fun bit of character building for side characters most people don't even pay attention to Going by a quick listen, it's something like "My tea pick is... always... my sister's, too 😐"

While playing Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter the other day I noticed that the tea shop clerk in Grancel, Midi, says a line of dialogue that sounds like an incomplete thought. I think something got messed up while recording the English dub because the same line in Japanese is much longer.

Listen I know a lot of people probably aren't gonna play Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment just due to the gaming season and fatigue with the BOTW setting / Switch 2 exclusivity but like listen it is secretly a Star Fox game about 25% of the time and those sections REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE

For my game-romance-elective, I had a student play and prepare a presentation on Sakura Wars. After that, we discussed the game and its mechanics and took a look at later games in the series. The audience was duly impressed at SW2&3's intros - but they really cheered when they saw Sagitta from V!

There are several pages of pet photos on this site too, it rules.

Did you know that several titles released by Active include an archived version of their official site? This is the homepage of the site shipped with "Gone ~Sugisarishi Hibi~", dated 9/28/1998. The 1998 site isn't on the Wayback Machine so it's a miracle they did this!

This will be our last #PitchYaGame before release 😮 A woman goes missing on a train in this mystery adventure game, inspired by games like Ace Attorney, Famicom Detective Club, and Hotel Dusk 📖 Uncover the story on November 26th, coming to Steam and Switch! store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/...

Before making Gnosia and Unholy Heights, the members of Petit Depotto made doujin games under the name Globule. You can still visit the group's old website and see a bunch of cool artwork by Kotori. globule.info/gallery/gall...

happy birthday shiho

oh to be a humanoid dog pondering an hd-2d sea

Magazine ad for the Sega Saturn version of "Cross Tantei Monogatari". [クロス 探偵 物語]

Yesterday, my parent channel's Hudson Soft retrospective (part 3) got some interest, but some of you may want to start at the beginning, so here is part 1 which covers Hudson from 1973 to 1987. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYAx... #retrogaming #hudsonsoft #famicom

Took a look at my playtime info on the new Nintendo store app and these are my most played Nintendo games over the past 13 years or so. Still have no idea how I managed to spend over 150 hours using Download Play on the 3DS.

This is up on Youtube now. Sorry for the wait. youtu.be/B2twIemiPLw

For some reason, I just wanted to replay Hotel Dusk after almost another decade again. And now that I'm playing it, I must say, I'm completely captivated by its visual style and mature noir atmosphere. This game absolutely deserves a PC port!✨ I want to make more character doodles in the future!

Photos of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim displayed in a Nipponbashi Softmap store in 2004. Source: www.msx.org/photoshoots/...

This time on PC-88 Paradise, it's LAST ARMAGEDDON! Can I make it through this infamously player-unfriendly game? And how does the original version compare to the ports for the PC Engine, Famicom, and other systems? Find out in the video! youtu.be/L03amxANZqs

great guy #superman

A two page magazine spread advertising Nihon Falcom's recent releases in 2005. This includes Ys VI's The Songs of Zemeth album as well as Gurumin.

Here are a handful of pre-release screenshots of Chunsoft's first sound novel, Otogirisou. These were taken from the May 16/30, 1991 issue of Famitsu, back when the game was planned to be made up of blank text-only screens (outside of a few effects shots, like the tree being hit by lightning).

kirby rider!

I love anime girls with magical orbs in video games. They used to be really prevalent in the late 80s to mid 90s. You know, those solid, spherical objects, often floating in the air. Here's just a small collection of such girls (I'll leave out obvious fortune tellers):

When Digital Foundry went independent, one of the new things we wanted to do was a brand-new retro podcast. Thanks to the massive efforts of John and his friends, the DF Retro Super Show goes live today, revisiting the launch of PlayStation 2. youtu.be/DqtLH0MOkgI

New video! If you are new to Trails or a Trails veteran Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is an absolute must play. Nearly a perfect remake of a great game. youtu.be/5VmyKQuyOXs?...

Treat yourself to a stab of my site's random button this weekend ✨ I've written 100's of articles encompassing everything from European microcomputer horror to Taiwanese arcade hits and modern indie releases - I'm sure you'll find something interesting! kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com?random

Kamai-tachi no Yoru by Chun Soft for the Super Famicom has been scanned in high resolution. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/10/k...

To mark the hair-raising occasion I uploaded the Imabikisou making-of feature included the 2007 promotional Blu-Ray disc "Imabikisou: Seitan-hen". Notably, it includes segments where Haruhiko Shono is interviewed. Apologies for not finding the time to include proper captions⬇️

Happy Halloween! 🎃

The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Commission ✨ #tloz #zelda #windwaker #art 🌟

Video! youtu.be/SXIAbfz1Pe0

Desk doodle of Estelle ane Joshua #TrailsInTheSky

I finally found him. The man, the myth, the legend.

Excuse me, I think you should read my debut piece for Game Informer. “We should probably cut the reference to drunk driving” — my first edit at Game Informer. 🙏

Here are 10 games to get to know me! Only I cheated a bit and included 12.

Our very first official PS1 English translation is coming soon! Milano's Odd Job Collection releases on December 9th!

2002 VN "Hayashi Meisaku Gekijou", developed by Hayashigumi, includes a bonus game for the Aquaplus P/ECE handheld! Hayashigumi is one of two non-Leaf/Aquaplus studios that included a P/ECE game with one of their releases!

Silent hill f comic based on the legendary gag manga biyori

THE FULL RUN OF ED GAME MAGAZINE [イーディー ゲームマガジン] IS NOW COMPLETE ED Game Magazine [イーディー ゲームマガジン] Ver. 2 (November 1993) has been scanned and archived, please enjoy! archive.org/details/ED-G...

I'm worried about Rufus...

THE FULL RUN OF GAMEぴあ [GAME PIA] IS NOW COMPLETE GAMEぴあ [GAME Pia] Vol. 7 (January 1995) has been scanned and archived, please enjoy this last gasp of multimedia coverage (incl. LaserActive). Double interview with Yu Suzuki and Yoichi Shibuya, tons o' CG film coverage archive.org/details/GAME...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the PS2 in North America! Should really be a national holiday if you ask me

So anyway I restored Daicon IV from scratch. This was a joint project with Chris Person (papapishu), who sourced the incredibly Rare Laserdisc release. The raw files can be found on the internet archive for those interested in processing it yourself. Enjoy! archive.org/details/DAIC...

did you know that instead of paying $100 for a video game, you could download and play any one of these games on a pc for free

THE FULL RUN OF GAMEJIN PARTNER IS NOW COMPLETE Gamejin PARTNER [げーむじんパートナー] Vol. 10 (Autumn 1999) has been scanned and archived, now I just need those two Gamejin issues, please enjoy! archive.org/details/Game...

Fun trivia about Genkaiser: this was the last game that Tooru Minazuki worked on at TGL before joining Leaf in 1995. After that Minazuki would become famous for creating the art for the Leaf Visual Novel Series (Shizuku, Kizuato, and To Heart), which were landmark games in the history of the genre.

Plucked out Kisou Shiden Genkaiser this week! This is PC-98 robot strategy from the Farland Story people :) #RandomGameSaturday

Time for a 🧵 of cool games you might have missed in 2025! I will be including stuff that's come out in November/December 2024 as well, since those months usually get left out of lists for both years.

I'm a few days late but this month marks the fifth anniversary of my video about the early history of Nihon Falcom. If you are enjoying the recently released remake of Trails in the Sky, give this a watch to learn more about the storied legacy behind the game's developer. youtu.be/JIcbJn-RylQ?...

New Anime Business with Jerry Beck!! Coming up at 9am PDT/noon EDT! youtu.be/BHg9UMc1fBA