The field of astrology is endlessly exhilarating, because the universe is so vast and mysterious that mind-blowing discoveries are just a matter of pointing a telescope in the right direction. The most recent discovery of Professor Oguro is exactly that: a dimension-traveling planet with an erratic trajectory, which travels close to the speed of light, … Continue reading Flash Review – Remina
Learning is attendance, and teaching is art. One of the very first things any game needs to do is teach the player how to play, and the tutorial is the game design staple for achieving that goal. However, not all tutorials are created equal, because how a game chooses to teach its rules impacts the … Continue reading The Immersive Hands-Off Approach of Hyper Light Drifter’s Tutorials and Design
Life is short, and life is sometimes wasted. This is the exact scenario for one NEET who holes up in his room all day and skips out on his parents' funeral to jerk off to hentai. Beaten and exiled by his siblings, he drops to an even lower point, right as his life's cut short … Continue reading Flash Review – Jobless Reincarnation (Vol. 1)
Nothing sounds better to Kojou Akatsuki than living an uneventful and lazy life, but he's got one teensy-weensy problem: he's the Fourth Primogenitor, meaning that he's got government eyes on him, and they're prepared to kill him with a cute girl should the need arise. It's a huge pain, but it's expected when you're the … Continue reading Flash Review – Strike the Blood (Vol. 1)
Humans and vampires can never coexist—that's the way of the world. But maybe not, because brothers Ko and Shin buck that trend as vampire and human, respectively. But as swimmingly as they get along, other forces out there think it'd be just swell if they were torn apart. The Annoying Little Brother: First there was … Continue reading Flash Review – Our Blood Oath
Life is a shitty game. This is the thesis of Tomozaki's monologue opening the first volume. Take a look around. Notice who people are. The beautiful are beautiful, the rich are rich, the athletic are athletic. Traits are immutable. If you're a grouch, you can't just will yourself into a philanthropist. Who you are is … Continue reading You Oughta Read Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
One summer, Shota Aikawa receives what every bug enthusiast dreams of: a pet bug. But his beloved, new rhinoceros beetle doesn't just wander institutionally around his enclosement, for his newfound pet is actually a royal candidate in the fight to become the lone insect who rules over all other insects. Embodying the spirit and the … Continue reading Flash Review – Moriking
Erika Sakura has got a problem: she's so stuck on her classmate Kuzumi that she can't stand it. No matter what goes down around him, he's in his own little world, and it drives her up a wall. She tries figuring out what his deal is, but in getting to know him comes to know … Continue reading Flash Review – Kuzumi-kun, Can’t You Read the Room?
Nariyuki Yuiga's got a problem, a solution, and another problem. His problem is that he's poor and can't afford college tuition. His solution is a full school-awarded scholarship. His another problem is that in order to receive the scholarship, he has to tutor two classmates who are geniuses in specific fields but whose career interests … Continue reading Flash Review – We Never Learn
I'd like to start this post off by having us some storytime. I call it Gaudy Statue. · Once upon a time, there was a man named Bob who had a friend named Alice. One day, Alice bought a gaudy statue that weighed 19 kilos and for some reason thought it would look best high … Continue reading Evaluating What Time Paradox Ghostwriter Could’ve Done With Its Moral Dilemma (Because CBR Doesn’t Know How To)
