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Chained Echoes

Yesterday, I finally saw the ending of Chained Echoes. It took just over 50 hours of playtime; I think it is just fine for a $25 video game. Chained Echoes is a 2D JRPG developed by a solo indie developer Matthias Linda. It reminded me the days when I first

Steam Deck

Many things already happened in 2023: the humiliating Kevin McCarthy, Damar Hamlin's tragedy (and recovery), the great Brock Purdy (and 49ers' No.2 seed), and so on. But the main reason I couldn't put something for days was Steam Deck. Specifically, I'm obsessed with Chained Echoes. At first, I was

It Takes Two

Although we didn't go anywhere last July 4th holiday weekend (except for the Foodieland), we had a great family time with a game: It Takes Two. It is an action-adventure co-op video game. I've heard about it from many media because it swept many GOTY (Game Of The Year), such

Tunic

Warning: this post has a light spoiler about the game Tunic. I didn't think it would take this long to write this post about Tunic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic_(video_game)]; I thought I could see the ending two weeks ago. Xbox Game Pass gave me so many

Elden Ring

In the aftermath of the Twitter frenzy, I learned that there had been a debate about a New York Times article. Interestingly, it was an article about a game, maybe the hottest game these days: Elden Ring [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring]. It seemed that several Tweets (of

Xbox Series X

Finally, my living room was completed with Xbox Series X. You might not know, but it was super hard to buy since it was released on 12/12/2019. I performed supersonic mouse clicking at the launch date but only found every effort in vain. While Series S is now

RIP JJ

Jungju Kim, the founder of Nexon, passed away yesterday [https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/south-korean-gaming-company-nexon-founder-jung-ju-jay-kim-has-passed-away-at-age-54] . I knew him personally (we have been in the same college and major); we usually called him JJ, but the last time I met him in person was more than 20 years ago -

BioShock Remastered

BioShock Remastered

I suddenly came not to play PC/console games around 2007. Partly because I quit a gaming studio and started my Ph.D. courses, but mainly because around 2010, I thought the PC/console gaming was too saturated, nothing interest and mobile would prevail. Yes, it was true: mobile games

Blizzard

Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard in a $68.7B deal [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-buying-activision-blizzard-in-68-7b-deal] . It shouldn't be only me who was thrilled by the news of this morning. Two words for me: Blizzard and 68.7B. The anticipation that the once greatest but strayed studio might return to where

Reset

During the Holiday weekend, I read "Press Reset." [https://www.amazon.com/Press-Reset-Recovery-Video-Industry/dp/1538735490/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2X4GV4QPY6A4V&keywords=press+reset&qid=1640759881&sprefix=press+reset%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1] The author's (Jason Schreier [https://www.amazon.com/Jason-Schreier/e/B071RF6PDL?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_

Where will the App Store go?

Where will the App Store go?

Yesterday, Judge Gonzalez Rogers adjudicated on the "Epic" case in the game industry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/technology/epic-apple-app-developers.html?searchResultPosition=2] The judge defined the market as "digital mobile gaming" and said Apple did not have a monopoly on that market. However, she concluded Apple violated

The 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2020

The 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2020

In late July, my daughter complained that her iPad - the first generation of 9.7 inch iPad Pro that I used before - was too slow. So... (you know) it was a perfect excuse for my upgrade. I turned my third-generation 2018 11 inch iPad Pro over to her

Ultima IV - The End

Ultima IV - The End

The end of Ultima IVSo, I completed the Ultima IV last week. There is no pre-defined route in Ultima IV, but the requirement to enter the abyss - The Great Stygian Abyss - is as follows: * 1) Find all runes of 8 virtues. * 2) Get to know all mantras of

Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar

It was 1987 (when I was 7th grade) that my mom bought me my first computer: Apple II+ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_Plus]. It had around 300,000 KRW price tag (about $375 at that time). Considering my family's financial status at the time, we could hardly