Why save the world today, when you can put it off until tomorrow?
Introduction It’s been a while since I’ve actually been excited for a Dragon Quest game. Don’t get me wrong—I appreciate the HD-2D remakes of Dragon Quest I through III. They’re fantastic games, but I was never a fanatic of the Erdrick trilogy, even before the remakes. They’re iconic pieces of gaming history, but their bare-bone […]
I’m a longtime Story of Seasons fan, having started out with Harvest Moon 64 back in the early 2000s. I dipped out of the series for a time after the GameCube release of A Wonderful Life (check out my AWL remake review here), but made a return to the series after Stardew Valley re-initiated my […]
Please Note: The full version of Dragon Quest: Smash/Grow releases globally “Early 2026”. Mobile gacha games aren’t my thing. But Dragon Quest is. So I decided to give their new mobile title, Dragon Quest Smash/Grow, a go. You’d be forgiven for not knowing what the title even means; I’m not sure Square Enix does either. […]
Part of the Morrowind Writing Competition organized by the Morrowind Writers’ Guild (Discord Link: https://discord.gg/ZfmEHtxWjE) Scroll to the bottom for the context of this story. Fara laid the sickle across her knee, wiping the soot from her brow. Around her, other farmers toiled silently, shoulders hunched. Somewhere in the distance, a netch moaned a low, […]
This is a video game blog, right? It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a game (My DQ3 First Impressions doesn’t really count), and I recently wrapped up my playthrough of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life remake. What better opportunity to cover something than one of my favorite game series? Story of Seasons (titled […]
Dragon Quest III was never my favorite entry in the franchise (that honor goes to DQ V), but it’s a game that’s grown on me over the years since I first played the mobile port. In fact, when the HD-2D remake was announced, I found myself unexpectedly hyped. Now that I’ve finally got my hands […]
For DS/3DS hardware only; due to the way processors function, the timer app doesn’t work correctly with an emulator. yab’s DQ9 Timerwoodus’ Treasure Map Searcher Quick step guide (read below for a more detailed explanation and screenshots): 1] Use the Grotto Search Tool to find your map.2] Ctrl+F to see if the item you want […]
My son has recently grown a great fondness for Minecraft. It started with the 3DS version he got for Christmas before I finally convinced him to try the Java version on PC. His excitement for the game has incidentally pulled me back into a rabbit hole that I started down over a decade ago. It […]
APRIL FOOLS 2023 If you read my write-up on the Quest 255 bug for Dragon Quest IX, then it might not be a surprise to hear that using Action replay codes can lead to some unusual events in-game. The aforementioned Quest 255 was leftover data from a cut sidequest in the game that was reactivated […]
If you are a fan of Dragon Quest IX then you might be aware that the number of sidequests in the game totals 184, if you’ve unlocked the DLC. However not very long after the game launched, some players encountered something strange. They found an NPC offering up Quest #255, an unbeatable directive that contains […]