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Wow, there's been a lot this week.

• PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
• Corona Blossom (PC) - Demo now out
• Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (PC)
• Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X (PS4)
• Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live (PS4/PSVR)
• Arcade Archives: Shusse Ozumo (PS4)
• GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst (PC, PS Vita, PS4)
• Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - (PS4, PS Vita)
• Sharin no Kuni: Kickstarter cancelled

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Featuring:

• Dungeon Girl (PC)
• The Silver Case HD Remastered Version (PC)
• Nioh (PS4)
• Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni Liberator's Edition (PS Vita)
• BS Zelda - fan-dub (SNES)

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Featuring:

• Wondership Q (PC)
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair (PC)
• Lumines: Puzzle & Music (mobile)
• I Am Setsuna (PS4, PC)
• The Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love (PC)
• Assault Suit Leynos (PS4)
• Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault (PC)

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Featuring:

• Dead Rising (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
• Dead Rising 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
• Angel Express [Tokkyu Tenshi] (PC)

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Featuring:

• Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition (console : USA name)
• Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System (console : European name)
• The Silver Case HD Remastered Version (PC)
• Mugen Souls Z (PC)
• Supipara - Chapter 1 Spring Has Come! (PC) (SPPL - Alice the Magical Conductor)
• Muv-Luv (PC)
• The Afterglow of Grisaia (PC)

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Featuring:

• Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni (PS Vita)
• Corona Blossom Vol.1 Gift From the Galaxy (PC)
• Umineko When They Cry (Question Arc) (PC)
• WITCH-BOT MEGLILO (PC)
• DOA5LR: Core Fighters + Momiji (PS4) - free on PS+ offer
• Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition Demon Hunter (Xbox One, PS4)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs Force (PS Vita)

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• Deep Silver are taking over Atlus / Sega game publishing in Europe
• Ghostlight are beta-testing an unnamed JRPG to release on Steam
• A Healer Only Lives Twice (PC)
• Wizardry Gaiden IV: Throb of the Demon's Heart (SNES)
• Nurse Love Addiction (PC) (orig.: White Robe Love Addiction)
• Gotta Protectors (3DS) (orig.: Protect Me Knight 2)
• The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Wii U VC) (orig.: Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki, Super Famicon)
• Baseball Simulator 1.000 (Wii U VC) (orig.: Choujin Ultra Baseball, Famicon)
• Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll (Wii U VC) (orig.: Hiryuu no Ken: Ougi no Sho)
• Final Fantasy VII (Android)

Games I've been playing recently

A few notes on what I've been playing on Steam recently.

Riff Racer is like if someone made Audiosurf into a car drifting game. Exactly that.

Circa Infinity is... the first time you play it, you will feel a glorious insanity, and will see circles EVERYWHERE. It only does it once, at least, it did for me.

NO THING is an infinite runner that's not especially good but I like its style.

Zaccaria Pinball is an incredible pinball simulator for some old, simple, obscure Italian pinball tables. The simulation is incredible! The tables... a bit basic.

Ghost 1.0 is a decent 2D platformer. Some reviews call it a Metroidvania - but I wouldn't, there's no exploration. Good though.

EvilMaze is very difficult and I have not made it beyond the first screen.

Shmups Skill Test says my gaming age 38, which is my age. :)

Death Ray Manta is a basic twin stick shooter that has lots of colours and really not much depth. Pretty disappointing.

Sakura Dungeon is a disappointment for anyone who was hoping for a decent first-person grid-based RPG. So basic. And the characters? So bland. Not a good game.

Crush Crush is a free clicker themed on anime dating sims, that has more personality than Sakura Dungeon.

The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne is a very short free game that was... gah! It's fun to be in someone else's head for a short while, but I'm so thankful it was a short while. Interesting experience, though!

Stardew Valley is.. AH! When people say it's "Harvest Moon but better" they are not kidding. Last night I thought "I will give this a quick go before bed. Maybe an hour." and NO, THAT WAS A BAD IDEA, because next thing I know, it's 4:30am! And there I was thinking "I am better at staying up late than my character! I get to see the sunrise!"

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What? Another update? So soon? But that last one was epic...

• Romance Of The Three Kingdoms XIII (PC, PS4)
• Megadimension Neptunia VII (PC)
• Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (PC) (update)
• PES 2017 (Pro Evolution Soccer 2017) (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One)

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LOTS of Anime Expo 2016 announcements.

• A.W. : Phoenix Festa (PS Vita) (orig.: The Asterisk War: Phoenix Festa)
• Tokyo Xanadu (PS Vita, PC)
• Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak Special Gigs World Tour (PS3, PS4, PS Vita)
• Chase: Cold Case Investigations ~Distant Memories~ (3DS)
• Usagimaru (3DS)
• 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (PC?) (new voiced version)
• Virtue's Last Reward (Vita? PC?) (new voiced version)
• XBlaze Lost: Memories (PC)
• Aegis of Earth (PC)
• Bad Apple Wars (PS Vita)
• Period Cube ~Torikago no Amadeus~ (PS Vita)
• Collar × Malice (PS Vita)
• Code: Realize ~Future Blessing~ (PS Vita)
• Baldr Sky Dive1 “Lost Memory” (PC)
• Baldr Sky Dive2 “Recordare” (PC)
• Koi ga Saku Koro Sakura Doki (PC) (aka SakuSaku)
• Shining Song Starnova (PC)
• Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma (PC) (aka Koikuma)
• A Magical High School Girl (iOS, Steam)
• WORLD END ECONOMiCA (PS Vita, PS4)
• Japanese School Life
• Island 
• The Afterglow of Grisaia (PC)
• The Melody of Grisaia (PC)
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (PC) (aka Kiminozu / Rumbling Hearts)
• Eiyuu Senki (PC)
• Katahane (PC)
• Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack (3DS)

My dad vs food

Today would be my dad's 65th birthday, except that he's dead.

Right now he should be receiving the Terry Pratchett book I got for him, and I would be thinking "well I'll have to be inventive next time, we've run out of these".

But, that never got to happen. The most shocking thing happened, I ran out of dad before I ran out of presents to give him.

So I decided that today, I would document his strange palate.

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Featuring:

• Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (mobile)
• Sonicomi (PC)
• Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ (PC)
• ChuSingura46+1 S (PC)
• An interesting article about video game rentals legal issues in the US
• Exile's End (PC, PS4, Vita, Wii U)
• Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity (PS4)
• Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS)
• COSMIC CAVERN 3671 (PC)
• BlazBlue Central Fiction (PS3, PS4)
• MEMENTO (PC)
• MECHARITZ: STEEL RONDO (PC)
• Visual Novel Maker (PC)
• Kingdom’s Item Shop (3DS)
• Assault Suit Leynos (PS4)
• If You Love Me, Then Say So! (PC)
• Hadaka Shitsuji – Naked Butlers (PC)
• Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome (PC)
• D.S. -Dal Segno- (PC)
• Maggot Baits (PC)
• Kisaragi no Hougyoku and Candy Box 2 (kickstarter)
• Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shojo (PC, kickstarter)
• Current Sales on Steam and EU PSN

Uniqlo / Nintendo t-shirt competition

If you are someone who:

a) likes Nintendo
b) has artistic talent
c) can design a t-shirt

You need to look here!

https://www.uniqlo.com/utgp/2017/us/

(also: funky video)

It's a worldwide competition to design a new Nintendo-themed t-shirt for Uniqlo.

You can win $10000 and a Nintendo NX (or whatever the finished product will be called), signed by Shigeru Miyamoto!

The design requirements are quite strict, so read carefully!