Review: Garden Story
Garden Story is an indie adventure game developed by Picogram and published by Rose City Games. Twitter’s algorithm is why I know this game, which is the discovery story for most indie games reviewed on Level Editors. I wish I…
Wei Yuan Lee
Wei Yuan Lee is an interactive fiction writer and game dev. Lee enjoys spooky interactive fiction, quirky platformers, and RPGmaker games. Lee checks Itch.io religiously.
Detective Grimoire: From Scruffy Beards to Charmed
Detective Grimoire is one of my favorite childhood flash games, I found out years later it became a series.
Review: Yo-kai Watch
Yo-kai Watch is a Level-5 franchise with a cult following in Japan but modest success in the US. My discovery of the franchise began at a Walmart in 2014. Yo-kai Watch, Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, and…
How I Recovered from the End of Flash Games with Itch.io
My middle school years of online activity consisted of websites like Addicting Games and GamesForGirls (this site refuses to load). My online history contained hours of playing flash games; the game categories I frequented were cooking or point-and-click. A vast…
Review: Shin Hayarigami – Blindman
CONTENT WARNING: Brief description of body horror, minor story spoilers. Urban legend: Shin Hayarigami – Blindman is the first installment of the detective visual novel series Shin Hayarigami by Nippon Ichi Studio. It was originally released on the PS3 and…
Review: OK/NORMAL
OK/NORMAL is a lo-fi experience by 98DEMAKE, an independent solo developer known for making PSX and VHS horrors for the computer. I am familiar with this scene of solo development, where fanatics of the 90s J-Horror video game renaissance vie to…
Review: 206
Warning: Story Spoilers Ahead 206 is a short narrative-adventure game created by solo developer Yo Fujii. It was released as a demo in April 2020. Japanese independent game developers are relatively unknown in English speaking spaces. So 206 was one…
Review: Stories Untold
Warning: Major story spoilers ahead Stories Untold was a horror/science-fiction, first person narrative adventure game developed by indie studio No Code. It created quite the buzz among interactive fiction communities around the time of its release. When you look it…
Review – Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Nintendo’s Most Successful Simulation Game Animal Crossing is one of Nintendo’s most popular franchises. It’s a game that reminds us of the small things in our lives and caresses you in a world where violence and deceit is not needed…
Remembering Ribbit King
Ribbit King – also known in Japan as Kero Kero King – is a golf game that came out on the Gamecube in 2003 and on Playstation 2 in 2004. It was developed by Jamsworks and published by Bandai. It…