News By Year: 2026
March 30, 2026
Like I said, at least one of Dragoon Entertainment's games is now beatable with Vita3K, so after a hiatus of more than half a year it's time to go back to Canada's most tenacious solo dev.
March 19, 2026
Just published my final thoughts on Always Sometimes Monsters. I hope it's the last time that I play through an artsy RPG Maker game like this.
On a more pleasant note, a number of the programs that I had with Windows work on Linux with Wine, The Reconstruction being one of them. So here are a couple of memes that I made back when I beat it a few months ago.
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March 14, 2026
So, you may have noticed that I've been a bit slow with the updates recently. That's because I've spent the last couple of weeks preparing to make the switch to Linux Mint! However, since this is a whole other operating system that we're dealing with, things will be greatly affected going forward. In the meantime, here are some screenshots I took with the Vita emulator that I mentioned earlier.
March 2, 2026
And that's another RPG Maker game finished. You know, maybe we really are Always Sometimes Monsters.
February 16, 2026
Wrapped up town number three of Always Sometimes Monsters. It was tough getting through it, but now the end is within sight. What else will our hero do in his quest to crash his ex's wedding? Certainly not mistake a dog food bowl for a toilet, right?
Another thing: I decided to go back to Taming Dreams and see if I couldn't find a way to play through episode 3. It turns out that you can access your Google account, and anything that you've purchased with it, with Bluestacks. Saving's still out of the question, though.
February 2, 2026
Just finished the second town in Always Sometimes Monsters, featuring Vagabond Dog's attempts to broach the subjects of both the two-party system and income inequality! Huh, seems like we're already halfway through the game. This will not take as long as my writeup of The Reconstruction.
January 25, 2026
Hey, did you know that your choices supposedly matter? Because my playthrough of Always Sometimes Monsters has started, featuring a main character with a name you might already know.
January 18, 2026
Remember those Vita emulation breakthroughs I mentioned earlier? It looks like they weren't quite as major as I hoped. Of the Dragoon Entertainment games that came out on Vita, only Skylight Freerange is completable. At least all three of them can get past their respective main menus.
January 8, 2026
A new year means a new RPG Maker game to look at, and since the last couple that I've showcased have been rather deficient in artsiness and desire to be viewed as more than just simple games, here's Always Sometimes Monsters, a game that won a couple of awards more than a decade ago that I may have once seen on the Google Play Store years ago.
And speaking of Canadian indie games, there's something I want to inform you about. Over the past few months, there have been major breakthroughs in PS Vita emulation, so I decided to test it some of the Vita ROMs that I had on hand. With that, I can now confirm both Dragooned and the Skylight Freerange games are successfully emulatable.