The First Three Year at Hogwarts: What I Learned from Each Book

I remember my co-worker, a big Harry Potter fan looked at me in shock when I told her that I have not read the books. She said jokingly that she won’t be my friend until I read Harry Potter. That was a few years ago. It’s not that I didn’t care, I just didn’t see the magic and …

The Garden of Sinners (2007) Review: The Story that Romanticized a Murderer

My mother once warned me not to philosophize too much about the darker things in life. It takes you to a very gloomy place devoid of warmth and life. Dive deep into the world of unknown, you might just end up in the mental hospital. So, let’s not go there. But if you insist, then …

Halsdoll’s New Year Rant: Harry Potter, Scarlet Nexus & DS2 Scholar of the First Sin

New Year and new start is never the case for me. I never wait around when I want to achieve a new goal. My New Year Resolution started in December after my fiancé gave me my birthday present. This year. I want to make more time for books. It doesn't matter if it's children's books …

Tales of Xillia for the PS3 Review: ‘We All Just Want to Live’

May contain minor spoiler. This is a story focused structure-like essay review with some criticisms. May be the longest review I have ever written for this blog. I suppose it's a nice way to end the year. If you are a do-gooder who cares a lot about living organisms (yes, that includes destructive human beings) …

Reflecting on my blog and its future

From the outside perspective, publishing 126 posts is not impressive, however, to me it is since I am not the most talkative person you'll ever meet. Just finding something to write about and articulating it into a post is a huge achievement for me. It is true my blog grew from last year. I noticed …

What I Learned from Playing Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

Originally posted on Aug. 24, 2017; Revised Dec. 12, 2021 Perhaps, I am a child at heart but I really prefer the simplistic gameplay approach, especially when the story is the focal point.  The content of this game is quite mature but with light gameplay, which is both suitable for adults and children. Fragile Dreams: Farewell …

My Video Game Shopping List: More JRPG Games

Looking back this year, all I played are RPG games and going forward I will continue to play lengthy games which require big time investment. There's something addictive about it, especially when you started learning and appreciating the battle system of the game on top of great storytelling. So far, I have put in 49 …

The Cat Lady PC Game Review (2012): Great Game to Play to Beat the Blues

Sometimes great games are not always pleasing to look at. The characters in this game have long limbs and are colorless and tend to look like a man even though it’s meant to be a woman. How do I know? The voice dub gives it away. Also, the background in this game is unflattering. Solid …

3 Admirable Female Video Game Characters (My List)

People admire strength and expect to see it in video games but strength is typically associated with men. Well, we all know that women are great. It's 2021, right? Then why are we still debating about gender roles? I don't know, but I see more and more strong female lead like Aloy from Horizon (2017) …

Death Note (2006) Review: Light, the Dark Angel

I often hear people say if you want a good introduction to anime, watch Death Note. But I have mixed feelings about this statement. It was a solid insightful review that convinced me to give it a try, but I can't find the same review now that I finished watching it to go back for reference and …