Two months ago, I reviewed the remake of Touhou 6: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. And it made you ask: what about the game that launched the franchise? Over the weekend, somebody put out another remake of the very first Touhou Project game, The Highly Responsive to Prayers. Why did I say ‘another’? Because overContinue reading “Touhou 1: The Highly Responsive to Prayers Reshrined Review – Could It Oust the NES Demake?”
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Understanding an “Art Game”
A lot of games are marketed to a mass-market audience, designed for broad commercial appeal and high financial returns. However, not all titles fit that mold. Independent developers frequently produce what I define as an “art game”—a video game explicitly tailored to a niche market rather than widespread commercial consumption. While mainstream developers often prioritizeContinue reading “Understanding an “Art Game””
Kara Masa Review
Five days have passed since Halloween, and even though I documented itch.io purging AI slop the day before, even more horrors await me. This is another one where AI played a role in everything, from the code to the graphics, sound, and text. The credits say it was built with three.js, and all models, textures,Continue reading “Kara Masa Review”
A Purge-atory of Itch’s Own Making – A Couple Terabytes of Awful AI Slop Games Get Booted
Oh, hello there, digital serfs and platform peasants! Gather ’round, pull up a velvet cushion, and gaze upon the magnificent theater of corporate desperation! For years, we have been told tales of a digital utopia. A boundless, beautiful frontier where the chains of traditional publishing were shattered! They called it itch.io! The indie wild west!Continue reading “A Purge-atory of Itch’s Own Making – A Couple Terabytes of Awful AI Slop Games Get Booted”
AI Slop is Delaying Your Steam Build Review. Here’s Why.
If you’ve been wondering why your latest Steam build review is dragging out longer than usual, you aren’t imagining things. Valve’s human review pipeline is currently facing unprecedented bottlenecks—and the primary culprit is an overwhelming deluge of low-effort generative “AI slop” flooding the storefront. The Anatomy of a Steam Bottleneck Valve has always maintained aContinue reading “AI Slop is Delaying Your Steam Build Review. Here’s Why.”
November 2026 Monthly Digest
Spooky season has officially drawn to a close, and the warmth of the holiday season is beginning to take center stage. As another daylight saving time comes to an end and the crisp chill of winter starts to settle in, November invites us to slow down, reflect, and gear up for a cozy month andContinue reading “November 2026 Monthly Digest”
Cirno’s Tower Review
It is a tale as old as digital time itself. You look upon a landscape choked with low-effort asset flips and AI slop, algorithmic slurry, and automated mediocrity, and you say to yourself, “Surely, we have hit rock bottom. Surely, the bottom of the barrel has been thoroughly scraped, polished, and sold back to usContinue reading “Cirno’s Tower Review”
Touhou Magic Circle Review
I’m continuing down the road to find and expose more AI sloppiness, and another one that just so happened to show up on my list is Touhou Magic Circle by Korean developer gepyu. According to the metadata, everything—from the code to the graphics, sound, and text—appears to have been unceremoniously spit out by an AI.Continue reading “Touhou Magic Circle Review”
Sakuya’s Busy Day Review
NOTE: This game is currently in alpha testings and is not the finished product. Any updates to the game that make changes to its content may make this review unreliable in the future. I have something to document. Yes, it’s true. I haven’t reviewed anything in a while, and after I put out my SummerContinue reading “Sakuya’s Busy Day Review”
Preparing for 2027
This month, we marked the end of the second phase of the Drillimation Danmaku Universe with the release of Touhou Meishuugeki ~ Cursed Sweeper and Bewildering Parallel. Three months ago, an epic milestone in American history was celebrated with the 250th anniversary of independence. That’s two and a half centuries of triumph and progress acrossContinue reading “Preparing for 2027”
