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The Idolmaster turns 10 Years Old – Reflecting back on my Experiences with the Franchise

June 11, 2015 by chikorita157 2 Comments

As mentioned in my summer preview, the Idolmaster franchise will finally have its 10^th anniversary on July 26^th, the date when the arcade version of the game was first released. Since its inception, the franchise has grown tremendously with Cinderella Girls, Million Live and Side M (which everyone forgot about). With that, I want to celebrate the occasion by reviewing two games from the franchise, movie and share a personal reflection on the franchise as a whole.

To start things off, I want to reflect on my experiences with the franchise and why it’s special to me, especially from a person that has a musical background.
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Atelier and the Art of Time Limits and Time Management

July 19, 2014 by chikorita157 7 Comments

Ever since I regained my interest in Japanese Role Playing games back in 2012, besides the Tales of games (so far, I played some of Graces f and finished Hearts), I decided to give some of the Atelier games a try. When I started playing it, it differed from other Japanese RPGs not because it focuses less on combat, but rather more on the time management aspect. After playing five games from the franchise, I wonder what lessons I learned along the way in order to use the in-game time efficiently.
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Thoughts about Marathoning or watching Weekly and How I Watch Anime

January 21, 2014 by chikorita157 4 Comments

In a recent post that Kai wrote last week about watching weekly or marathon shows got me thinking: How do people generally watch Anime? With streaming, powerful tablets and smartphones, there are more places where one can watch it. Even so, people are going to have different preferences on how much they watch and where they watch it. (Image Source)
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