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Contest: Win a signed copy of Story of Seasons
Apr 02
// Kyle MacGregor
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Review: Story of Seasons
Mar 31
// Brittany Vincent
Story of Seasons (Nintendo 3DS)Developer: MarvelousPublisher: XSEED GamesReleased: March 31, 2015MSRP: $39.99 The alternative moniker isn't indicative of a "reboot" of the games or anything like that, however. It simply represents the fact that the Harvest Moon name has changed hands from previous publisher Natsume to XSEED Games. Developer Marvelous has crafted a game that's much more deserving of the title than Natsume's recent effort Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, and fans have something meaty and entertaining to look forward to within. But first, a bit of a history lesson. Harvest Moon's life began on the Super Nintendo, where it was known as Bokujō Monogatari, which roughly translates to "Farm Story." It was a novelty then as it is now: a game where you spend your days taking care of cows and harvesting crops as the seasons gently roll through spring, summer, fall, and winter. The goal, ultimately, is to build a house, woo a girl (it was always a girl in the early days), and settle down into a peaceful, pastoral existence. [embed]289757:57980:0[/embed] Story of Seasons is an interesting amalgamation of what made these games exciting upon their descent into western culture interesting back when I was younger and continues to make them addictive in a modern setting. As it happens, there's also an astronomical amount of things to do. This has to be the biggest, most sprawling farm sim game related to Harvest Moon I've seen so far, in terms of both management aspects and activities to perform. Harvest Moon: A New Beginning is similar in many ways, but it seems Story of Seasons has expanded on it significantly. Luckily the beginning of the game isn't so complicated, only offering you the chance to figure out who you want to use as your avatar throughout your adventure. It's good to begin with something you can manage that's as simple as deciding who you want to be. You can choose to play as a male or female farmer, both tasked with heading to the sleepy Oak Tree Town, in dire need of a skilled farmer to care for one of the town's sprawling ranches. You're neither skilled nor a farmer when you start out, but that's what makes Story of Seasons so exciting: throwing caution to the wind and heading out to pursue a new profession in an unknown place to help a town in need. There are plenty of other farmers in town to help show you the ropes and ensure you know all there is to know before you plant your first seeds. Together, all four of you can hopefully restore Oak Tree Town's Trade depot back to its former glory, with the right amount of crops and care. There's a long road ahead of you, though, and a ridiculous amount of training required before you can even set foot in your own farm. It's off to Eda, longtime resident of Oak Tree town, to act as your mentor as she prepares you to plant, water, and harvest crops, raise farm animals, how to use and upgrade tools used around the farm, and important information like your Health and Stamina. It's a wealth of information that can feel like a slog to get through at first, and can feel overwhelming at first. This is absolutely not a fast-moving game. You'll need some patience to take in all of the little things that you'll find truly add up by the end of your farming internship, but sticking to it feels extremely rewarding. That's where Story of Seasons tends to differ from Natsume's "traditional" Harvest Moon games the most. Rather than arriving at a farm and getting started immediately, you're given extensive training before allowed to set foot in a farm that's in any way yours. Even your starter area is adjacent to Eda's, as if the folks at Marvelous don't quite trust you with your own area yet, supplanting new features and other additions as you go along. Unlike similar titles in the past, you've got more to worry about than if you watered your crops for the day or if your character is looking a bit haggard while tending to crops out in the rain. Your character's Health and Stamina play central roles in keeping your farm efficient and productive, and there are plenty of ways to satisfy both requirements beyond simply going to bed. For instance, you can eat a small meal, head to a hot spring, or rest in order to ensure your health is restored, but losing it is another deal entirely. This time around even if you do something as small as walk outside during a torrential downpour, you'll see your health drop, just as you would if you decided to stay up late in-game. In this, it lends a more realistic lilt to farming life. Along with the stamina points, represented by the number of hearts your farmer has on-screen, it communicates the message that farmers are still fragile, often weary human beings who need time and training to work themselves to the bone and keep themselves healthy. Luckily, the two difficulty modes (Normal and Seedling) offer options for players looking to keep things light. Seedling Mode finds stamina consumption levels lowered by 50%, which makes for a completely different experience when starting out, as do the positive multipliers on store items, prices, stock, and more. New players may consider Seedling Mode as a viable option when becoming acquainted with Story of Seasons, as there are alterations between that and Normal Mode that are indeed a boon for newbies looking to get started quickly and with fewer frustrations. Speaking of making things easier, farming feels much more convenient than before. You can work with a 3x3 area when working with watering, planting, and the like, and you can hold down your action button while walking to continue with what you're doing. If you want to water crops you can keep walking around. If you're planting seeds, your character will scatter them in the air. It all feels quite intuitive. Controls work with you rather than against you. The only way you might falter is if you find yourself struggling with the in-game tasks constantly thrown at you, and the multitude of extra assignments available to take on. Managing your farm becomes simpler the more you learn about doing it, but there are still several things to keep track of, including your farm house, animals, the crops you're tending to, and special sheds that can be used to convert raw materials like dairy products and the like into useable food items like cheese or yogurt. You can make clothing, pottery, seasonings, engineer seeds and crops, and more at the Maker Sheds, all of which are extremely important when your farm is up and running proper. There's a large variety of crops to keep up with as well, including special Super Mario Bros. crops like Super Mushrooms and Fire Flowers. These are interesting, cheeky additions that feel right at home on the 3DS, and when you harvest Super Stars to ensure the crops you have remain fresh. Aside from working on the farm, there are multiple interactions you'll have with villagers and other NPCs. Some of these can lead to special relationships that can end in marriage and children, and others will give you gifts, interact with you, and befriend you as you make your way as a farmer in Oak Tree Town. These help keep things light, but also act as reprieves from the toil of day-to-day proceedings of planting seeds, harvesting crops, exporting goods for sale, and ensuring your farm remains profitable. Much like real life, offering a chance to interact with others, build relationships, and participate in events and activities beyond that of simple hard work provides several benefits. You'll find as a player that you'll appreciate these personable interactions as much as the satisfaction of cultivating a successful farm. Story of Seasons looks fantastic, feels great, and offers an overabundance of things to do and places to see. It's a farmer's paradise, though its almost excruciatingly slow tutorial and internship will take a large amount of patience to get through if you're to see all the game has to offer, and there is a lot. Expect to clear your calendar for this excellent portable farming sim, as you'll be spending several hours turning a profit to impress the townsfolk of Oak Tree Town, your future husband or wife, or even your friends playing alongside you.
For every sim, there is a season
As a fan of both casual and intermediate simulation and farming games, the Harvest Moon series has always been a mainstay for me. I grew up on several different iterations of the Natsume-published entries beginning with Harve...
Valkyrie Drive
Valkyrie Drive is Marvelous' next Senran Kagura
Kenichiro Takaki's latest looks like more of the same
Mar 30
// Kyle MacGregor
Marvelous recently announced Valkyrie Drive, a three-pronged multimedia project about teenage girls who can transform into weapons. Now that's taking objectification to a whole new level. In addition to an anime series a...
Valkyrie Drive
Marvelous, Senran Kagura creator launch new series
Valkyrie Drive multimedia project announced at AnimeJapan
Mar 22
// Kyle MacGregor
Marvelous is launching a new franchise that appears to be more salacious and sexually-charged than Senran Kagura, if that even sounds possible. The publisher revealed a new mixed media project at this weekend's AnimeJapan ex...
Senran Kagura 2
Senran Kagura 2 bounces westward this summer
Kenichiro Takaki continues to wrap the world in happy boobs
Mar 10
// Kyle MacGregor
Once upon a time, XSEED seemed pretty cagey about publishing the Senran Kagura games. Nowadays the plucky localization studio can't seem to bring the danged things over fast enough. Yes, you probably read the headline where ...
Senran Kagura creator's IA/VT Colorful drops in June
Marvelous rhythm game available to import from June 25
Feb 16
// Kyle MacGregor
Vocaloid rhythm game IA/VT Colorful has a new Japanese release date, Famitsu reveals. The new project from Senran Kagura creator Kenichiro Takaki is now set to debut June 25 on PlayStation Vita. Marvelous initially planned to...
Lord of Magna
XSEED brings Lord of Magna west this spring
It's officially official
Feb 12
// Kyle MacGregor
A localization of Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven is in the works, XSEED just confirmed. Expect the Nintendo 3DS strategy role-playing game to arrive on western shores sometime this spring.
Senran Kagura
Senran Kagura: Estival Versus gets a whole new batch of voyeuristic screenshots
I wasn't kidding, was I?
Jan 26
// Brittany Vincent
There's been a serious lack of Senran Kagura on Destructoid over the last few months, and I'm here to resolve that problem with a batch of screenshots from Senran Kagura: Estival Versus. The latest images include Asuka, Ikaru...
XSEED teasers
XSEED hints at the games it's localizing this year
Jan 10
// Kyle MacGregor
Those wily folks at XSEED are up to no good again, craftily teasing the Internet with crafty teasers. The localization studio shared a New Year's card via Facebook yesterday, one that foreshadows a handful of unannounced proj...
Rune Factory 4
Rune Factory 4 finally arrives in Europe next week
Dec 04
// Kyle MacGregor
Rune Factory 4's journey to Europe has been a long and winding road. At one point, when developer Neverland went bankrupt and closed its doors, it looked like the role-playing game might never release in PAL territories. Luck...
Review: Senran Kagura: Bon App�tit!
Nov 12
// Brittany Vincent
Senran Kagura: Bon Appétit! (PS Vita)Developer: MeteorisePublisher: XSEED GamesReleased: November 11, 2014MSRP: $14.99 Bon Appétit! gathers the entire Senran Kagura cast for a cooking competition set up to offer the winner a scroll that can grant a solitary wish. With such an astonishing prize on the line, word travels quickly to all the sprightly young ninja as they enter the cook-off to nab the scroll for themselves. Of course, it's all a front, a scheme from a geezer who wants to see the girls traipsing around in sexy aprons, but you can't fault an old man for trying. The girls give it their all and set out to humiliate one another in the name of making their dreams come true, and that's where you come in. Once you've started the game proper, Story Mode is where you'll want to head first to unlock special outfits, accessories, and extra content. You can choose from a healthy amount of the Senran Kagura girls, like Asuka, Ikaruga, Hibari, Hikage, and the rest of the gang. Each girl is saddled with her own brief snippet of visual novel-styled narrative as to why she's pursuing the special scroll. Most are hilariously awful, littered with double and triple entendres that revolve around the male anatomy or breasts. Asuka is one of the worst perpetrators, but I was consistently astounded by the localization team's unmatched efforts to go the extra mile and ensure line after line was simultaneously corny and sexually charged. [embed]283649:56308:0[/embed] It's fairly impressive, to be honest, and despite how absolutely inane it can be, refreshing to see a game nearly devoid of male characters take casual racy speech and toss it out so carelessly. It may be considered fanservice "for men," but it certainly isn't the men the girls are not-so-subtly flirting with in-game, and that's something I can get behind. If I were a lesser person, that could have been a dirty remark, but I'll refrain for the purposes of this review. After you've chosen a girl you'll partake in a multi-stage cooking competition, which locks your girl in fierce combat with varying opponents. Like a racier Iron Chef, dishes are established at the beginning of the match for both parties to create, with both girls assigned a station and their own cooking tools and materials. Except you don't ever actually do any cooking. Instead, you whip up the tasty meals assigned to you by way of pressing buttons in time to the beat -- this is a rhythm game, after all. Near the bottom of the screen are two tiers where symbols corresponding to the Vita's face buttons appear. It's your job to hit them as the music plays, a la Bust A Groove or PaRappa the Rapper. Sometimes you'll need to tap the note until the number above it reaches zero. You'll have to hold notes occasionally as well, while tending to button presses above or below it. The directional buttons come into play as well, so you'll have to think fast when two are on-screen at the same time. It's quite challenging on the highest difficulty setting, especially when it comes to songs with a higher BPM, though you're never given the option to select a song for each stage. There are three breaks in each song where the judge (the lecherous Grandpa himself) takes a moment to sample the dishes you've crafted thus far, and if you've managed to keep your ninja's meter full (as opposed to your opponent's color filling the bar) you'll come out on top. If by the end of the match you've created the superior dish each time, you'll emerge victorious. At the end of each judging round, the player on the losing end of the battle will have her clothes ripped in strategic places a bit more each time until she's left totally naked but for chibi anime faces to cover up the naughty bits -- because we're not adults here or anything and a little bit of nipple is far more scandalous than making penis joke after penis joke -- but I digress. At the end of each song the victor is subjected to a "humiliating" pose in which they're drizzled with chocolate syrup or various dessert toppings as they pose sensually. And then it's gone, done, onto the next one, because if you want to see the rest of the characters, you've got to get to work unlocking them through Story Mode. Otherwise, you could choose Arcade or Free Play for the thrill of the rhythm game without the unlockables. Unfortunately, the game's biggest pitfall comes in the form of the songs themselves. They're not exactly what I'd call memorable, with tunes channeling wedding marches, bizarre Christmas-like holiday doppelgangers, and a cavalcade of instrumental (and occasionally vocal) songs that are instantly forgettable. While you're locked in a heated cooking battle, it's easy to forgive this fact, but the most basic building block of a rhythm game is its songs. These songs simply aren't strong enough to act as the backbone of a title that revolves solely around them. There are a couple with vocals that will at the very least stand out, but for the most part they feel like accompanying background tracks in any run-of-the-mill JRPG. Luckily, they're just rollicking enough to provide a challenge and I suppose that's all that's really warranted here, though some cutesy pop songs could have spiced things up considerably. Still, this is a surprisingly meaty title that'll have you coming back again and again to best one difficulty level after another, even if it's just to collect special accessories with which you can outfit your girls. They're hilariously pandering (I chose a military outfit paired with a pacifier and cat ears) but they do alter the way your girl appears in each scene, even when she's hard at work cooking. It also seems that band-aids are the lingerie of choice for most of the girls. Who knew? I was hoping for some hardcore BDSM gear to really round things out, but the best I could find was a collar. The outfits paired with dialogue snippets make for some side-splitting screenshots, but if you take them be forewarned that the Senran Kagura: Bon Appétit! logo will be superimposed at the bottom right of each one for some unknown reason. Everything in this strange little rhythm game comes together in some weird way, from the girls posing as desserts to the fact that this is a musical cooking competition. It's a fluffy bit of cotton candy that works well with the core cast of characters, and Senran Kagura devotees as well as rhythm game fans alike should find something to enjoy here, even if it's just the fact that nearly every character route has inappropriate banter.
Light and delicious
Some may call Senran Kagura inherently tasteless, but the series of action-packed brawlers has depth and satisfying combat. The games have swept the handheld community mainly because of their increasingly risqué conten...
Senran Kagura Cooking
Senran Kagura Bon App�tit hits Vita on November 11
Feeling peckish? Pick up a Penguin!
Oct 21
// Kyle MacGregor
Senran Kagura Bon Appétit launches in North America on November 11, Marvelous announced today. The PlayStation Vita exclusive will then arrive in Europe the following day. The rhythm game is a spin-off of "the popular...
Review: Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus
Oct 14
// Brittany Vincent
Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (Vita)Developer: Marvelous AQLPublisher: XSEED GamesReleased: October 14, 2014MSRP: $49.99 Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus explores the legendary shinobi, whose ninja (read: teenage girls) train in separate schools, one of which you'll choose at the beginning of the game to follow through a special story mode and additional missions. You'll be able to choose between 20 different brawlers in this third-person Dynasty Warriors-like adventure, where the order of the day is running your opponent into the dirt, slashing them up until you're declared victor. This usually means your opponent has been left with shreds of her outfit left clinging to her body, humiliated on the field. Sound sexy? It's a little more hilarious and over-the-top than sexualized, and that's what makes the game work so well. That's right, amongst double-doses of fanservice, bits of ecchi comedy sprinkled into several visual novel-styled expository scenes, and fragments of character development, you'll pepper the unfortunate bad guys with light and strong attacks, dashes, and more. You'll have the opportunity to rack up astronomical combos, in the neighborhood of 500-hit combos (and up) when you really get going. Or more, if you can stay in range of the several baddies tossed your way. The action is frenetic and furious, with combos performed via well-timed button presses and an advanced parry system that allows players who wish to delve further to defend themselves in a much more engaging manner. Juggling enemies with air dashes and ultimate attacks will keep you busy as well, but the fact of the matter is there's plenty here to ensure you don't get bored, even if it does feel repetitive as you continuously press the same buttons. There's nothing groundbreaking about combat, but it feels satisfying all the same, especially when you watch that combo number rise all the way past 1000. It's an addictive feeling, even if the banter between girls doesn't quite make sense during combat, or when the arenas you're fighting in feel constricted and narrow. As you fight you earn energy that can be unleashed via "Shinobi Transformations," which allows for more powerful attacks. When your fighter takes enough damage, eventually her clothing and equipment will tear and deteriorate, leaving plenty of skin on display. Bouncing bosoms and pert bottoms can be seen everywhere, but the scenes that show them off are skippable. If it's not something you want to stick around and see, you can skip past the transformation sequences themselves and get right back into battle. But if you want to get an eyeful, go ahead and soak it all in, because these scenes happen multiple times per battle. You can also go and view the character of your choice outside of battle just in case you didn't get enough of them while locked in combat. When you're not dueling with other shinobi or nameless bad guys, you can customize your characters as you level them up after each grueling battle with different hairstyles, clothes, and additional accessories. They're fun to collect and can be quite silly when you head into battle, but keeping your favorite fighter decked out in different duds can be just as fun as beating the pants off your opponents — literally, of course. Or skirt. Or blouse, whichever the case may be. Unfortunately, this otherwise solid brawler is plagued by longer load times interspersed between campaign segments. Waiting to get started in the mission and waiting to restart is especially painful, and given the amount of action going on on-screen with some of these parts, it's hard to understand why such long loading times are actually necessary. They're a minor annoyance, granted, but still a gripe that players will no doubt notice. In many cases, the camera will also conspire to annoy the heck out of you with frustratingly obtuse angles, but luckily these bits can be worked around by manually fiddling with the analog stick. It's important to note as well that Shinovi Versus looks and feels great. The cel-shaded character models are polished and move fluidly, and while there's no English voice cast to choose from, the Japanese voice actresses do an excellent job, especially in terms of the "cute" factor you really need in games like these. You really feel as though you're viewing a piece of animation, and it shows. It's leagues ahead of Senran Kagura Burst in terms of both animation factor and content offering. If you're a fan of the franchise or want to get in on some good, old-fashioned melee combat with undies and lady bits in between, Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus is a great place to start. Sure, it's silly, superficial, and more than a little bit ridiculous, but that's what makes it so darn fun. And if you dip into this Senran Kagura offering, chances are you'll want to delve into the others as well. Buyers, don't leave your Vita at home, 'cause it's Senran Kagura at night and it's bouncin', bouncin'.
Bounce, baby, bounce, b-bounce, b-bounce
In the world of Senran Kagura, excess is the rule. The outfits are skimpy, the plot threads are ludicrous, and the breasts are laughably large, so huge in fact that you wonder how the skimpy bras the girls are eventually stri...
Rune Factory 4 Europe
Rune Factory 4 is finally coming to Europe
XSEED publishing 3DS RPG as a digital-only title
Oct 03
// Kyle MacGregor
It seems Rune Factory 4's trip across the pond was postponed more so than cancelled, and the role-playing game will be turning up on European shores fairly soon. Speaking with Siliconera, XSEED vice president Ken Be...
Senran Kagura Vita
Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus hits Vita next month
The ninjutsu showdown begins October 14
Sep 19
// Kyle MacGregor
Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus is cutting a trail to North America on October 14, XSEED Games announced today. The PlayStation Vita brawler will strike Europe the very next day. The story is a continuation of Senran Kagura Burst, wherein groups of teenage ninja girls fight one another with stuff like giant frogs and huge stacks of pancakes. You know, because reasons.
IA/VT Colorful delay
PS Vita rhythm game IA/VT Colorful delayed to 2015
Marvelous concerned about quality, wants to make improvements
Sep 04
// Kyle MacGregor
IA/VT Colorful has been pushed back to 2015, Marvelous announced today. The PlayStation Vita rhythm game was first slated to launch in Japan this summer, before being postponed until autumn. The reason behind the latest delay...
Muramasa DLC
Muramasa's 'Hell�s Where the Heart Is' DLC coming westward in September
Billed as the 'final DLC'
Aug 22
// Chris Carter
Yesterday we got some more details on Muramasa Rebirth's fourth DLC pack, regarding a demon girl and a quest based around a playboy. Now thanks to some information sent to us from publisher Aksys Games, we know that the DLC ...
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The Oni Musume
Aug 21
// Chris Carter
If you're still following along with Muramasa Rebirth's great string of DLC, the fourth chapter is nearly ready for release. It features a demon girl called the Oni Musume, who has the power to transform and change her shape...
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Rune Factory dev's new SRPG Forbidden Magna
I believe it's spelled 'manga'....
Aug 07
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Forbidden Magna (3DS) is coming to Japan in October courtesy of the team that made Rune Factory and Marvelous AQL. Xseed expressed interest in localizing it earlier this year, but nothing new on that front, so here's a trailer that at once intrigues me with its strategy mechanics and repulses me with its horrifying character models.
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Senran Kagura 2 trailer sure is very Senran Kagura
That ground-pound also sure is something
Jul 05
// Kyle MacGregor
Marvelous is keeping its cheeky money-printing machine going strong with Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson. The latest effort from self-proclaimed "huge boob producer" Kenichiro Takaki is due to be unleashed in Japan starti...
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Also, new costumes
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// Steven Hansen
I actually played a bunch of the Soul Sacrifice demo, but never ended up diving into the full thing. Soul Sacrifice Delta has been updated with a new encounter and some whacked out threads (definitely some of the weirder...
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Muramasa Rebirth's third DLC will drop next week in Japan
�The Tale of the Seven Night Ghostly Curse�
Jul 03
// Chris Carter
The first two DLC packs for Muramasa Rebirth were released rapid-fire, and it's been a while since the last iteration. In Japan next week pack three of four will drop, which will once again play separately from the two ...
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Senran Kagura Bon App�tit rating suggests EU release
Australian Classification Board labels rhythm game MA 15+
Jun 30
// Kyle MacGregor
Senran Kagura: Bon Appétit is everything but confirmed for PAL territories. The PlayStation Vita cooking rhythm game was handed a MA 15+ rating from the Australian Classification Board, foreshadowin...
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Jun 16
// Natalie Kipper
Story of Seasons puts additional emphasis the "lifestyle" aspect of the game. For the first time, there will be other farmers in your town to interact with. At times, you may be competing with them (like during festivals) and at other times, you will be working together. The Japanese game's subtitle translates to "Connect to a New World" and you can really see that theme appearing over and over again. One of the nice touches in which that idea plays out is the lack of a shipping box. I know, I know. Heresy, right? But, hear me out. Rather than just stuffing your goods in a box and never knowing where they go, Story of Seasons has you trading with other countries in the game's world. Send the citizens goods that they particularly crave and you'll get a postcard back. Little touches like that endear me to this title. The game wants you to connect not only with the NPCs but also with other players. Using Wi-Fi, players can visit each others' farms. That may sound a tad simple but the rewards you reap from the experience flesh out the feature. Visiting friends can help with things like cheering you on as you work or watering your crops. Your friend's efforts may lead to rare crops growing. Sounds like incentive enough to me. Speaking of rare crops, Nintendo collaborated with the developers on this project, adding in some traditional Super Mario Bros. flora to the ecosystem. Thanks to this partnership, your farmer will be able to grow a Fire Flower, Super Mushroom, and a Super Star (okay, so that last one isn't really flora). These crops aren't just for show either. They'll have special effects. The Super Star, for example, will prevent crops from going bad for a period of time. What might have been considered the more tedious parts of previous games in the series are now streamlined. I'll freely admit how grateful I am that, right off the bat, 3 by 3 square plots can be seeded, watered and harvested at once. To most people, it may sound like a small thing and yes, in previous incarnations you could eventually upgrade your equipment to do this but I just love that the developers got rid of the process altogether. I think the new, quicker method actually adds to the experience, allowing you to focus more on other aspects of the game. Beyond farming, customization looks like a big part of the experience. You can design the look of your farmer along with the layout of your farm as well as certain areas of the town. Some of the previous titles gave you free reign over your town's layout but Story of Season's has limited it to sections of land that you win ownership of during festival competitions. I can see some people being disappointed at this design choice but it looks like there will still be plenty for those customization maniacs to meticulously plan. And can we just take a moment to admire the game's aesthetic? Look through the screenshots in the gallery and if those happy critters in the lush meadows don't warm the cockles of your potentially jaded heart, I don't know what game will. I certainly came down with a case of the warm fuzzies. Get ready to reconnect with the land when Story of Seasons releases this winter.
The pastoral life never looked so friendly
Fans of farming and lifestyle sims are no doubt familiar with the confusion surrounding the Bokujō Monogatari series. Natsume owned the trademark on the English title, Harvest Moon, but XSEED had the relationship wi...
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E3's Senran Kagura showcase is both titillating and ridiculous
Ninja gals show off their assets at E3 2014
Jun 13
// Natalie Kipper
The Senran Kagura series takes fan-service to new heights in the upcoming brawler Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus and Senran Kagura Bon Appetít!, a rhythm cooking game. Both titles were available to demo at XSEED's booth at E3 2014.
So what the hell is happening with Harvest Moon?
Jun 06
// Kyle MacGregor
A little history on the series and the company behind it: Bokujō Monogatari was initially created by a company by the name of Pack-In-Video, which merged with Victor Entertainment, thereby becoming Victor Interactive Software. Marvelous Entertainment later bought them up, as corporations are wont to do, then merged with AQ Interactive to form Marvelous AQL. Marvelous and its predecessors had a relationship with Natsume for many years. Marvelous handled development and publishing in Japan, and Natsume put them out in America under the name Harvest Moon. And so things went until that association became a little more complex. In 2004, XSEED was born. XSEED serves as Marvelous AQL's subsidiary and North American publishing label. It does the very thing that Marvelous entrusted Natsume with, bringing Japanese games to western audiences. That said, Natsume still handled American distribution for Bokujō Monogatari until now. Well, sort of. Bokujō Monogatari has a spin-off series called Rune Factory. Publishing duties for these titles in America were passed back and forth between XSEED and Natsume up until the launch of Rune Factory 4 last year, and the subsequent bankruptcy of the studio behind the games, Neverland Co. It seems like Marvelous is no longer in need of Natsume's assistance, though. Instead, it's looking to use its in-house team going forward, at least for the time being. Why use a middleman for a job you're perfectly capable of doing yourself? "We are definitely interested in pushing the 'Marvelous' brand as much as possible," XSEED vice president Ken Berry revealed in an interview last year. Though Berry's group publishes titles from a number of Japanese companies, in 2013 XSEED was brought under the umbrella of Marvelous USA in the hopes of unifying and expanding operations. Part of that seems to involve localizing more Marvelous-developed titles than in years past. And Story of Seasons is a prime example of this. Of course, that's certainly a blow to Natsume. It's being cut out of a lucrative equation; Bokujō Monogatari has sold close to ten million copies worldwide. Publishing Harvest Moon games must have provided a nice cash flow for Natsume. And then Marvelous AQL suddenly turned off the taps. This reminds me of that old adage: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Well, Natsume has been given a lot of fish over the years. Perhaps it's time the company pulled one out of the river by itself. Natsume owns the Harvest Moon name. What's stopping it from making one? Well, nothing really. It may seem a little odd, but it's perfectly within their rights. It seems like Natsume had a decent amount of notice that this was going to happen. According to Siliconera, the publisher opened a new office in Tokyo last year, and it's this same studio that's been developing Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley since early 2013. So that, as best as we can tell, is how we got here, with muddy waters and two sets of Harvest Moon games. But really, who are we to complain about more of a good thing?
A rose by any other name
A lot of folks seem pretty confused about what's going on with Harvest Moon. And that's perfectly understandable, because it's a tad complicated. Please allow me to try to explain the situation. XSEED recently announced a far...
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XSEED localizing Senran Kagura Bon App�tit this winter
Cooking rhythm game to be showcased at E3
Jun 05
// Kyle MacGregor
Senran Kagura Bon Appétit will be cooking up a storm in North America this winter, XSEED Games announced today as a part of its E3 lineup. The PlayStation Vita rhythm game is a spin-off of Marvelous AQL's brawler ...
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Marvelous AQL reveals new Senran Kagura 2 gals
Introducing Daidouji and Rin!
Jun 01
// Kyle MacGregor
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson is coming to Japan on August 7, and I'm sure we'll see the Nintendo 3DS brawler here sooner or later. In the meantime, Marvelous AQL has unveiled a couple faces that will be joining the titl...
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Coming to 3DS this winter
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// Brittany Vincent
Call it stereotypical of me if you will, but I'm a huge fan of Harvest Moon and its spinoffs -- even the wannabe games. That's why I'm so excited to see Story of Seasons releasing via XSEED this upcoming winter. After 18 year...
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May 20
// Kyle MacGregor
Aksys Games has some nice deals on PlayStation Vita this week, with both episodes of Muramasa Rebirth's Genroku Legends downloadable content available for a song. A Cause to Diakon For and Fishy Tales of the Ne...
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Heather, there are several sized and different locations of freeze plugs on engine blocks and heads. Use a pressure tester to find the leaking one(s). After you find it, use a freeze plug tool to install new one(s). Punch the old one at it's weak spot(leak), then pull it out with vice grips. Not many diagrams available for freeze plugs, but there are plugs ont all sides of the block and front and rear of the heads.
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Klingon Tea Ceremony (Up the Long Ladder)
First, it's a case of good writing for Pulaski--I just can't see Crusher doing this kind of thing. It added a lot to her character--instead of just being a crotchety female McCoy (as many people, unjustly I think, write her off), she's an adventurous, tolerant woman. Not that McCoy wasn't adventurous or tolerant, but you usually think of him as the guy taking the piss out of Mr. Spock.
Second, would you invite a co-worker over to watch you eat, say, a delicious slice of peanut butter cheesecake if you knew she was deathly allergic to peanuts? It seems like a strange way to make friends, but it makes sense on the level that Worf was reciprocating Pulaski's respect towards his honor by sharing something from his culture with her.
Finally, and I've got to say this, did anyone else pick up on the possibility that this led to a...coupling? Pulaski's line, "Worf! You're a romantic," followed by Worf bragging about the love poetry precedes them sharing a drink "of death" together. Then, just before we cut away, Pulaski says, "How about some of that poetry?'
For all I know there've been reams of fan fiction written about this possibility. Or not.
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As for a Pulaski/Worf romance, highly unlikely, but I definitely could see a fast friendship developing. In fact she would have warmed up to Data eventually too, & would have undoubtedly earned Picard's admiration as well. I think Riker already liked her spunk & tenacity. There did seem to be a fair sight more open camaraderie amongst the crew, in those days
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Re: Klingon Tea Ceremony (Up the Long Ladder)
And I think that Worf would find something very attractive about a woman who was willing to risk death to appreciate Klingon customs. We know how strongly he felt about his heritage, and this would mean a lot to him. I could just see him opening up to Pulaski in a way that he wouldn't with anyone else. That doesn't necessarily mean a sexual relationship, but there's definitely a foundation there for a lasting friendship. It's a pity we didn't get more of it.
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This is a recipe I got from a flyier from Southern Living. It is very good and easy to make. The only thing I did different is I baked my chicken whole and I used Curly's Barbeque in the bowl you can buy at Wal Mart. I will be cooking this again.
(3) pound chicken, cut up
1 tsp
1/2 tsp
1 Tbsp
1 Tbsp
2 medium
onions, chopped
1 medium
green bell pepper, chopped
3 c
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barbecue sauce
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hot sauce
2 c
frozen whole kernel corn
(10 oz) package frozen butterbeans
3/4 lb
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2 Tbsp
choppped parsley
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1Sprinkle chicken with salt and paprika. Heat butter and oil in large Dutch over over medium-high heat, add chicken, and cook 6 minutes or until browned on all sides. Remove from pan, reserving drippings. Skin and bone chicken, cut into bite size pieces, set aside. Add onion and green pepper to drippings in Dutch oven, saute' until tender. Add chicken, chicken broth, 1 cup water, tomatoes and next 3 ingredients, bring to boil. Add corn, butterbeans, pork and parsley. Reduce heat and let simmer until vegetables are done about 30 to 45 minutes.
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Asparagus how-tos
BUYING: Look for local. It begins to lose its sweetness as soon as its picked, so the closer to you the vegetable is grown, the sweeter it will taste. Look for nice, even, bright green coloring throughout, crisp stalks and compact tips.
STORING: Trim a small amount from the bottom of the stalks and place them upright in a container with a little cold water. Cover the top with a plastic bag and store in the refrigerator.
CLEANING: Wash under cold water and gently spray the tips to get the soil out. If using white asparagus, gently brush the tips as they have been covered with soil to prevent sunlight from reaching them. Grasp each spear with both hands and bend until it snaps. It will naturally break where the tender part ends and the woody part begins. (Save the woody ends for soup or vegetable stock.) Some asparagus may need to be peeled from just below the tip: Take a bite of raw asparagus. If the skin is fibrous and the strings get caught in your teeth, it needs to be peeled.
COOKING: You can steam, boil, roast, grill or saute asparagus. It can be served whole, cut in half or cut into bite-sized pieces and is delicious cold, room temperature or hot. The cooking time depends on the thickness and if the asparagus is cut or not, so test it throughout the cooking process. It is best eaten barely tender, when you are able to pierce the thickest part of the asparagus with a paring knife.
GOOD IDEAS: Top roasted asparagus with bacon lardons and a fried egg, or chill grilled asparagus and serve with lemon juice, hazelnut oil and manchego cheese. Peel the asparagus into thin shavings and use in a salad or on a sandwich.
Where can I buy local asparagus?
Even conventional grocery stores like Hy-Vee and Dahls will sometimes carry local asparagus, but if you cant find it there, Gateway Market will carry asparagus from local growers such as Grade A Gardens. Whole Foods carried it last year and will again if it can find a supplier.
What about that smell?
You might have noticed that after eating asparagus your urine has a distinct (and not entirely pleasant) odor. Researchers have come to believe that its about how your nose works, not your innards. According to a British Medical Journal study and others, most peoples urine probably has the odor after eating asparagus, but only about 22 lucky percent of people have the chromosomal makeup required to smell it.
Thick or thin?
Its counter-intuitive, but big, thick stalks are the most tender.
What is white asparagus?
White asparagus is simply regular asparagus that is continually covered with soil as it grows, depriving it of light and therefore the chlorophyll that makes it green. It is considered milder and slightly more tender, but can be used interchangeably with green asparagus.
The answer to the most important and confounding etiquette question of our time is yes.
Yes, whole asparagus spears should be eaten with ones fingers, according to Judith Martin, aka syndicated etiquette columnist Miss Manners.
She also points out in her book, Miss Manners Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, that after the fingers convey the asparagus to the mouth, the fingers may then be eaten with whatever remains of the hollandaise sauce.
Finger eating is optional but asparagus eating should not be. Low in calories and high in fiber and vitamin B and also high in thank-goodness-spring-is-finally-here-ness asparagus has appeared on the plates of everyone from Helen of Troy to Miss Manners.
Its tidy, its beautiful, its easy to prepare and its delicious. And youre allowed in fact, exhorted to eat it with your fingers. Pretty much perfect.
Put your newfound expertise to work with a few light and tempting recipes, created by chef Katie Routh of the Wallace Centers of Iowa. She gets to use asparagus harvested within yards of her kitchen door in Orient, but even the imported store-bought option will sparkle with spring in these dishes.
Serves 4
Whole wheat or sourdough bread, cut into 1-inch pieces, about 2 cups
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
4 ounces sugar snap peas, about 11/2 cups
1 bunch of asparagus, cleaned and cut diagonally into 11/2-inch pieces
1 bunch of radishes, cut in half and thinly sliced, about 11/2 cups
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 ounces arugula
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Toss the bread and 1 tablespoon of the oil together. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes until the bread is golden brown, but still a little soft.
2. Blanch the snap peas and asparagus in boiling water for 2 minutes. Cool in ice water and then drain.
3. Place the bread, peas, asparagus and radishes in a bowl. Toss with remaining 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Marinate for about 10 minutes. Toss with arugula and season with salt and pepper.
Serves 4
1 bunch asparagus
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1 orange, ½ zested and juiced, ½ thinly sliced
1/4 cup Kalamata olives, halved
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup chopped toasted almonds
Shaved Parmesan for garnish
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Toss asparagus, lemon slices, orange slices and olives with oil, salt and pepper. Arrange in a single layer in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish or jelly roll pan, putting some of the citrus slices under and on top of the asparagus.
2. Roast for 10 minutes or until a paring knife easily pierces the thick end of a stalk. Arrange asparagus, olives and a few citrus slices on a platter. Drizzle orange juice and zest on top and garnish with almonds and Parmesan.
Serves 4-6
Roasted chicken:
1/4 cup mint, chopped
1/4 cup parsley, chopped
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1 whole chicken (31/2-4 pounds)
2 lemons, cut in half
Asparagus puree and sauteed asparagus tips:
2 bunches asparagus, top 2 inches cut off and reserved
3 ounces soft goat cheese
Zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons mint, finely chopped; divided
Salt and pepper to taste
Roasted chicken:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix the mint, parsley, oil, salt and pepper together. Lifting the skin up, spread three-fourths of the herb mixture over the breast and legs. Toss the remaining fourth of the herb mixture with the lemons and place inside the cavity. Season the chicken with a pinch of salt and pepper.
2. Roast for 20 minutes breast side up, and then roast breast side down for 20 minutes. Turn breast side up again and roast for another 10-20 minutes, until the internal temperature is 165 degrees. Allow to rest 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with asparagus puree.
Asparagus puree and sauteed asparagus tips:
1. Cut the bottoms of the asparagus into 1-inch pieces and cook in boiling water until tender, about 5 minutes.
2. Drain and place into a food processor or blender with goat cheese, lemon zest, 1 tablespoon of the mint and a pinch of salt and pepper. Puree until smooth. Adjust seasonings if needed.
3. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium saute pan. Add asparagus tips and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook over medium high for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon mint. Spoon asparagus tips on top of the puree.
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October 11th is a thursday, so unlikely to be the home video release date. Maybe an annoucement or teaser for the next film? Maybe just more lame viral marketing? (I actually loved the David 8 one, better than most of what was in the film, and I really like the film) Maybe Prometheus 2 has been filmed in secret and is being released?
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THE monsoons are on their way, and most people are gearing up to prevent dengue fever, cholera and other such infectious/communicable diseases.
However, it might come as a shock that as per the latest WHO health statistics of Pakistan non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for almost as many deaths in the country as infectious ones, and several times more than headline-grabbing infections such as bird flu.
When we ask questions about why Pakistan has such high rates of NCDs (heart disease, diabetes etc) we come up with simple answers such as 'overeating', or 'not eating well enough'. But we often don't have very good answers for 'why' people overeat, or what eating well enough means. Even doctors end up blaming patients for lack of willpower, rather than being able to un-package what compels people to eat a certain way.
Research has shown that if your parents have chronic diseases, the likelihood of you developing them is much higher. This is not only a genetic issue, but is as much about how we are raised.
The social scientist Anne Murcott identified in 1982 that the very nature of diet is linked to women, specifically mothers. She extensively showed how mothers are central to what is being cooked and why. Moreover, ideas of identity (and by extension, those of ethnicity, language, culture, religion and ancestry) were found to be central to the notions that inform mothers of what choices to make for their families' diet.
So how does food go from simply being fuel for our bodies, to becoming a parameter — in some cases the only parameter — with which to judge the quality of life? When did food become so charged with the emotional significance of happiness and communal connotations of reward?
Research shows that food is viewed as a vehicle for notions of identity, as well as a means of communication. A study conducted by this writer on Pakistani immigrant mothers in Edinburgh confirmed this view. It was seen that the choices the mothers made on what to feed their families were intimately linked with the kinds of cultural values they wished to impart, as well as emotions that they wished to communicate.
The mothers felt that the food they prepared and served was what helped their children and husbands identify with both their family and their national/ethnic identity.
More importantly, mothers felt that by cooking food that their family liked, they were able to express their own feelings of affection. They believed that doing so would bring them all closer, leading the mother to feel appreciated and loved.
It is clear that some of these lessons can be (cautiously) inferred for the larger Pakistani society as well, although 'why' such decisions are taken may differ. In our society, food serves as a primary social and cultural source of identity, entertainment and communication.
Thus we see how when people attend weddings for example, the serving of particular food items and the partaking of a generous helping are synonymous with enjoying the occasion.
Similarly, spouses and parents (mostly women) cook special meals on birthdays, or as a reward to express their happiness.
But beyond celebrations and expressions, the consumption of food also represents health consequences.
In the study mentioned earlier, it was seen that the shocks and pressures of dealing with migration contributed to the desire to deal with emotions through food — often feelings of loneliness and homesickness were sought to be dissipated via a meal, which reminded one of home. When emotional stresses are largely being dealt through food, they have a higher chance of contributing to NCDs.
That being said, it is also important to speak of the dangers of generalising research without arming oneself with the knowledge to make informed decisions. When it comes to research, it is important to remember that an association does not imply causation.
The meaning of this can be illustrated by a brilliant example a professor gave me: if there is a town with many storks and a high birth-rate, it cannot be ruled out that the two are indeed associated.
However, it does not mean that storks are responsible for the numerous babies — the causation for storks could be as simple as multiple chimneys in houses with many families due to a town's growing economy — leading to more storks in the town, as the birds enjoy sitting atop warm chimneys and nesting near them.
Therefore, although research conducted on a limited group of women in Edinburgh may have implications and similarities to situations women in Pakistan find themselves in, it doesn't not mean that the 'causes' of their similar situations apply to both.
But, it does mean that there are findings in common. And given that they share ethnicity and results, it means that the research is a guide which can help identify certain health problems, and can be generalised to some extent in a larger population of people with the same health problems.
The most important point to note is that this research doesn't claim that Pakistani eating habits or Pakistani cuisine are directly responsible for NCDs. Rather, it is important to understand that food serves specific purposes of communication and identity, and those purposes leave it vulnerable to abuse.
Issues like stress, lack of communication, and lack of non-food based recreation and celebrations generally make food the only parameter with which to express relaxation and reward achievements and occasions. But in doing so, we condemn ourselves to having the only thing helping us feel better leading to our ill-health.
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