When to Start Reading

In case you’re wondering when you can start reading in a language you’re studying, I’d say the answer is to just give it a go and find out.

I Think I Actually Hate the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Now…

One of the first things I wrote on this blog was a post gushing over how much I loved that Final Fantasy 7 remake. In the two months that have passed since then, that love has turned to ambivalence, then annoyance and now I think I even hate the game. I feel that it may

Perhaps Unsurprisingly I Recognize Some Polish Words Now

On a whim I decided to check out what The Witcher 3 sounds like in Polish. Turns out that after almost finishing my 30 day Russian project, I actually understand some words in Polish as well!

Let’s Compare the Child and Adult Modes of the Japanese Metroid Fusion!

The original Japanese text in Metroid Fusion actually come in two flavors. An adult version with more difficult language, and a child version with simpler language and also no kanji. I’ve never actually checked out the child version beyond the very first screen though, so I thought it’d be fun to compare the two a

The Metroid Larva Was Always Called “Baby Metroid” in Japanese

Playing (or watching other people play) various games in the Metroid series in Japanese made me realize something: The metroid larva was actually always called “baby metroid” (or rather ベビーメトロイド, bebiimetoroido) in Japanese.

The Line “As for me, one life ended” in Metroid Fusion is a Mistranslation

There’s a line of dialogue from Metroid Fusion that tends to come up a lot when people are discussing the game, so when I played the original Japanese version for the first time, I was really curious to find out what it said in Japanese. It actually turned out to have been a mistranslation!

Much to My Surprise, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Is Really Good! (Until It Wasn’t)

I’ve been vaguely aware for quite a while that one of my favoritest games ever, Final Fantasy 7 for the original Playstation, was being remade for the Playstation 4 and my reaction to this has been somewhere between indifference and mild annoyance.