The Other Side of the Fourth Wall

  Spoilers for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney follow Here is the second part of the Case File for Turnabout Corner, the second case of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. Previously on Ace Attorney Apollo Justice, a rookie defense attorney, wins his first case defending former lawyer Phoenix Wright, only to lose his job when his boss turns out to be the murderer. Apollo reluctantly goes to work for Phoenix, and gets his first case from Alita Tiala, wh wants him to defend her fiance Wocky Kitaki. Wocky is the son of mob boss Winfred Kitaki, who's being accused of murdering Pal Meraktis, who failed to extract a bullet from Wocky's chest six months prior.. Despite Wocky's uncooperativeness and an eyewitness account from Wesley Stickler, Apollo manages to prove that Wocky could not have shot Meraktis in the head. Now, Apollo must uncover the true culprit, as well as the truth behind the failed operation. Investigation Day 2 Apollo is less than thrilled with how he made it through the f

Spoilers for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney follow This is a blog post I've been meaning to write for a while now; the last remaining case in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. I already did the first case, the third case and the fourth case, and now, the second remains. Investigation Day 1 We rejoin Apollo Justice two months after the events of " Turnabout Trump ." With his mentor Kristoph Gavin arrested at the end of the trial, Apollo is out of a job. Desperate for work, he reluctantly agrees to go to work for Phoenix Wright, the man who manipulated him into presenting forged evidence at the previous trial, only to learn from Phoenix's daughter Trucy that it's actually the Wright Anything Talent Agency, not a law office. It soon turns out that Phoenix was hit by a car, and while he wasn't badly hurt, he's on bed rest and won't be able to perform his usual job, thus jeopardizing the Wright family's finances. Over the course of the morning, Apollo learns

This blog entry contains Jade Empire spoilers Morality systems are fairly common in computer RPGs, and while some go for the standard good and evil, others are more complex, like Mass Effect's Paragon and Renegade. Jade Empire opts for the Open Palm and Closed Fist philosophies, which in theory are about helping others or believing people should stand on their own, but in practice end up falling into traditional good or evil. In order to evaluate why this morality system fails to realize its potential, I will examine three case studies throughout the game Case Study 1: Kia Min In Chapter 1, Kia Min, a fellow student at the Two Rivers school, gets caught up in a bandit attack and injured. A sidequest allows you to try to break Kia Min's record of defeating opponents in sparring, but you can only attempt this if Kia Min is able to participate, which requires treating her wounds. The Open Palm solution is obvious- give Kia Min the medicine she needs for her injury- but what about

Having gotten into the murder mystery visual novel genre through Ace Attorney and later Danganronpa, I found Shinrai: Broken Beyond Despair, an indie visual novel to be a good fit for me. Incidentally, I've rethought my policy about a spoiler section, and decided to include my thoughts on the game that involve spoilers in a separate post, should I feel the need to do so. Story The story is about ten Japanese teenagers, all in ninth grade(the final year of middle school in Japan) who attend a Halloween party together at a mountain resort owned by one of the attendees. During the night, someone ends up dead, and the survivors must determine whether the death was a murder, and if so, who was responsible. As the case grows more complex, they learn that the ten of them are caught in a tangled web of betrayal, unrequited love, grudges and other issues that come to light this evening. The story is fairly engaging, although it takes a while to get going; the first person dies at the end of

The best way to enjoy manga and anime that are released on a weekly basis may not necessarily be to watch the newest installments as soon as they come out. It sounds rather counter-intuitive if you think about it. After all, why wouldn't you want to get your fix of your favorite series as soon as possible? While that can be reason enough to watch each new episode or read each new chapter immediately, there are certain advantages to binging. First, many of the platforms that allow you to legally stream anime(or in some cases, watch manga), charge a monthly subscription fee, at least if you'd rather not have to see ads. If you were to watch a 13-week series starting the day the first episode comes out, you would have to pay for 85 days of access to the service(the first day, plus 12 weeks for each subsequent episode to come out), which would result in paying the monthly subscription fee three times- two if you have a free trial and four if you do not have a free trial and the ser