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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc As Told By An AI

Below is a retelling of the first Danganronpa game, through AI Dungeon. You are Makoto Naegi, a Japanese high school student. You were selected to attend Hope's Peak Academy as the "Ultimate Lucky Student" among Japan's most talented high schoolers. You're a little nervous about it, but you eagerly attend. Your last memory is of you walking through the school gates, at which point, everything else is a blur. You wake up in a classroom inside the school. As you rise from your desk, you take a look around and examine your surroundings. The room is a mess. A girl walks in through the double doors, slamming it shut behind her. You hear her yell, "I found him! I found the ultimate lucky student!" You can't see who she's talking about, but you assume it's you. You can't wait to see your new dorm. It's been so long since you've lived with other students. You look around and see a boy walk out of the supply room with a mop. Should you fol

Persona 4's Contrarian King- An Oddball Among Optional Bosses

Persona 4 has many optional bosses, from the relatively weak foes faced by going back to dungeons after they're completed, to the extremely powerful superbosses The Reaper and Margaret(this game's Velvet Room attendant). The Contrarian King, the boss faced after the first major dungeon, is perhaps the strangest one of them in a few ways, particularly in how difficult he is for the time he's encountered. For context, the Contrarian King can be fought after completing Yukiko's Castle. Once Yukiko recovers and joins the Investigation Team on April 30, you can re-enter Yukiko's Castle, and are told that a powerful Shadow has taken up residence on the eighth floor, where you fought Shadow Yukiko. You will thus have to walk all the way up there, which shouldn't be too hard for a party that not only defeated Shadow Yukiko but has Yukiko herself to fill out the party. The Contrarian King himself is another story, however. He shares a model with the King family of enemie

Block Puzzles: The Good, The Bad and The Mixed

Block puzzles are one of the staple puzzles of video games, and while some are well-regarded, others are tedious or frustrating. Before I begin, I'll note that there can be many different types of puzzles. In some puzzles, you are able to drag and drop the blocks, while in other cases, you are a character that navigates through the maze, often walking on top of the blocks, rather than merely pushing or going around them. In some puzzles, all blocks occupy a single tile, while other puzzles have larger or differently shaped blocks. Some puzzles allow you to push and pull them, while others only allow you to push. Some puzzles are dense and cramped, forcing you to move blocks in order to clear pathways for the important ones, while others are wide open. There's a surprising amount of potential for variety in these puzzles. In some block puzzles, it can be rather easy to get oneself into a situation in which the puzzle is no longer solvable. For example, if you push a block into a