Apparently, Hello Kitty Island Adventures has descended on the Krahulik house like a meteor - destroying all life. Well, all productivity at least. It's Animal Crossing, apparently, with some light, subterranean puzzle aspects? Gabriel was not familiar with the true breadth of Sanrio's unrelenting offering, but having just returned from Sanrio World Ginza I was prepared to offer the basic tour. I also told him to check out Aggretsuko, for all the reasons you should. Over here, as a true aficionado, Ronia can hold forth on My Melody and Pompompurin, and my eldest has entered some kind of dark-cute phase hand in paw with Kuromi.
Hello Kitty Island Adventure, in a darker world, would have been a freemium shitshow. I'm not a subscriber because I don't play that many mobile games, but Apple Arcade makes games like this possible. Because we've been so trained by F2P mechanics, when you play one of these games and it's just… a game, it has all the serotonin fireworks without the shakedown, bright energy fills every empty place in your blood.
And then, once the exclusivity drops, it can show up everywhere else like Grindstone did. In an industry where choosing between the lesser of three or four evils is a survival strategy, this model feels really good - and I only inherit its rich benefits a year out.
Obviously, I think we have a very nice convention of our own. But, should you prefer your cons with a Gen- prefix firmly attached, we are still configured to serve your desperate needs at booth #2142. Gaze into the aperture below:
Our #GenCon2023 booth, at the sacred #2142, is ready to delight you! pic.twitter.com/ozOrpmT8gB
— Tycho Brahe (@TychoBrahe) August 4, 2023
Dirty Dwab is currently working up a sweat on something nobody knows about, but I think will be really cool. I sent him some copy for it very large in the night, which is when a Dabe's creative powers are at their breathless zenith. Whelp! Looks like I'm gonna have to play Baldur's Gate 3 for another five hours. I'll get started on stream around 10:30, and run until mine energies are depleted.
(CW)TB out.
