Gaming update

I have finished Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch and have a half-drafted post about it somewhere, but basically a) looks gorgeous, with visuals by Studio Ghibli and b) unfortunately nowhere near as much work has gone into the characters. I started playing Final Fantasy VI and within three hours had more feelings about most of the playable characters than I did at the end of Ni no Kuni, not to mention that so far there are two playable female characters who are interesting and complex people (as opposed to, um, none).

Anyway. I will get back to FFVI, but I have actually mainly been playing Ghost Trick (on the iPad), which is fabulous. Fascinating gimmick, great story, nifty plotting that I don't see coming, neatly dry sense of humour, and I care far too much about everybody, especially Missile (who is a tiny apartment Pomeranian with big dreams). Basically, I am dead and am investigating (initially) my own murder, aided by being able to manipulate certain objects in a limited fashion and, when I find other dead bodies, being able to rewind time back to four minutes before their death. The sheer amount of story the game designers get out of this is just brilliant, and I am currently doing that thing where I really want to find out what happens next, but I don't want it to be over.