So like I was saying last time, I’ve been playing a lot of the old DS game Pokémon Conquest (2012), and appreciating some unique aspects of its design. Before I was talking about how Pokémon’s shaggy type system lends some interesting complexity to grid-based tactics gameplay. But even so, while I think it’s interesting, I…

Some time ago I had hacked an old 3DS. It’s a great emulator platform since it can easily play games from the Gameboy through to the GBA, DS and 3DS. But for some reason often when you complete these kinds of little projects you just go, “Wow, now it can play anything!” and then promptly…