Category Archives: videogames

You know, the plot behind your average mahjong game is something like, you meet a strange girl who wants to play mahjong and who is willing to show you her knickers if she loses, you play a lot of mahjong, … Continue reading →

That romanization there, “Showko”, that hurts to type and to look at, but it appears to be the more or less official romanization for the name of your opponent in Super Real Mahjong PII, the oldest of the “Super Real” … Continue reading →

I played through Super Real Mahjong PIII in between Japanese grammar review sessions; it’s a pretty short game. Well, that is, it’s a pretty short game if you change the options.  It only has two opponents, but beating both of … Continue reading →

I seem to be running through about one mahjong title per day – this is pretty easy when you’re working on games that have, at most, four opponents.  Finished Super Real Mahjong PIV off of the Saturn “Graffiti” compilation disc … Continue reading →

OK, well, no.  Today’s post is about Akira, but not That Akira.  Today’s Akira is Akira Hayasaka, star of Seta’s Super Real Mahjong PV, a series that – despite being probably one of the more influential Mahjong series out there … Continue reading →

I’ve played an awful lot of Mahjong games since 1995.  I got my start with the Suchie-Pai series, which were a great place to start because they really hold your hand when you’re a novice player and tell you what … Continue reading →