What is this?

This site was created as a way for me to keep track of the games I complete. It is not a review site by any means! I very briefly —emphasis on very— write about my impressions after having finished playing a game, and it is not a way to seriously rate a game or tell people if it is good or bad. It is purely a personal opinion that might very well be different from yours!

I will only write about games I have completed starting from January 2026. If I have the time, I might write about other games I finished in the past too, but considering I'm a very lazy writer, that might not happen at all!

The three-hearts rating I'm giving each game is just a measure of how much I liked a game:

 : Okay
 : Liked
 : Loved

Apart from video games, I will eventually also have pages dedicated to my other hobbies, and several lists with my favorite games, albums, artists, and other stuff.

Looking at the art being used in this site, you will correctly guess that I'm a big Nintendo fan! I play on PlayStation (PS5) and sometimes on my Mac, but the majority of my gaming time is on a Nintendo Switch 2.

By the way! The Nintendo-like illustration on the footer of each page is embarrassingly inspired by Super Mario World, but it was created by me from scratch! It is completely original! (At least as original as a direct inspiration could be)

The whole site, from the design to the markup, is my work. I'm not a web designer, so the design leaves a bit to be desired if I'm being quite honest, but it gets the job done! It is the HTML/CSS/JS that I'm good at, so this site also works as a kind of portfolio piece where those interested can look at the code to see what I do. I always try to make my code as clean and accessible as possible.

About me

My Mii

Manolo Ruiz

I'm a late Gen X Spaniard from Almería living in Osaka, Japan since 2004.

I work as a freelance markup engineer. I've done work for small and large clients, including Nintendo, Uniqlo, Rakuten, and others.

Video games, heavy metal, and sci-fi/fantasy books and movies are my biggest hobbies. While working usually Galneryus, and video game soundtracks dominate my playlists.

I'm not very active on social media, but you can find me on Bluesky: @maruse.bsky.social.