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Genshin Impact version 7.0: The initial goal in Genshin’s story was to visit each of the world’s seven nations; with this patch, we’ve arrived at the seventh.

Tokyo Xanadu: I’m continuing my Falcom run from last month by replaying this oddball in preparation for its sequel, Kyoto Xanadu.

The month of Ys: I’ve been gradually picking through my backlog of unplayed or unfinished titles from Nihon Falcom’s Ys series, and this month I got into a groove and hammered through four games in a row (!)

Titanium Court: I admit I found the prerelease hype-building for Titanium Court to be a little insufferable; it was a lot of winking and nodding from the IGF crowd who wouldn’t even mention which game they were praising.

Ichiko Aoba’s Across the Oceans 2026 Tour: I’ve mentioned on here before that if I can see a live Ichiko Aoba concert, I will.

They Are Still Being Shaken This Morning: This is a goofy teen romance manga series with one of my favorite twists of all time: the point-of-view characters are not the two naive high schoolers crushing on each other, but three strangers who ride the same…

Xenoblade Chronicles X: This is the one Xenoblade I hadn’t touched yet, and I used the recent Switch 2 upgrade as an excuse to pull it out of the backlog.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon: We’ve enjoyed years of improbable wins in the overseas Trails fandom, from localizations of the niche spinoff titles to remakes with simultaneous worldwide release dates.

The New Yorker at 100: A recent Netflix documentary made for the preeminent (or rather preëminent) magazine’s centennial.

Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor: This is the new special exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.