Tsurezure

What My Father Refused to Sell

What My Father Refused to Sell

My father's shop was a pawnshop first. Games came later — a friend handed him about fifty cartridges, and he set them on a shelf. It grew into something neither...

The Slime That Stopped Being Frightening

The Slime That Stopped Being Frightening

When Yuji Horii built the first Dragon Quest in 1986, he made the hero grow a little stronger with every step. The weakest monster, a single slime, can kill you...

A quiet Japanese writing desk with ink-stone, brush, and a handheld game console — evoking tsurezure, contemplative idleness

Tsurezure — what this word means

What the Japanese word "tsurezure" means, and why this blog carries the name.

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