2021-11-20: Holiday Art of my OC! By Jacequil!
2021-11-19: Left work early to go get my chest checked out, since I had felt some pain these past few days! Was …
2021-11-19: I should be going to bed earlier because of work but I keep staying up all night playing Halo …
2021-11-18: Thanks for the welcome everyone! Nice to meet y’all. For my first “official” post, here’s a cookie I …
2021-11-18: aww man all the images of my posts broke :(
2021-11-18: Hello! New to Micro Blog, giving it a try because Ghost keeps trying to make me monetize my writing …
2021-05-03: Thoughts On: Returnal Returnal is an extremely interesting first major release for the PlayStation 5 since its launch, …
2021-04-19: The 3DS: A Retrospective The 3DS is 10 years old as of last month! I figured it’d be fun to take a trip down memory lane and …
2021-04-17: What I’ve Been Playing Vol. 8 It feels like I keep saying “it’s been a while” because it usually has been, but that’s especially …
2021-03-14: One Week with the iPad and Apple Pencil What’s up, I hope y’all are doing well. I’m alright myself. This post is probably a surprise seeing …
2021-03-01: An Ode to Friendship: Persona 5: Strikers I miss my friends. I mean, they’re still around — I can pick up my phone and call them, or play …
2021-02-15: Thoughts On: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Ys is one of my favorite unknown series. I’ve played pretty much every entry available, and have …
2021-01-05: What I'm Playing Vol. 7 Happy new year y’all. I’m ready to leave 2020 behind, and while I’ve certainly done that mentally, …
2020-12-29: It Finally Happened: I’m Into Destiny Now I don’t know if I’d call Destiny 2 the best game I played this year. Hell, I don’t …
2020-12-14: Thoughts On: The PS5 Well, it only took 500 years but it finally showed up! I got my PS5 this past Friday and played it …
2020-12-11: Mint's Games of the Year 2020 Do I even have to give a summary on what this year was like? I don’t think so, right? Well, maybe a …
2020-12-02: Put Ikenfell’s Instant Victory Button in Everything I finished Ikenfell yesterday. It’s an indie game about a bunch of very gay witches that go on an …
2020-11-23: What I’m Playing Vol. 6 I’ve been playing a large variety of games while I wait for my PS5 to come back from the war and …
2020-11-16: Yakuza: Like a Dragon and the Nature of the Grind Yakuza: Like a Dragon is what I wish more JRPGs could be. When the game was first announced, fans …
2020-11-09: I Rank All the FE3H Characters Despite Not Remembering Them Here's a trash post where I tell you how I feel about all the Fire Emblem Three Houses characters …
2020-11-04: Thoughts On: No More Heroes 1 & 2 No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle surprise dropped onto the Switch recently …
2020-10-26: "I just don't want to die so often" - The Bozjan Southern Front Mini Guide A very exciting post today, by the first ever contributor for Mint's Café! Today Ghost is providing …
2020-10-22: My Creative Workspace Hey what’s up. I know you come to this blog to read my often terrible opinions on videogames, but …
2020-10-19: Mint’s Café is Two Years Old! A Retrospective. I was idly checking my old posts and realized that Mint’s Café is officially two years old as of …
2020-10-14: I Hate Seraphine League of Legends This is making me go absolutely feral, so I’m sorry that this is going to be less a structured blog …
2020-10-12: Apex Legends and the Freedom of Battle Royals I’ve been meaning to make this post for a while now, but I’ve never found the spark to get me to …
2020-10-03: Making Things Makes Me Happy Almost two years ago I wrote a post called Making Things Makes Me Sad. It primarily focused on how I …
2020-10-03: What I’m Playing Vol. 5 There’s no sugar coating it, folks — despite 2020 being a hellhole on the outside, for me …
2020-09-25: Thoughts On: Hades Supergiant Games can do no wrong. Every game they make is better than the last, and it feels like …
2020-09-16: Thoughts On: Gun Rounds No jokes, it’s just perfectDespite 2020 being an absolute dumpster fire, it’s been pretty good in …
2020-09-13: Thoughts On: Mastodon and How it Really is Crumbling, Actually, Take it Seriously Is “Thoughts On” My Brand Now?I’m sure you saw this post coming! Don’t worry I am not making a …
2020-09-07: What I'm Listening To: Vol. 1 Beeps, Boops, BangersHere’s some tracks and albums I’ve been into lately. Pulse: Through …
2020-09-04: Thoughts On: Marvel’s Avengers (Re)Assemble2020 is full of surprises. If you read my previous thoughts on the Avengers Beta you’ll …
2020-09-01: Contact (function() { var qs,js,q,s,d=document, gi=d.getElementById, ce=d.createElement, …
2020-08-31: What I’m Playing: Game Pass Edition Everything sucks, let’s play videogames. New Super Lucky’s TaleI crave platforming games like one …
2020-08-22: Thoughts On: Creatures of Aether Not-Smash-Bros Meets Not-Triple-TriadI’ve been struggling to find anything of note to write about …
2020-08-16: I Did This #PS4sharehttps://t.co/3PvmhKdXZ0 pic.twitter.com/yjJ9k1F7VA — 1988 NWA Album Track #2 …
2020-08-10: Thoughts On: Marvel’s Avengers (Beta) I Love You Kamala I’m Sorry this Happened to YouI’m the middle child in a group of three, so I’m not …
2020-08-07: Beginner’s Guide to Final Fantasy XIV Tips to Not be SHLOPPYI never shut up about Final Fantasy XIV. I’ve talked about it on this blog at …
2020-07-28: Ghost of Tsushima: A Visual Journey "A true samurai needs no clothes." – Jin Sakai after too much sake I played Ghost of Tsushima …
2020-07-25: Gatcha Games Worth Playing They Exist, I PromiseThis article was voted for on my Patreon! Gacha games. The bane of anyone that …
2020-07-09: Thoughts On: CrossCode NodsFull disclosure: I’m not done with CrossCode. I’m only 20 hours in. Yes, “only.” This game is …
2020-06-14: What I’m Playing: Vol 4 Arrest the Cops That Killed Breonna Taylor Wow who put that sub-header in there? Weird. Anyways I’ve …
2020-06-12: On Writing Dialogue and Voice I Swear I’m Qualified For This(Thank you to @PocketGhosts for the art!) There are very few things …
2020-06-09: Operation Machina Oh hey look I can still write. "Are you ready, Ramlah?" I brushed the sand out of my light-blue …
2020-04-15: Final Fantasy VII Remake and the Battle Against Entropy (Can)’t Escape From Crossing FateTHE FOLLOWING INCLUDES SPOILERS ON THE ENDING OF THE FINAL FANTASY …
2020-04-14: Thoughts On: Final Fantasy VII Remake I <3 TifaI have a habit that I’ve never really broken. I use way too many descriptive adjectives …
2020-04-04: Thoughts On: Dragalia Lost (Endgame) Insert Thanos QuoteNormally on this blog I like to speak about games in broader terms. I try not to …
2020-03-27: Thoughts On: One Step From Eden Slay the NetworkI have been craving a new Mega Man Battle Network for years now. It feels like …
2020-03-22: What I'm Playing: Vol 3 What's up nerds. I'm on lockdown and life sucks, so I'm just gonna write, play videogames, and write …
2020-03-20: Thoughts On: Trials of Mana (Demo) Introducing the Hero of Legend: KevinI absolutely adore Trials of Mana. When I first played it, it …
2020-03-20: Fighting Frustration Believe in Failure!I got put in Gifted & Talented when I was in 3rd Grade. For 8 year-old me, …
2020-03-14: Thoughts On: Granblue Fantasy Versus Believe in Victory!I was able to get my hands on a copy of Granblue Fantasy Versus, and I figured …
2020-02-11: Thoughts On: Phantasy Star Online 2 This past weekend I was able to free myself from the shackles of Final Fantasy XIV...so that I could …
2020-01-29: New Year, New Projects The header for this post is completely unrelated, I just needed a pic to attach and I had this …
2019-12-30: Mint's Games of the Decade As if writing an intro for The Games of the Year wasn't hard enough. It was easier to narrow down a …
2019-12-30: Mint's Music of the Year 2019 Wow look at that, even more "Of the Year" stuff. Love to give my opinion about things, it's my …
2019-12-07: Mint's Games of the Year 2019 The year is slowly coming to a close, which means it's time for me to talk about the games I really …
2019-11-18: What I've Been Playing: Vol. 2 There haven't been many new games to play lately, but that hasn't stopped me. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen …
2019-10-27: Who's the Strongest Final Fantasy Character? It’s snowing outside and I want to write something so here we go. I love debating power …
2019-10-21: What I've Been Playing: Vol. 1 Oops lol. Of course as soon as I wrote that last post, I get laid off! Should have seen that one …
2019-09-18: Life Stuff It's been a while since I posted, so I figured I'd let everyone know what's up. The big update about …
2019-07-24: Oninaki Impressions Third Time’s the Charm?? I’m free from Shadowbringer’s icy grip and can do other …
2019-06-20: Mint's Journey This Lore Entry contains spoilers up through Stormblood, with major spoilers about Heavensward. …
2019-06-13: My Ideal Pokemon Game I haven’t played a Pokémon game to completion since Gold came out in 2000. 19 years of Pokémon …
2019-06-04: Retrospective: Final Fantasy XIII A couple of months ago I won an Xbox One at a Target that does contests nobody signs up for because …
2019-05-29: Irony Poisoning and Me cw for depression and suicide After a couple of unsavory events on Mastodon I withdrew for a bit, …
2019-05-29: I Moved! Oh wow, would you look at that! This isn't lenisaura! How weird. This is, in fact, a Ghost blog! I …
2019-05-29: About Me I’m Mint and I live in a dumpster. Ok, I actually live in Denver, CO, where I do various things for …
2019-04-30: Movement Animations in Games There’s something to be said about a solid running animation in a videogame. Considering that most …
2019-04-11: When We First Met Bubblegum’s place smelled like incense and perfume when I walked in. This usually meant that …
2019-04-03: Peppermint Wow it’s been a while, hasn’t it? To be honest, after having a nice freakout about The Freelancers, …
2019-03-18: Making Things Make Me Sad Lately I’ve been finding the indie artists I see in my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist on Twitter …
2019-03-07: Alliance Alive Oh Alliance Alive. I’m very sad that nobody played this game because Legend of Legacy was a doozy …
2019-03-05: Review: Hyper Light Drifter I wanna preface the below with the understanding that I don’t think Hyper Light Drifter is a bad …
2019-02-17: Bubblegum and Aprajita The Saga of Mint™ has steadily ballooned over the past couple of months. This mostly occurs via …
2019-02-09: It Suits You! “That’s the stream everyone! Gotta cut it early, Queen and I have somewhere to be!” Mint took her …
2019-01-27: Simple and Clean You’re 3.99 years old. The wedding you’re at is boring as hell, so your cousin hands you a GameBoy …
2019-01-06: More on Mint I’ve really been doubling down on my Vocaloid OC, Mint, and I wanted to solidify some info about her …
2019-01-06: Mara and Rubrim – Patreon Story Mara waited. She had been sitting on the rock for a few hours now, but had been waiting far longer. …
2019-01-03: A JRPG Primer I’ve been meaning to put this guide together for a while because I have a bunch of friends that …
2018-12-17: A Fashion Critique of Dresspheres in Final Fantasy X-2 Final Fantasy X-2 is a weird, pop-infused sequel to Final Fantasy X, where Yuna and her gal-pals …
2018-12-12: Embracing Failure: An Ode to Celeste This piece contains spoilers for Celeste’s ending! I am a quitter. If you’ve known me for more than …
2018-12-10: Smash Bros. Ultimate Character Thoughts I wasn’t that excited for the new Smash Bros but ended up getting a copy. I don’t actually care that …
2018-12-04: Some Games I Liked, 2018 What’s up losers, it’s time to talk about the games I liked this year. Shoutout to @spacegarbage on …
2018-11-14: Cold Steel 2 is a Travesty It’s wild, I used to delay on blog posts because I tried to make them gleam with the shine of …
2018-11-13: Review: Tetris Effect Hope you’re not here for balanced critique because holy crap y’all I love Tetris Effect. The last …
2018-10-29: Review: Red Dead Redemption 2 Oh God, another opinion about the cowboy game. I know, I know, and I’m (mostly) sorry. But this is …
2018-10-16: Haruko Mint Haruko Mint was a one-off character that I made almost a year ago. I made her in Charat, a website …