Cher @ Ushi no Tane
Owner of fogu.com - the ancient Harvest Moon, River King, and Story of Seasons fansite created back when the Internet was spelled with a capital "I" and everyone used fake names. Knows a lot about farming video games but can be forgetful.
- Well, so much for playing the new Sakuna mobile game... 🍚
- Happy Farm'n Friday! A summary of the latest Q3 fiscal reports from Marvelous JP, and the Sakuna: of Rice and Ruin mobile game gets a release date - fogu.com/hm/index.php...
- Finally achieved over 11,000 points in the Summer Horse Derby so I NEVER HAVE TO PLAY THIS FRUSTRATING JUMPING MINI GAME AGAIN. Plus, Mr.Fogu no longer has to listen to me curse like a sailor, for now. Soon I can completely ditch the horse for a *useful* barn animal. #SoSGrandBazaar
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- Ah fun, this guy is my problem 😅 Got a magic lamp to take out the dragon, but the tower keeps spitting out skulls onto my part of the board.
- Board game night! Trying to learn how to play Return to Dark Tower. At least the bluetooth light-up tower is kinda neat.
- Happy Farm'n Friday! A few clever details I only recently learned about in Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, and updates from indie farming games currently in development - fogu.com/hm/index.php...
- Didn't play on the Switch as much last year since we typically have games released on PC and home console at the same time. Even then, my top-played game was farm'n 😁 #NintendoYearInReview
- This is not my child... #SpiceIsFlavor #SoSGrandBazaar
- Happy Farm'n Friday! A new series of specialty goods for Sakuna: of Rice and Ruin, a new summer camp-style farming game from the developers of Orange Season, and the results of the garden soil tests - fogu.com/hm/index.php...
- This month's artist outdoor gallery is snowman themed ☃️
- Happy Farm'n Friday! A few new SoS arcade prizes released in Japan, Super Farm'n Boy coming to XBox, new farm'n game Ancient Farm now on PC, and a wrap-up of this year's Christmas Light Extravaganza - fogu.com/hm/index.php...
- Arg, I missed it by 100 points! Guess there's always next Winter Derby to try again... #SoSGrandBazaar
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- While typing up some pages today I streamed a few movies I haven't seen before: Indiana Jones Holy Grail and Indiana Jones Crystal Skull. I remember liking Lost Ark and Temple of Doom as a kid, but these two were kinda duds :/
- Happy Farm'n Friday! The top-5 games of 2025 based on the opinion of several SoS-associated developers, and special new years greetings from Natsume and Marvelous - fogu.com/hm/
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- Nooo 😱 I've had this AC Farley bust of Ninja Turtle Leonardo on my various desks since the early 1990s, and I knocked it over and chipped the shell today while moving my office laptop. Bad way to start the new year...
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- Finally triggered the second version of Miguel's chimney event 😅 #SoSGrandBazaar youtu.be/QmdPTiFMSUo
- Happy Farm'n Friday! A RF: Azuma art book is planned for Japan, the family farm event with Marv JP is ending in a few weeks, and a newly-translated comic from the old HM GBC3 guidebook - fogu.com/hm/
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- Woooohooo Christmas Eve! Wishing everyone a lovely holiday! May your turnips be plump and your cows super bubbly!
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- There are no farming games included in Nintendo NA's latest sale, but it does include Suikoden, FF Tactics, and DQ 1+2+3 HD Remakes
- The hotel we stayed at this weekend had a staff gingerbread house contest, and the guests are the judges 🫢 (We voted for #4, #7, and #8)
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- Happy Farm'n Friday! Marvelous released a 1.3 update to Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, some new prize cows available in Japan soon, and a list of farm'n games discounted during the Steam Winter Sale - fogu.com/hm/
- ... An incoming CHRISTMAS OUTFIT?! 🎅🎄 I haven't finished the Sushi Chef bingo cards yet 😅 #SoSGrandBazaar --- @bokumono_PR 無料追加アップデート ≫ 「ポロポロビンゴ」第3弾本日より追加🐮🎉 今回はクリスマスにぴったりな チェックコートとグライダーが もらえちゃいます🎀✨ 「ポロポロビンゴ」を達成して 牧場生活をモーっと豊かにしちゃいましょう！ #牧場物語 #グラバザ
- Last night's wind knocked a large branch off of Big Doug that fell onto the roof, taking the Christmas lights above the garage along for the ride to the ground 😅 I put the lights back up this morning before work, but we're going to receive lots of wind tomorrow. Hope they don't fall down again!
- The curbside, outdoor art exhibit on the next street over is super cozy this month 🧑🎄
- Happy Farm'n Friday! Additional home console releases announced for Rune Factory: Azuma and Wyld Flowers, Farming Simulator released for Switch 2, and the sequel to Everdream Valley is now on Steam early access - fogu.com/hm/
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- The company I got Mr.Fogu's gift from told me that they ship in a plain, "discrete" single box, yet it arrived yesterday in two boxes with their logo plastered all over the outside of each one 😱 Now he knows what it is, and is still happy, but I'm kind bummed that the surprise was spoiled...
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- Happy Farm'n Friday! New Grand Bazaar goods in Japan from an online lottery website, a few indie farm'n game updates, and a reminder of the Wholesome Direct Snack next week - fogu.com/hm/
- The neighborhood skeleton house is in the holiday spirit! Merry Christmas!
- We spent hours putting up the new roofline lights, even with a string of them unclipping and falling off one by one, only to discover that we put them up backwards 😅 The power plug is on the wrong side of the house. Super long extension cord to the rescue!
- Happy Farm'n Friday! New bubble cow plushie campaign from Marvelous NA/EU, a few indie game updates that happened while I was in Japan, and a few farm'n game discounts taking place this weekend - fogu.com/hm/
- Lol power outage on Thanksgiving 😅 Intern Hondo enjoyed his lantern-lite dinner.
- Ok this is nonsense... they were all working when we put them up a few weeks ago... /grumble Probably a single bulb mocking me 😖
- Only 140 emails in my office inbox after being gone for two weeks. Not too bad. Or, could be an indication that there is impending doom that was left unresolved until my return 😑
- Home! Now to stay awake to reset the sleep clock. Intern Hondo appreciates his new JAL airline blanket, to go along with his ANA and Delta blankets.
- Almost home, I think. Then I can take a nap! Zzz...
- Heading back today to hang with the Interns and bring treats to their cat-sitter. Plus, there were a lot of folks lined up for Saturday entry into Tokyo Disneyland today 😅
- We have found a few cows today, but it's been slim pick'ns!
- Uuuuug, they started blaring Christmas music in the Tokyo Disneyland entrance plaza at 6am... could have used more sleep. At least its holiday cheer 😴
- Since we're here, we also checked out Clarabelle and Horace's variety show. She's a pretty good singer. Though, at one point Donald had a flowerpot dropped on his head, turning him into Barry Manilow for a while.
- We found her! Wooooo!
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- Haven't located any cows today, but did find a vegetable garden. Yaay farm'n!
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- I did manage to find Clarabelle in plushie form but the datestamp on Minnie threw me off. Does Disney make a bday plush for every day? Remembered after a few hours that it's because we share the same bday 😅 My 50th is tiny compared to her 97th. Maybe I'll be that old someday, too.
- Now, this was a dang vibrant cow!
- Found another Clarabelle, this time in a shop window. She and Horase seem to be more popular in Japan than in the US.
- Woo it's a cow cow cow, cow cow cow cooow cow....
- Cows, kinda, but no Clarabelle yet...
- Found a few more cows yesterday. Today, we head to the Mouse House to locate the bovine queen, Clarabelle. 🐮
