It kinda looks like the Atari logo, but not a star

I’ve covered the genius of Yoshio Ishii in this blog before. Be it his game of self-cooperation Cursor*10 that inspired this column all those years ago or the star-finding artistic experiments or the Hoshi Saga. I recommend you play all of those games first and then check out the newly released sixth-episode in the Hoshi Saga.

The genius of Hoshi Saga Ringoen (or Hoshi Saga 6) is that it requires almost no explanation. Every level puts your cursor in a new world that must be clicked, moved, and/or moused over in some unique way to reveal a star. I’ll admit that this sixth iteration is not quite as inspired as the first few, but Ishii still has tricks up those sleeves.

Click here to being the star hunt.

If you get stuck on Stage 65, I can talk you through it at gaming@austinchronicle.com. It took me a good long while to parse that one out.

This article appears in June 3 • 2011.

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James graduated from Columbia University in 2000 and moved to Austin a year later. Ever since, he has followed the arts and video game scene in ATX, editing and writing stories for the Chronicle along the way. Over his more than 20 years with the paper he has climbed the "corporate" ladder from lowly intern to managing editor.