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Welcome to my blog “歩雲乃音” (pronounced “Arukumo Note“).
This is a casual, miscellaneous blog run solely by me.

When shopping, I often do extensive research, and sometimes—if a product doesn’t exist—I’d like to try crafting it myself. I used to keep records of this research and the DIY process in files like Excel on my computer, and I thought it might be a good idea to share them here.

Original posts will be written in Japanese first, and translate them into English as my practice, with machine translation. Articles with the same title will contain the same content.

September 7, 2026
Yakumo Haitani

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My story is over, but there is still large writing space, so I’ll share my game history below. I played many online games under the names “Yarnn/Yaan” or “Arukumo”. And I adopted “Arukumo” for this blog.

  1. Diablo: The first online game for me. I played with an electronic English dictionary. (Rogue)
  2. EverQuest: My favorite game in the past. It is impossible in present raids with 72 players. (Dark Elf/Rogue)
  3. Diablo II: I loved the string instrument music. I played with friends as company or PvP enemy. (Amazon)
  4. EverQuest II: I moved to this game because friend invited me. However, quit quickly. (Dark Elf/Rogue)
  5. Dungeons & Dragons Online: I bought this game because the fantastic box design. (Bard 8:Wizard 2)
  6. Vanguard: Saga of Heroes: This is the second EverQuest. I like this game very much. (Rogue, Bloodmage)
  7. Final Fantasy XIV 1.0: Legacy known as “Guts Version”. Bad reputation, but I enjoyed it. (Archer)
  8. RIFT: I don’t really remember why I played this. It left an impression on me, but I didn’t get hooked.
  9. Overwatch: I was not good at PvP or FPS games. I didn’t feel much desire to keep playing it.
  10. Final Fantasy XIV 2.0–4.0: My last MMO because work got too busy. (Archer/Gunner).

I generally tended to choose characters with blue skin who attacked from the rear—scout-type classes like Rogue or Bard. There were other titles I didn’t play, such as Age of Conan (I was not interested so much) and Warhammer Online (which I bought but never actually played). I didn’t play World of Warcraft at launch because Japan was blocked and a proxy was required; in rumor the cause is CAPCOM, something trouble with Diablo.

Since I was playing in an English-speaking environment every night like this, my English skills—both reading and speaking—improved significantly. So I thank to those games. However, my vocabulary became heavily skewed toward gaming terminology.
I haven’t played many console games, so I’m thinking about trying out some retro games in the next.

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