So I managed an apartment building (in a game)

There are a few games I want to take some time to talk about, but since I don't quite feel like any of that yet I'm going to just quickly mention a game I recently gave a shot. The game is One Piece Mansion for the PS1 and one thing that can be said about it is it's unique. If you are familiar with the Japanese manga and anime called One Piece, it's important to note this game has nothing to do with them whatsoever. I understand the word mansion in Japan is used to refer to an apartment building with thick walls, and that's about the extent that I can explain the game's name.

Anyhow, in the game you are a landlord who manages their apartment building by placing and moving tenants and rooms. Some tenants have positive effects on their neighbors, others have negative effects. If a tenant's mood takes too much of the latter they leave and you take a monetary penalty. So at first glance it becomes a matter of placing everyone so all their moods are more or less balanced, but another twist comes in with criminals who come into rooms and cannot be moved. You essentially need to "attack" these criminals by placing unpleasant tenants near them to get them to leave. Since the criminals are always coming and going, the need to constantly move tenants around never really ends. You can also take direct control of the landlord and move around the building, which is necessary when criminals leave their rooms and need to be shooed away before doing something like set fire to a tenant's room. Things can get frantic and chaotic quick.

I don't usually feel the need to give a detailed explanation of a game (since such descriptions can easily be found elsewhere typically) but an exception here is that this game is a rather unique puzzle game and also a pretty obscure one as well. When I heard about the game I was intrigued, so I thought it was worth sharing. Unfortunately, this may end up being somewhat of a tease because at time of writing it's not easily available like many PS1 titles in the Playstation store, so you would actually need to get access to the PS1 disc to play. It's also a very short game. Over the course of a few days of light playing I've finished off the story mode twice and tried the equivalent of a survival mode a few times, and that's about the extent of what the game offers.

So if it sounds interesting and you get the opportunity to try it, have at it.