The best games I've played in the past 6 months were Rune Factory 4 and Child of Light.
The most recent manga I read was Kitchen Princess - it went on sale for cheap - and it was… surprisingly good. (Surprisingly b'cuz, well… it's called "Kitchen Princess." I'd been avoiding that series for awhile.) I'll never be making those recipes at the end. Five stars for difficulty. The mangaka was clearly dedicated to her work.