In the final months of 2014, you may have heard Chris Tenarium and I trashing 2014 as a whole as a weak year for the EVN community. To be fair to me, I had only played the most notable commercial games of the year by that point so while I still hold part of that […]
Just in case I didn’t make this point clear during the last six to eight months, allow me to go on the record one more time: Sakura Spirit sucks the shit straight out of a septic tank. It is two hours, at best, of the most banal, uninspired, joyless fiction I have EVER read in […]
So, I think the best way to start this one out is first with some backstory. At some point I’m sure we’ll get to the actual game, but this has to be handled first to ensure everyone is on a level playing field. Sword of Asumi was once a game called Swords of Edo. Originally […]
Comedy in visual novels is a difficult concept to pull off. I think this is the case in part because most people don’t know when to end the joke and instead try to extend it. There is also the reality that some jokes just don’t translate well across cultural lines and many people who are […]