Considering the influence space operas and mecha anime have had on Western culture, I am legitimately surprised it doesn’t make up a large portion of the English Visual Novel community. Some would argue, truthfully, that the majority of EVN audience now is female, so their projects skew towards them. However, if I remember my youth […]
Thank You Winged Cloud. The rest of this review is going to make that statement seem insincere, but I truly want to thank Winged Cloud for finally revealing who they really are. Honestly, we all should have known after seeing this lovely piece of promotional work for Pyrite Heat…then subsequently playing Pyrite Heart. But with […]
So, who else had fun laughing at RWBY this week? Just me? I’m starting to wonder if you guys have a sense of humor! Not a sense of humor in the Rooster Teeth sense; that will get you killed. Here’s the thing, Rooster Teeth and the bulk of the fandom want the rest of us […]
Despite popular public opinion, writing a review isn’t easy. Not only must the reviewer must be a uniquely qualified, slightly maniacal Internet asshole, but there must also be enough information on the topic to fully flesh out what it either did right or wrong. However, in this particular gaming community, you won’t always get titles […]
Normally, this would be the part where I try to lighten the mood because I’m about to start off on a rant that will make me question the dental floss that connects my mind to this reality. However, this has not been a ‘JP Relaxes on the Porch with Iced Tea’ Weekend. I make REALLY […]
It’s good to be a part of the EVN community right now. Between all of the new talent finding their footing through crowd-funding and the old guard stepping up their game, your favorite villainous reviewer has plenty to ease his appetite with in 2014. For those of you who remember my Most Anticipated EVN list, […]
I rarely mention other reviews on this site, but this is the first time, at least for this genre, that reviewers and reality have been so wildly disconnected. How disconnected? Weeeeelllll – “I could go on, but I feel like the point has been made. I didn’t enjoy playing World End Economica. There are better stories about […]
I’ve had this one on the front burner for a few weeks now after the development team, Pixel Fade, asked for my opinion on their demo. The game attempts to merge two different, and popular, Japanese mediums: sports manga and slice-of-life. These types of mergers aren’t rare, but whether or not they succeed is a […]
So it looks like this is going to be a thing now, so let’s talk about it! With the success of the Starfighter: Eclipse Kickstarter and the previous success of MegaTokyo, it is clear that webcomics have potential to be major EVN titles. I can say, without patting myself on the back, that this is […]
One thing that I’ve always loved about the EVN Community is how partnerships are formed. Even bad games takes months, if not years, to go from concept to final product and the different members of a team aren’t necessarily sitting in the same room every day. So the connections that form the foundation run a […]