Well, I’ve had an interesting challenge in front of me and, quite frankly, I haven’t really known how to respond. The challenge was to summarize my thoughts on the demo for Herald: a 3D visual novel that has been on Kickstarter for about a month now. It isn’t a very long demo, but it is […]
…………………………………I thought I was done with hentai? Yes, despite my confounding adventure into the realm of the Menagerie, I have been tasked with delving into another 18+ visual novel. Created for NaNoRenO 2015, Cute Demon Crashers is a story that is unabashedly sexual, but in a way that focuses on consent and comfort. I had […]
My relationship with anime has always been lukewarm to say the least. Even in the 90s and early 2000s, which were something of a golden age for the medium (at least in production and storytelling if not popularity), I gravitated to more mature, somber tales that had the good fortune of finding a devoted audience […]
Well, here we are. My record on pornographic visual novels is pretty concrete by now, so many of you are probably wondering what I’m even doing with this game. Well, my friend and the Doom of Valyria, Chris Tenarium, has challenged me to play this demo after I suggested a few potential titles for his YouTube […]
Hello all! Thank you again for your patience. As previously announced, Taarradhin by Cyanide Tea is my choice for English Visual Novel of 2014. However, there are still so many to congratulate for their amazing work over the past year. These are your winners for the 2014 Best Ofs! Congratulations all and we are looking […]
Well, after a few months of waiting, we have finally arrived folks. Before we begin, I just want to take a few moments to discuss the process and 2014 as a whole. The Best Ofs were conceived as an admission of my own limitations. There are only so many games one man can play on […]
You know, with everything we have to do to catch up around here, I was seriously considering not doing this. However, I had no option but to bring this particular feature back. The creator of the game on the block today sent me a link to my feature on Kendo Crush and specifically asked I […]
Getting this list together wasn’t easy and I think it’s only fair to bring everyone up to speed. As I mentioned before, the bulk of the nominations focused on a core group of visual novels released in 2014: leaving several out in the cold. So I involved my privileges as all-mighty Editor-in-Chief to add to […]
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 […]