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 […]
Well, welcome back everyone to You Asked For It: a feature on the site that is roughly equivalent to downloading a semester’s worth of World Literature 101 directly into your brain. So far in the history of this small column we have made it infamous. We were blamed for the failure of the Jacob’s Island […]
Like the expanse of the Mighty Rio Grande, there seems to be no escaping Pyrite Heart. If you’ve been busy since the start of the year, allow yours truly to catch you up. Pyrite Heart is a free otome game released at the tail end of last year that has been met with a near […]
So, let’s talk bad. I said before in a review that I try not to focus in on the bad EVNs if I can help myself, but at the same time it’s sometimes unavoidable to avoid the turkeys. So, in preparations to celebrate the Best, let’s take a moment to remember the Worst! Now, to […]
OUR HERO EVERYONE! Solstice is split between two different main characters: Galen and Yani. Both have their own personal secrets and motives for coming to the North, but of the two Galen could have the bigger personal experiences while Yani has to most to accomplish with the larger world. Er, perhaps I should explain. With […]
There seems to be an irrevocable connection between this site and Moacube. For those of you familiar with VNs Now lore (do we even have lore yet?) my first interview for the site was with Tom Grochowiak: the founder of Moacube. After that, as the development of Cinders continued I released my first actual visual […]
Ladies, Gentlemen and Children of All Ages…Welcome to YAFI! Also known as, YOU ASKED FOR IT! Somewhere along the way in this crazy journey, people believe me to be some sort of reliable and honest source for critiques. Setting aside the fact that peer pressure made me watch Queen’s Blade and Brother’s Conflict, I am […]
Read Part 1 and Part 2 …You guys should see the word file on my laptop for this feature. This is getting ridiculous and I fully blame everyone at Cyanide Tea for their extensive bribes that apparently manage to hit the expository button in my brain to make this happen. Anyway let’s go into exactly […]
Read Part 1 and Part 3 here! CHIAKI SORATA Well after Part One my friends, I’ll promise to keep this short. After all, I don’t want to drop below average in the second part, especially since most three-part series don’t get any higher than its midway point. I assure you that the intellectual quality of […]