Doki Doki, Life and Death In Mass Media
There is no pleasant way to talk about what we’re going to talk about today, but it is an important…
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E3 Wrap-Up Report Podcast
This E3 is in full swing, but the big press events are now done! As gaming outlets play and…
Steam Has Fallen
If you’ve missed our coverage on the ongoing issue with Valve Corporation, the edit requests sent to certain visual novels…
Valve and “Sexy” VNs: What Just Happened?
It has been a busy weekend in the visual novel world. If you’ve been following along, the narrative goes something…
Dizzy Hearts, Take Two: Electric Boogaloo
In 2013, Lupiesoft launched a Kickstarter campaign for Dizzy Hearts: a ‘mature’ visual novel that would have been their first…
What Happened With Muv-Luv?
For the last two month, a small drama has been unfolding in the visual sphere. We haven’t covered it here…
JP3 RANTS – The EVN/JVN Debate is OVER
So, I got an email today from MangaGamer about the growth of the visual novel market in the West and…
JP3’s Soapbox: Seeing the Dirt
One of my favorite business stories of the past twenty years or so has to be Sir James Dyson. Here’s…
JP3’s Soapbox: The Cold Light
‘Why can’t you just enjoy [insert entertainment genre here]?’ More often than not, this is the last line of defense…
JP3’s Soapbox: The Last of Us
One of the more interesting keystones of the visual novel genre that usually flies over my head is the protagonist.…