Welcome to a new corner for my musings and observations. The Calcutta Club is the latest platform for me to speak my mind, only this time while enjoying my favorite vice: cigars. The name for the feature comes from the room where the writers of the 24 television series tossed ideas around and developed the […]
We are just under an hour away from one of the premier events for this particular genre of gaming. Those who are familiar with Visual Conference and the VN panels at AnimeFest in Dallas should by now also be aware of LudoNarroCon. The event was started last year by the company Fellow Traveller. Fellow Traveler […]
I had a talk recently with a friend of mine who, due to just about all of us being stuck at home during this pandemic, expressed interest in developing a visual novel. My friend didn’t know who I was as I don’t exactly broadcast my hobbies outside of reading, cigars and golf. I did ask […]
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Section A: Sony Moves into VNs, COVID-19, Muv-Luv and Sekai Project, Ratalaika Games (March 26, 2020)
Welcome to Section A where I report on Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction news. I will also discuss gaming news that I believe impacts developers. Like with the Visual Novel Review Digest, Section A is a new approach to familiar features on this website that will also include Section B and Calcutta Club. Your input […]
It is my hope and prayer that everyone reading this had a safe holiday season and was able to enjoy it with loved ones: whether that be family, friends or (hopefully) both. At the beginning of December, I asked for your patience as I weighed the future of this small corner of the Internet we […]
My friends, VNs Now has been operating for eight years. This year, I really took a step back and looked at the bigger picture. It’s so easy to look at some barely functioning, badly written tripe that decided to slap some over-sized tits on itself and rage against it. It is much, much harder to […]
Well, Sekai Games is stepping up to the plate with this one. The Fault Milestone series has proven to be a vital series in Sekai Project’s catalog since the debut of Fault Milestone One in 2013. The title has not not only stood out during the early days of the company, but also playing a […]
I first crossed paths with Sonya Fungs years ago in discussing her game Skights. Since then, Ms. Fung has incorporated and launched CloudNovel: a cloud-based visual novel engine that requires no coding to complete a project. There are new projects on the way, including a remastered version of her first visual novel Cafe Rouge. However, […]
One of the first ‘high quality’ visual novels to come to the West was If My Heart Had Wings in 2013. The title had some early controversy because certain scenes were censored. Even with that, it led to a solid release and two follow ups from Moenovel: the Love Kami series and Adventure of a […]
Focus Home Interactive has been one of the fast growing publishers of the past few years: responsible for bring the Call of Cthulu, Vampyr, The Council and current 2019 GOTY contender A Plague Tale: Innocence to market. For the next day and a half, FHI is running a sale on Steam with up to 85% […]