Welcome all to 2019! A new year! New opportunities! A fresh chance for humanity to get its act toge- and we’ve already screwed it up. Nice. Well, at least we have a new wave of visual novels to start the year off with! Plenty of promising titles to look at and it starts off with […]
January is nearly in the books, is it not? That means we only have a few more weeks to properly put 2018 and pick out both the Best Visual Novels I’ve played this year and this worst. Will it happen? Yes. I will not be playing all of what 2018 offered, but the games that […]
“How do you stop a man who can turn a nation into a graveyard?” After such success in the recent release of Far Cry 5, many fans are looking back at the older games as Far Cry 2 turns 10. Over the years, the series has managed to build a big community with many gamers […]
After finishing my Let’s Play on Ash of Gods: Redemption, I’ve been hungering for a new, old-school RPG. As usual, the good folks at CD Projekt Red have my back with the upcoming Thronebreaker: a very ambitious 2D role-playing game with a strong visual and audio presentation, battle mechanics that are similar to The Witcher […]
Well, after a disappointing adventure at my local airport where I was denied from seeing Takeover: Brooklyn IV live, followed promptly by a head cold that I’m just now getting over, it’s only fair that I come back to a community not exactly in turmoil, but far from the tranquil facade it likes to put […]
If you are fortunate enough, you are in Dallas, Texas this weekend to attend AnimeFest. The annual convention stands out from other anime fan conventions for also being an unofficial meetup for visual novel developers. AnimeFest has seen many influential minds from the EVN sphere including the creator for the Ren’py engine Tom Rothamel, voice […]
Today was a good day for the gaming industry. Fox21, a division of 2oth Century Fox Television that focuses on smaller-budget television projects, have secured the broadcasting rights to Vampyr: the recently released Gothic Vampire RPG by DONTNOD Entertainment. This is being done in partnership with the California-based DJ2 Entertainment which has also secured the […]
Some unfortunate news coming out of Sekai Project this hour. After several now former employees announced they have been let go on social media, the company has released a statement confirming they’ve released most (if not all) of their marketing staff including Project Manager and developer of Highway Blossoms Josh Kaplan and Brand Manager Frances […]
Patience, my friends. Patience. At the beginning of 2018 I said that Route 59’s Necrobarista was my Most Anticipated VN for the year. Unfortunately, I may have jinxed it because today the developer said the project will be released early next year. It will be coming to PC, Nintendo Switch and the PS4 and has […]
Otakon is in full swing this weekend, and of course MangaGamer is there not only to provide fans with games to fit their….needs (cough) but also to announce what is coming next in their growing catalog. I have no real analysis other than I could literally spot the title that localizer Molly Lee was working […]