A good thriller is hard to beat. In Western literature, it has become a popular genre of fiction that has over a hundred years of history behind it: (one I’d argue really got its roots from Alexander Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, BUT we’ll save it for another day). What I love about the […]
Considering the influence space operas and mecha anime have had on Western culture, I am legitimately surprised it doesn’t make up a large portion of the English Visual Novel community. Some would argue, truthfully, that the majority of EVN audience now is female, so their projects skew towards them. However, if I remember my youth […]
Thank You Winged Cloud. The rest of this review is going to make that statement seem insincere, but I truly want to thank Winged Cloud for finally revealing who they really are. Honestly, we all should have known after seeing this lovely piece of promotional work for Pyrite Heat…then subsequently playing Pyrite Heart. But with […]
So, who else had fun laughing at RWBY this week? Just me? I’m starting to wonder if you guys have a sense of humor! Not a sense of humor in the Rooster Teeth sense; that will get you killed. Here’s the thing, Rooster Teeth and the bulk of the fandom want the rest of us […]
It’s good to be a part of the EVN community right now. Between all of the new talent finding their footing through crowd-funding and the old guard stepping up their game, your favorite villainous reviewer has plenty to ease his appetite with in 2014. For those of you who remember my Most Anticipated EVN list, […]
I rarely mention other reviews on this site, but this is the first time, at least for this genre, that reviewers and reality have been so wildly disconnected. How disconnected? Weeeeelllll – “I could go on, but I feel like the point has been made. I didn’t enjoy playing World End Economica. There are better stories about […]
One of the latest trends of gaming I’m happy is happening is that more developers are experimenting with how they tell their stories. Blending that drive with what is popular in gaming (mostly First Person Shooters) has created serious achievements that make this moment the best possible time to be a console gamer. As long […]
I think a blunt JP moment is in order; otherwise people will wonder why the review is missing certain references. LongStory by Bloom Digital was created with very specific intentions and its creative team has not been shy about what they want the game to accomplish. In a brief description of a panel they ran […]
Hey everyone! Winter Wolves is back! 2014 is going to be a busy year for the group. Recently they announced C-14 Dating: a romance game set in the exciting world of archeology…it was exciting for Indiana Jones anyway. This will cap four other planned releases for the year. So, it is vital for the group […]
As an amateur writer myself, I can tell you guys that Samuel Beckett is the bar for me: the one I am always working towards and may never reach. The key to his work is simple: conversation. Whether it is a character conversing with themselves or with someone else, the story and characters progressed with […]