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 […]
After an odd news week, I figured we could all use a strong dose of some good VNs. And thankfully, Akabaka has released an updated Chromatose demo with a look at Imogen O’Connor: a young girl with a very overactive imagination. Let’s get it! WARNING: This video game contains flashing effects and glitch-like visual sequences. […]
In this episode of the VNs Now Podcast, JP covers the news of the last week and ties that into two predictions made about the EVN community years ago that have finally come true. What can commercial EVNs do now with an expanding market and a growing list of media figures trying to plant […]
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% […]
First and foremost, Harland Sanders was a real guy. The Wendy’s mascot is based off a real person: Wendy Thomas – Dave Thomas’ daughter. Why does the Internet insist on making memes out of real people? Anyway, I don’t really have too much to say on this one. It was announced this morning that KFC […]
Well, we haven’t talked about anime boobs since the Spring, so I suppose it’s time to bring this back up again BECAUSE WHY NOT?! This week on the show, JP analyzes two articles from Kotaku and The Daily Dot, goes over what got us here and the reality that no one, NO ONE, has the […]
Fans have a very odd relationship with the source of their fandoms. That was on view this week when The Walt Disney Company and the Sony Corporation, two multi-billion-dollar enterprises, couldn’t come to an agreement and tried to mobilize their separate fandoms. Watching people act like their favorite in the fight is some beggar-child just […]
This is, hands down, my favorite time of year. Not only does the weather cool down and the trees change color, but con season is beginning to wrap for the year. I’m hopeful that I can make Anime Weekend Atlanta in a few months if my schedule allows it. But one that near and dear […]
In 2014, crowdfunding had just begun to take shape as a business. The appeal of Kickstarter and Indiegogo as a way of mitigating expenses opened the door for young and upstart developers to start their dream projects immediately. For the English Visual Novel developers community, it provided an opportunity for developers to get higher end […]