Hey! News about something not quite visual novel related, but it’s Kon-related so I’ll allow it. Perfect Blue is the first animated feature directed by legendary auteur Satoshi Kon. The film has been reviewed in some depth by anime channels Super Eyepatch Wolf and Anime Abandon for its dark themes and uncompromising look at how […]
If you’re a fan of strong narrative games and not just visual novels, your choices are better now than ever. Recently, I’ve been made aware of an episodic series called The Council from French developer Big Bad Wolf and brought to us from Focus Home Interactive. The storyline is ingenious from my perspective: an alternate […]
It is a rare and special privilege to be able to promote something that I personally enjoy. Long-time readers will remember that I’m a advocate for minimalist artistic styles along with a comprehensive approach to presentation beyond ‘hey, the art is pretty!’. One of the best ways to accomplish both of these goals is through […]
Two Urban Fantasy titles in one week. Huh. Anyway, fresh off the latest release in their Echoes of the Fey series, Woodsy Games have announced their eighth game titled Crimson Spires. Crimson Spires takes a decidedly darker turn in the Woodsy catalog: featuring a city controlled by vampires using a ring of magical towers to […]
Last week, Polish developer Tap It Games released released their latest project which is focused on storytelling: the episodic visual novel series Perseverance. Perseverance is billed as a horror series inspired by The Walking Dead, Blindness and 28 Days Later. Although, there is also more than a few nods to urban fantasy works as well […]
This week, MangaGamer is celebrating English Visual Novels with EVN Developer Week! The company is announcing new EVNs coming to their platform and encouraging fans of the genre to talk about their favorite developers. So, I’m taking the liberty to highlight some EVN Devs whose work I like, but for one reason or another I […]
This week, MangaGamer is celebrating English Visual Novels with EVN Developer Week! The company is announcing new EVNs coming to their platform and encouraging fans of the genre to talk about their favorite developers. So, I’m taking the liberty to highlight some EVN Devs whose work I like, but for one reason or another I […]
This week, MangaGamer is celebrating EVN Developer Week! Throughout the week, the company will be releasing titles from English developers and have encouraged the community at large to promote their own favorite devs. And when it comes to trumpeting this kind of thing, you usually don’t have to tell me twice. The only question is […]
Spicy Tails is a studio that has a knack for hitting home runs. Headed by Isuna Hasekura of Spice and Wolf fame, the studio has developed one of the best all-time gaming trilogies in World End Economica and have been one of the first studios to experiment with merging the choice structure of visual novels with […]
There is no pleasant way to talk about what we’re going to talk about today, but it is an important conversation that, per usual, isn’t getting talk about the right way on either side of the debate. We’re going to attempt that here, but that includes a very frank discussion about suicide and self-harm. If […]