If visual novel developers had a patron deity, I’m convinced it would be a God or Goddess of Love. I’m sure if you dig far enough into antiquity, there is an actual deity for creative minds. I do know that there are Greek deities for tragedy and comedy: specifically, Melpomene and Thalia. However, for this […]
Genre: Romance, Multiplayer, Comedy Date: April 27, 2018 Developed: Beautiful Glitch Publisher: Those Awesome Guys Language: English Platform: PC Website: Official Website | Steam STORY There’s only 3 weeks left before prom and you haven’t got a date yet..and you’re a monster. But that’s okay ‘cause at your high-school everyone else is too! These are the stepping stones into the world of Monster Prom, […]
There is something to be said about the Thriller genre of fiction. A thriller, when written correctly, is an edge-of-your-seat, white-knuckle ride that either keeps you turning the pages or tuning in to see what happens next. The masters of the craft, from the late messrs Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn to Brad Thor, Howard […]
Have you ever watched or read a piece of media and was completely enraptured by a storyline or character that the author clearly wasn’t? I know the question seems odd on its face. After all, why would an author include a character or storyline they didn’t care about? Yet, it tends to happen more than […]
Good evening, my lovely little slaves to fate. One of the most unexpectedly prolific subgenre of fiction must be the survival game or ‘death game’ subgenre. If my memory serves me correctly, the ‘death game’ subgenre can trace its roots as far back as 1924, when Richard Connell published The Most Dangerous Game. Since then, […]
One of the more difficult task of a critic is to separate the popular from the good. I used to say that we were living entire lifetimes in a single day, so the obvious corollary to that is the any piece of media can become a hit within the snap of your fingers and be […]
The Rising Angels series has had its fits and starts over the past few years. However, it seemed to find some footing with Reborn in 2014 (check out my review of Reborn here). The game had its issues, but it also managed to put together a strong sci-fi thriller and even squeaked out a reasonable […]
One of the things I have enjoyed about growing older is how my perception has changed when it comes to fiction. There were a lot of stories that I read as a boy, but didn’t fully understand. With time however comes experience, and the older I get, the more the tales of films like Gladiator, […]
Alrighty. Shall we go over a quick list of things I’ve been heavily critical of in the past? Teenage Romance High School Drama Sexual Fanservice Sexual Abuse Used as Backstory for Villains Stupid Characters Rounding out this list of ‘Things JP Has Been Critical Of’ is the developers themselves: Zetsubou. At best, their work has […]
We have developed a glorious ideal of Artificial Intelligence. That isn’t to say that idea is necessarily ‘good’. Rather, that idea sees AI as the next great evolutionary step: the pinnacle of human thought, theory and experience. In Science Fiction, reaching that pinnacle fundamentally changes mankind: either driving us to extinction or forcing us to […]