Review by Matt C. When she ran away from home, Regina just wanted a chance to prove her independence—to her overbearing father, to her strict older brother, and, most of all, to herself. She gets more than she bargained for, though, when she finds herself mysteriously transported to a strange…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. One of the more exciting bits of software coming out in November is not even a game, but rather a piece of “Maker” software. Visual Novel Maker belongs to the same “franchise” as the excellent RPG Maker games, and is being produced in collaboration between Kadokawa…
Read MoreSo November might not be quite as busy in terms of game releases as October was, but there’s still plenty to look forward to! We also have a special guest on the podcast, Jay from YouTube channel JayRPG (https://www.youtube.com/c/JayRPGee), who talks to us about Lost Sphear and the Secret of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Tokyo Otaku Mode, the online retailer that specialises in feeding my Hatsune Miku figure addiction, has today announced a crowdfunding initiative to finance the English release of a Kud Wafter anime film. Kud Wafter is a wildly popular visual novel spin-off from the wildly popular Little…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It has been a really good week for visual novels, with both Chaos;Child and Bad Apple Wars launching in the one week. Indeed, it’s been a really good couple of years for the genre, as localisation outfits have come to realise that there is a market…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Rinka’s first day of high school started like any other, with a combination of excitement and apprehension. On her way to there, though, something happened and she blacked out. When she woke up, she found herself being welcomed to school by a strange, rabbit mask-wearing teacher…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Chaos;Child is loosely related to one of the (if not the) greatest visual novels ever made, Steins;Gate. Developed by MAGES and 5pb, Chaos;Child also belongs to the Science Adventure Series from the development duo – a series of science fiction games that seek to greatly normalise…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Back when I was at university, I had a professor that was somehow every university academic cliche you could imagine; he was softly spoken, as far from a fashionable dresser as you could imagine (tweed jacket and all), and had hair that didn’t look like it…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. There’s a gulf in difference between some of Goichi Suda’s catalogue, such as Let It Die and Lollipop Chainsaw, and his first project upon forming Grasshopper Manufacture: The Silver Case. That game is a nightmarish, noirish, complex visual novel, largely free of the absurdity that is…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Last year, fans of bullet hell shooters were treated to Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet. Fusing bullet hell madness with the psychology of fighting games, it proved the genre is more adaptable than casual observers give it credit for. It’s easy to forget, though, that this…
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