Review by Matt S. Just to get this out of the way first; if you haven’t played the first Hakuoki (Kyoto Winds – my review here) first, don’t think about jumping in with Edo Blossoms. This sequel does give you the briefest of introductions and background as a refresher, so…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As a passionate fan of the genre, I can say that there just aren’t enough games, films, books and so on written in the noir genre. The glory days, back when Raymond Chandler was captivating audiences with his writing and Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a game about stories and storytelling. Set amid the Great Depression, it looks at how stories grow and evolve over time: how a sweet but relatively mundane tale of long-lost siblings reuniting can morph into a myth about spirits…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Kadokawa games, the developer and publisher of Root Letter, has announced that the game has now sold 400,000 units worldwide. Related reading: An interview on the making of Love Plus That’s both digital downloaded and via physical copies, and sales across all platforms, which includes PlayStation…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Japan’s political and social relationship with sex and sexuality has traditionally been far different to how it has developed in the west. Largely free of the three religions “of the book” that are terrified of and vilify sexuality (Christianity, Judaism and Islam), Japan has developed differently,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s only a month away until the release of Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms on the PlayStation Vita, so Idea Factory has released some new screenshots, and we couldn’t resist throwing them up. Hakuoki is, for the uninitiated, a visual novel series set in Japan during the events…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. God bless PQube. The publisher is set to bring western Nintendo Switch owners their first pretty ladies visual novel, Song of Memories, in the not too distant future. The game will also be released on PlayStation 4 but… we know the platform we want to play…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. At the ripe old age of 32, I’m already as close to a crazy cat lady as you can get. We don’t have kids — but we do have three cats. It was only supposed to be two but then I found a needy stray and……
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Idea Factory International has announced that in addition to the PlayStation Vita release for Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms, which had been announced last year, there will also be a PC version as well. Related reading: The real-world history of the Shinsengumi, by Matt C. Edo Blossoms finished…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Yuri visual novels seem to be gaining popularity in the West, and that’s a wonderful thing. A good yuri romance will take you to places that no other game can, putting fresh perspectives on familiar ideas. SeaBed, a kinetic novel by Paleontology and Fruitbat Factory, is…
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