The PlayStation Vita is a great console for fans of yuri (lesbian romance) games – at least, in Japan it is. In the West, yuri is flourishing on PC, but options for Vita owners have been limited, despite the success of heterosexual-oriented romance games like Hakuoki and Code: Realize. Fortunately …
Compile Heart is best known for its comedic, fanservice-heavy games like Hyperdimension Neptunia and Omega Quintet, but it’s known to wander down a slighter more serious paths from time to time. Dark Rose Valkyrie the latest attempt to do so, and it might be the studio’s darkest tale yet – …
There’s something weirdly anachronistic about The Silver Case. It’s a game that first came out in 1999, and it shows its age despite some graphical improvements for PS4 release, yet it also feels ahead of its time, even today. The first game from renowned game developer Goichi Suda, The Silver …
Many will come to Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds for the beautiful boys, but what struck me most about the game is its attention to detail and historical accuracy. Note: There are some minor spoilers in this review. It’s bizarre to me that video games haven’t really tapped into the potential of …
Danganronpa 1・2 Reload doesn’t add anything new, but it does bring together two of the finest games of the last few years in one neat package. Danganronpa is one of the best franchises in gaming. It’d be easy to write it off as a simple visual novel / adventure game …
It’s always nice to play a game that transports you to someplace new and exciting. Plenty of games offer neatly-packaged, readily available escapism – usually in the form of a simple, fun distraction from the world. It’s far rarer that a game lets you escape to somewhere; to draw a …
Note: This post includes some NSFW screenshots from Ladykiller in a Bind. We need more games about sex. It’s odd (but not really surprising) that an medium so rife with titillation and sexualisation is so reluctant to actually explore sex as a theme. That’s part of what makes Ladykiller in a …
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Now Playing post. What better time than with the holidays kicking off? Here’s what I am playing, and will be playing, over the break. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (PS4) I was a latecomer to the Shantae phenomenon, so I didn’t get a chance to back Shantae: …
Rose of Winter is one of the cutest games I’ve played. It’s a simple, short, no-frills otome visual novel, but with its lovely art style, fantastic writing, and absolutely frickin’ adorable characters, it filled me with a giddy joyfulness to a degree that’s rare, even within the realm of dating …
Burly Men at Sea is a picture book in video game form. I don’t mean that it’s a visual novel, in the sense of a mechanics-derived game genre – though I guess it is that, too. Rather, I mean that it quite brilliantly captures the calm, simple sense of wonderment …
