News by Matt S. To The Moon is one of the most brilliant – and yet entirely humble – games that has ever been produced. It was a made in RPG Maker that eschewed the RPG elements to instead use those sprites and pixel graphics to tell a near-perfect story…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The summer school romance – is there any single topic out there that is sweeter, more nostalgic, and warmer than that? I’d argue not. We all have memories of those schoolyard crushes and summer camp flings, and Tokyo School Life is actually one of the better…
Read MoreReview by Priscilla M. Arcade Spirits, developed by Fiction Factory Games and published by PQube, is a romantic visual novel set in the year 20XX that follows an alternate timeline where the well-known crash of the video game industry did not occur. The story follows the main character whom after…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Song of Memories is certainly an eye-opening little visual novel. In fact, it’s greatest strength is its ability to constantly knock you off guard by doing the least expected thing possible. It tries hard (though ultimately fails) to hide some glaring weaknesses behind that penchant for…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We recently mentioned that PQube, the publisher that has been kicking around for ten years now, was creating its very own game. At the time we only had the one screenshot, but now we’ve got more details, and whoo does this game look like it could…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Myana is the princess of Laarz, a nation of cat-people (“luccretias”) who live in near isolation. Ludovic is an aloof king’s guard in Eroolia, a human kingdom with a long history of tension with Laarz. The two hardly seem like a perfect match, but the fates…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Idea Factory games are always smarter than people give them credit for. People see the fan service (which is always copious), but then can’t look past that. It becomes the defining characteristic of the game to them, and that’s disappointing, because there’s always much more to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are a number of reasons behind the exploding popularity of the visual novel genre in recent years. One is that digital distribution platforms have allowed for a relatively cheap release; there’s no need to produce boxed copies and organise retail distribution. Another reason is Steins;Gate.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. PQube is one of the more prominent localisation outfits in the west that, until now, didn’t create its own games. The house that brought us the likes of Gal*Gun and Root Letter has a habit of picking up some of the quirkiest and most interesting visual…
Read MoreWith the recent news that EA is dropping a large-scale open world Star Wars game, we look at how poorly the publisher has handled its Star Wars license, since gaining exclusive rights to it from Disney almost a decade ago. We also talk about the pressing need for Nintendo to…
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