Despite what some people might assume, Japanese adventure games and visual novels are a big blind spot for me. And while I’ve enjoyed the games, most titles in the genre rarely grab my interest. In this episode, I talk to Bowl of Lentils, who has created videos about the genre’s history and why these games […]

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I’ve been playing through First Kiss Story off and on for… not very good reasons. It’s a Japanese language visual novel and I can’t really read the language. But I thought I’d show what getting an ending in entails. I probably chose the worst character for the stream since she has barely any dialog, but […]

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I’m always surprised by how many people played and enjoyed Thousand Arms back when it released in 1999. It’s a fairly average RPG with dating sim elements baked into it. The more intimate you become with the other female cast members, the more spells and abilities you have access to. When I played it in […]

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When you’re into Japanese video games and Japanese media in general, sometimes you start falling down a hole. There’s a bottom to that pit with some unsavory things, but on your way down you might land on a ledge and find a copy of Magical Date: Doki Doki Kokuhaku Daisakusen. What you have here is […]

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