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Nameless ~ The One Thing You Must Recall Review
Perhaps one day I’ll be caught up enough on all the games I want to play that I can review things that are new? But probably not. Nameless ~ The One Thing You Must Recall was released in English in November 2013 by Cheritz. It is an Otome dating game where your five bachelors are actually the main character’s collection of ball-jointed dolls.
There’s an aesthetic/personality type for everyone! Unless you’re into Fifty Shades.
Nameless is a bit more visual novel than dating sim. It’s a railroad text-heavy tale that has some selections that steer your relationships in certain directions, rewarding you with different endings, both good and bad. The stats are invisible relationship points per character rather than including other stat-based requirements like in Hatoful Boyfriend or Dandelion, Cheritz’ other work. In exchange for customization and exploration, Cheritz gives us an interesting story with great characters that is remarkably long. My playthrough clocked in at over 50 hours, a number I haven’t seen outside of an RPG. (Unless you count Hato, which I’m not, since I did an LP. That’s cheating.)
5 Reasons Not To Get Too Hyped About the Final Fantasy VII Remake (And 2 Reasons Why You Should.)
The time has come at last, the time that I had been hoping would never come. The arrival of the announcement of the Final Fantasy VII remake.
Don’t get me wrong. I am a huge Final Fantasy fan. I grew up playing the games and they inspired me to become the creator that I am. Final Fantasy VII was not my #1 (VI and IX are tied for that slot) but it was dear and precious to me and has influenced me in countless ways. As a result I am a huge obnoxious snob about this game and other retro Final Fantasy games, so an actual remake announcement left me with a sinking feeling. I wonder if other fans of the original have forgotten the sins done to the game since Sakaguchi was removed? I have come to remind you:
Stephen King, The Dark Tower V
Doujinshi – Doubt by Moriar-tea
Doubt is a beautiful Dangan Ronpa fanbook by denpasei, formerly known on tumblr as moriar-tea. This comic contains many spoilers for Danganronpa 2, so I’m going to put it under a readmore here for people who haven’t played the sequel yet.
TCAF & Fancomic Reviews
A friendly reminder that I’ll be mooching some table space from the lovely Anayte Delahay, one half of the creators of Feral Gentry, at TCAF next weekend. Please come visit me to peek at Broken Birds and let me talk to you about Those Without Shadows.
Since reading lots of Doing in the Wizard and making my own doujinshi I’ve decided to take up doing some fair zine and fancomic reviews. It’s going to be a tricky thing since a lot of fancomic makers are little people having fun and I don’t want to crush any dreams or anything, so I’m going to need to think hard about how to make a review that’s truthful without being mean. Hopefully you’ll be seeing some of these in the coming weeks as I review books that I already own. The focus will be on English-language publications.
Two Releases
As I mentioned last time I’ve been working on a few things. One is Broken Birds, a Hatoful Boyfriend doujinshi about Nanaki and Yuuya. It’s been officially released on Gumroad for $2 as a PDF. You can pick it up here: https://gumroad.com/l/brbrds
Secondly, Those Without Shadows is live.
It would mean a lot to me if you could check it out!
A couple months in summary
I’m not interested in keeping this blog too personal but I think it’s a useful tool to chronicle the things that I’ve been up to. There’s been a few things that went down that I didn’t mention here, so here we go.
1. Broken Birds
I ran my very first kickstarter for my first doujinshi: Broken Birds about Nanaki and Yuuya post Holiday Star. It was funded thanks to 18 generous donators <3 The next book I publish should be fully original!
Check the kickstarter here if you’re curious for more info. The book is off at the printers’ now and should be available for pre-order soon.
2. Dawn Does GDC
Thanks to Toronto organization Dames Making Games I was able to attend the Game Developers Conference. I tried to make a blog post about it, but the impact it had on me was so stunning I really couldn’t. So much happened. I learned so much. I met so many amazing people. My perspective has changed. And I got my photo taken with Hironobu Sakaguchi.
My hero. These are not things I ever believed would happen in my life.
3. Toronto Comics Arts Festival
I’ll be attending as an exhibitor so please come see me there <3 I’ll have Broken Birds, some other stuff, and some promo material for
4. Those Without Shadows
It’s going to be a while before I do an *official launch* for TWS, but the soft launch is just around the corner. I hope you’re excited!
Let’s Play Hatoful Boyfriend – Holiday Star! Who Is The King?
The main story of Holiday Star is over! It was all pretty emotional, wasn’t it? Now that we have it all in front of us I’d like to go over some things about what we just read. If you’re not interested, please continue on ahead to the last short stories and bonus materials. But unless you know the answer to this question, please let me break it down for you.
Who is The King? As of the end of The Day The Night Slept, you should know the answer.