Is it Getting Cold or Hot in Here? It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere. So, let’s remind everyone in the North of the best and worst of winter. Grab some coats and two hot chocolates – one for me – and let’s both enjoy Yukikoi Melt, a visual novel developed and published by Frontwing – […]
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Student Union – Kickstarter Preview | Love, Loss, and Survival
What is this? Student Union is an upcoming Original English Language visual novel (OELVN), which at the time of writing is about to start gathering funds via Kickstarter. This is a write up of my thoughts and impressions after playing the demo, rather than a review. Story Lane Fox is a student in his final […]
Dark Nights – Review | A Mystifying Mystery Otoge
Another High School Slice of Life? Released on 30 Oct 2019, Dark Nights is a free indie otome Visual Novel by Pinlin available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. With mystery, fantasy, and horror as its main genres, this romance game is aimed at audiences aged 16 and above as it contains content that involves violence, […]
Monster Prom XXL – Review | An Upcoming Promposal!
BACK WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL… Monster Prom XXL is a Visual Novel/Dating Simulator that’ll have you flirting with your classmates. Whether it’s male or female, there’s no discrimination. I’ve got to applaud this. Not many titles are LGBTQ+ friendly, and it’s a criticism that’s plagued gaming. That’s a thing of the past as they’re […]
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen – Review
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen is a remake of an old visual novel. One which I recall playing more than a decade ago in fact and one which has stuck with me ever since. Over time it has come out on new platforms, add voiced acting, improved graphics, and even had changes in the battle […]
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story – Spoiler-Free Review
The first thing anyone says about YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story (also known as Totono or Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi) is to play it blind. After playing it through, I completely agree. As such, be warned that while I am always careful about spoilers, this review will purposely be […]
My Time With Dee Dee – Vol 0, 1 and 2 – Review
Introduction Hold on to your seats, grab some coffee at the local café….actually don’t since we’re currently under the COVID-19 quarantine. Start again; Make yourself a cup of coffee, and let’s check out My Time with Dee Dee Vol 0,1 and 2! Yes, you read that right. We are covering three visual novels at once, […]
Making Lovers – Review | Building Relationships
Making Lovers is a visual novel by developer Smee and published by NekoNyan. It’s rather different from many visual novels in a number of ways. The most obvious of these is that it takes place after graduation from college. It’s a nice breath of air from the standard high school setting, as great as they […]
Why Is There A Girl In My House!? – Review
When a copy of Why Is There A Girl In My House?! made its way into my Steam Curator box I was a bit surprised. Mostly because I never really advertise the fact that I have a Steam Curator, but also because I’d only heard of the game in passing before. But it has a […]
OshiRabu: Waifus Over Husbandos – Review
OshiRabu: Waifus Over Husbandos tells the story of what happens when a geeky young woman who has only loved 2D men accidentally proposes to a trendy young woman who is only into other women. How can one accidentally propose you might ask? I’ll leave you to find out the details, but it involves misinterpreting some […]










