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  1. Oh look, a new challenge!

    Remember my 365 days thing? I found it very motivational and noticed I was pretty happy doing it, so I took that and made something new!

    http://thousandthings.weebly.com/

    This is essentially my 'bucket list' or 'life goals'! I have a bunch of challenges written down that I need to complete. It won't be a daily thing like the other one but I hope it's still fun and gives me the same joy the last one did

    I'm still open for challenge suggestions (1000 is a lot!) ...
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  2. Kara no Shoujo First Impressions

    by , 02-21-2015 at 11:23 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)
    Just a few hours ago, I started reading Kara no Shoujo, or "Girl in the Shell" (no relation to Ghost). So far it's shaping up to be a detective story with you actually being expected to investigate and deduce things. It feels a lot like Ace Attorney Investigations. Been a while since I read something with that particular sort of interaction.



    Just noticed that the "no" symbol is written in Katakana. Huh, weird.
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  3. Analogue: A Hate Story and Hate Plus Review

    by , 02-20-2015 at 03:00 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)
    The "Hate" series, consisting of Analogue: A Hate Story and Hate Plus, was written by Christine Love. Both games are very similar in format and plot and have a quite unique way of telling its story.

    Analogue: A Hate Story

    Analogue: A Hate Story is set in a distant future where Earth is far from being the only place where humans live. The protagonist seems to be a bit of a Space Cowboy, doing investigation missions for random sponsors for a living. One such ...
  4. Happy Chinese New Year! (in -EST)

    Happy Lunar New Year, at least in my time zone!

    Moon cakes for all!
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  5. Hate Plus... you're kidding, right?

    by , 02-16-2015 at 09:06 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)

    What... the... smurf...?

    Why would you do that?

    Why?

    So in a nutshell, Hate Plus thought it was a wonderful idea to be a jerk to fast readers, by having it block itself for TWELVE smurfING HOURS after Day 1 ends until you can continue on to Day 2.

    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?

    It's even a smurfing achievement to not skip any of these pointless waiting times over three goddamn playthroughs. ...
  6. Saya no Uta Review

    by , 02-13-2015 at 11:40 AM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)
    Saya no Uta, in English The Song of Saya, is a visual novel developed by Nitroplus, localized in English by JAST USA. If there was ever a novel that deserved a warning that it's "not for the faint of heart", it would be this one.



    I chose Do not obscure grotesque images so a quick warning; there is gory imagery in this blog post. Honestly, if this is what makes you reconsider reading this novel... you probably ...
  7. Why so serious?

    I could be the president of the US and I would talk to you like you're a teammate. Like I know what's appropriate to say and what's not and when the time arises I can be super serious.

    But lighten up. Stop with the ego shield.
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  8. AIR - Kazamatsuri.org Bookclub Readalong

    by , 02-10-2015 at 06:18 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)
    So Kazamatsuri.org, a Key community site I frequent, is having a bookclub on Key's second visual novel: AIR. As I have not read AIR, and also because this bookclub sounds pretty fun, I will be reading along.



    So here's how this'll work. Over two weeks the participants will read through a particular route in AIR and discuss it, and at the end of said two weeks there will also be a podcast about the route in question. There ...
  9. Mystic Quest Boss Theme

    Here's a special treat fer yew...an unlisted video which can only be accessed by link, not by searching. An EoFF exclusive, if you will.

    Y'all come back now, ya hear!?

    [YOUTUBE]X1SD9A7dT38[/YOUTUBE]

    ^ BONUS POINTS
    IF YOU SEE THE FINAL FANTASY CARTRIDGE
    AND NINTENDO IN THIS CORNER OF THE SHOT

    :D
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  10. Ever17 -The Out of Infinity- Review

    by , 02-09-2015 at 09:01 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)
    Ever17 -The Out of Infinity- is a visual novel developed by KID, and localized in English by Hirameki International. A prime example of a story that simply could not, would not work properly in any other medium.


    One of the few openings I've always watched every time I started up the game.

    Overview

    The story of Ever17 follows six characters as they are trapped in the underwater theme park "LeMU", being left behind as it was ...