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  1. 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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  2. 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 ...
  3. Happy Chinese New Year! (in -EST)

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

    Moon cakes for all!
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  4. 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. ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 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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  7. 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 ...
  8. 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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  9. 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 ...
  10. The Big Week

    Boy from Kansas coming through. Follow the yellow brick road! Follow the yellow brick road! Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road! We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!

    What's up EoFF? We did it, IX just barely managed to crawl out with the win eliminating X-2 and butts were sore. Mine is still sore from the spanking Psychotic gave me. "No, Tori. That's a very bad Tori. Go to your room and think about what you've done!" It looks ...