February 15, 2018
Hey, folks! Back for our (almost) one year anniversary! This month we talk about piracy in the visual novel community and how it has affected the medium to date.
Topics Covered
0:00 - Host and Topic Intro
0:54 - When/If should people Ever pirate visual novels?
18:50 - How much piracy affect the market? Positivley or Negatively?
31:52 - Ways VN Community/Companies could prevent piracy
42:18 - News
1:02:08 - Shill segment ft. Rallina v2
1:05:51 - Closing
January 9, 2018
Hey folks! We're really, really late this time. Sorry about that, the holidays and real life commitments and my loud breathing making this episode a pain to edit caused some delays here. We're back (at last) to talk about my personal favorite topic--Adult Content in Visual Novels. To make up for being so late, we have a half of an extra episode this time. Our guest this month is redditor Zonijo. May god have mercy on our souls.
Topics Covered
0:00 - Host and Topic Introductions
0:25 - Guest Introduction and Interview
1:45 - Sex scenes in VNs: What are their purpose? Are they necessary?
26:40 - How Sex scenes are used in VNs
42:47 - 18+ vs. All Ages Releases
1:10:53 - News
1:27:50 - Shill Segment ft. ctom42
1:30:33 - Closing
October 20, 2017
Hi, folks!
We're back again to talk about tropes and cliches in visual novels with our guest, rvnester.
Topics Covered
0:00 Host and Topic Introductions
0:18 Guest Introduction and Interview
2:11 - Most Frequent Tropes/Cliches? Are they Necessary?
6:45 Character Archetypes
9:15 Comedic Romance
11:08 H-Scenes
16:31 Tropes aren't inherently bad
22:12 True Routes
24:12 Comedy
25:40 Pacing, Padding, Use of Slice of Life Moments
35:07 VNs that Avoid Common Tropes
49:07 News
1:05:09 Shill Segment ft. OJ191
1:08:38 Outro
September 18, 2017
Hi, folks!
We missed a month there with hectic schedules all around but episode seven is finally ready. This time, we talked about popular visual novels and what makes them popular with our guest, Cornetto Man.
Topics Covered
0:00 Host and Topic Introductions
0:30 Guest Introduction and Interview
3:35 Ways Visual Novels get Popular with Majority of Readers
25:57 Ways Visual Novels get Popular with Hardcore Readers
33:06 Why certain Visual Novels aren't more popular
50:53 News
1:05:36 Shill Segment feat. jis33785
1:07:48 Outro
July 20, 2017
Hi, folks!
Our apologies for being a little late this month but the next episode is here at last! This month we try not having a guest to see how the format works with just us three. The topic is the effect of Kickstarter on the visual novel industry!
Topics Covered
0:00 Host and Episode Intros
0:25 Concept of Using Kickstarter for VNs
5:27 Kickstarting Previously TLd VNs vs non-TLd ones
13:30 Kickstarters just for Physical Releases/Merch
20:52 Execution of Well Known Localization Kickstarters
44:36 Use of Kickstarter for EVNs (English Visual Novels)
58:17 News
1:11:17 Shill Segment w/Karifean
1:14:04 Closing
June 15, 2017
Hi, folks!
We're back again to discuss genres in visual novels with our guest, Veleon.
Topics Covered
0:00 - Host and Topic Introductions
0:17 - Guest Introduction and questions
1:22 - Genres that will be discussed
1:35 - Why certain genres are over/underrepresented in the market
9:57 Horror genre discussion
14:51 Mystery genre discussion
18:04 The most popular/highest rated VNs on vndb
21:45 Connection of Genres and Length of a VN
23:18 Multiple Route Mystery Discussion
34:30 Fantasy genre discussion
40:28 Science Fiction genre discussion 4
42:09 Example VNs from Major Genres
1:00:15 VN News
1:05:28 Shill a VN feat. fuwante0
1:07:17 Outro
May 15, 2017
Hi, folks!
This month our topic is all about translation quality with our guest, John Hooper (also known as GundamAce) of Lemnisca! Regrettably, technical issues irrecoverably destroyed a great talk we had about honorifics, and we were unable to reconstruct it in time, so if you notice that we don’t talk about those, we’re sad about it too!
Topics Covered
0:00 - Host and Topic Introductions
0:37 - Guest Introduction and questions
8:36 - What makes a good English translation?
10:36 - Adapting jokes and puns
18:44 - Preserving intent and style
25:45 - Translators as writers
31:00 - Literal vs. Liberal
36:00 - Advice for the aspiring translator
43:00 - Official Translations vs. fan translations
52:40 - Japanese companies and the West
56:44 - VN News
1:03:18 - Shill segment feat. Zonijo
1:08:01 - Outro
April 15, 2017
Hi, folks!
This month our topic is visual novels with gameplay with our guest, InvertMouse, developer of the Unhack series and the upcoming visual novel, “The Last Birdling.”
Topics Covered
0:00 - Introductions: Hosts, Topic, and Guest
0:49 - The line between VNs and games
14:14 - Where does gameplay begin?
23:34 - Why have gameplay in VNs in the first place, and what makes gameplay good or bad?
48:53 - Can gameplay attract gamers to VNs?
59:41 - VNs News
1:04:01 - Shill a VN feat. Nakenashi
1:06:25 - Future of the shill segment, and giveaway info
1:08:16 - Outro
March 15, 2017
Hi, folks!
This month our topic is kinetic visual novels vs. visual novels with choices with our guest, Avebone.
Topics Covered
0:00 - Host Introductions
1:18 - Topic Introduction w/ guest Avebone
1:44 - The Presence of Choices in VNs
15:40 - Kinetic VNs
29:01 - True Routes
39:17 - Unique Choice Systems
52:37 - VNs News
1:01:29 - Shill a VN feat. AngeTime
1:04:27 - Outro
Fact Check
Maeda Jun wrote the common route scenes with the Natsume siblings, Masato, and Kengo; Rin's route; Saya's route; and also Refrain in Little Busters! (According to VNDB)
February 16, 2017
Hi, folks!
This month we talk about English Visual Novels with our guest, Nai, who is developing the English Visual Novel, "When The Shutter Stops."
Topics Covered
0:07 - Intro and brief description of the podcast
0:46 - Nai - "When the Shutter Stops"
8:27 - Stigma surrounding English VNs
32:05 - Steam Direct and what it means for English VNs
46:26 - Nai's growing devtalk community on the Discord server
51:11 - Survey of some VNs news topics
1:03:35 - "Shill a VN" segment
1:05:04 - Outro
