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How To Make A Plan To Write A Visual Novel In A Month So You Can Finish It In Three And A Half Months

Postmortem: 100 Days On We Know The Devil

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Jul 28, 2016

On Sonic ‘06

Sonic The Hedgehog (Xbox 360, PS3) was released in November of 2006, one year after Shadow the Hedgehog was released in 2005, and a…

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Jan 7, 2016

A Brief History of Visual Novels

In any discussion of visual novels, there’s a good chance that the same misconceptions are going to emerge. One of the more obvious examples is conflating visual novels with dating sims, although I’m not too concerned about that one. There are enough games in both genres…

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Dec 14, 2016

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Due to the number of submissions we receive, can’t always reply to or accept every submission we get. Our apologies…

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Aug 13, 2016

Against Representation

Here’s what I mean when I say I’m against representation:

Against saying “representation” and meaning “media that has explicitly and canonically stated the identity category of a character.”
Against identity as the sole and only…

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optimisticDuelist in ZEAL

Jun 23, 2016

ON THE END OF ALL THINGS: Dark Souls on the GBA in 2003

IN A PLACE NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE AND NOW, THE END OF THE WORLD APPROACHES…

[This essay was funded through Patreon under the ZEAL project. ZEAL aims to provide…

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Mar 17, 2016

A light in the dark

On losing Catholicism and finding Earthbound.

[This essay was funded through Patreon under the ZEAL project. ZEAL aims to provide high quality criticism of rarely discussed games and comics, and showcase the talents of exciting new…

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Bhernardo Viana in ZEAL

Jul 20, 2016

The Motherhood in Pokémon

[This essay was funded through Patreon under the ZEAL project. ZEAL aims to provide high quality criticism of…

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Aevee Bee in ZEAL

Dec 29, 2016

Last Take of The Year

Tracer is gay, which is cute, though I tend to react immediately with a kind of strident point of view about…

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Feb 8, 2016

Numbness, Grief, and Super Monkey Ball 2

[This essay was funded through Patreon under the ZEAL project. ZEAL aims to provide high quality criticism of rarely discussed games and comics, and showcase the talents of exciting new writers and artists. For details and information on how to donate, please…

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