Listening to The Video Game History Hour podcast made me think more about game preservation. Specifically, the issues of preserving mobile games for smart devices. Gacha games are difficult to full…
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The right of preservation
There’s so much going on in the world now that Nintendo shutting down a pair of emulators doesn’t feel like such a big deal. It certainly was a…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 13
By Hyougetsu and Nari Teshima. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. We continue the trend of the…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 7
By Hyougetsu and Nishi(E)da. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. For the most part, Der Werwolf has…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 6
By Hyougetsu and Nishi(E)da. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. A lot of these light novels were…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 11
By Hyougetsu and Nishi(E)da. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. The last couple of books have been…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 12
By Hyougetsu and Nari Teshima. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. It is a question often asked…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 10
By Hyougetsu and Nishi(E)da. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. Now that Veight has pretty much succeeded…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 14
By Hyougetsu and Nari Teshima. Released in Japan by SQEX Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. A new publisher for Der Werwolf made…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 9
By Hyougetsu and Nishi(E)da. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. While we’ve had a lot of fun…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 15
By Hyougetsu and Nari Teshima. Released in Japan by SQEX Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. This is a perfectly decent volume of…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 8
By Hyougetsu and Nishi(E)da. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. It has to be said, even though…
Don’t Play the Eminence in Shadow Mobile Game
Although I haven’t watched the Eminence in Shadow anime, I started playing the mobile game which came out last week out of mild curiosity. To its credit, the…
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Bridging the gap between JRPGs and otome games. 🫡
Really Appreciate The Direction They’re Going: “Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. Engage” Mobile Game
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Tower of Saviors Mobile Game Adds JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Characters
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After 10 beautiful days, the Tears of Themis closed beta testing has come to an end. I and a good handful players (possibly capped at around 20,00 players)…
A Week of ‘Firsts’ | Current Events | Mobile Game Mondays #4
This week we have the first ever birthday event in Tears of Themis for the elegant and sophisticated Vyn Richter, as well as the first ever story event…
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AstroNerdBoy shares his video on Crunchyroll's decision to kill the English port of the Japanese mobile game Princess Connect! Re:Dive.
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Mobile Game Review: NieR Re[in]carnation
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Digital Media Preservation: Why the Interspecies Reviewers Controversy Matters
Anime has come so far from the days of having to watch subbed episodes of Evangelion on bootleg video tapes and trying to find any anime streaming site…
Ikemen Vampire: Queen of Halloween | Current Events | Mobile Game Mondays #6
The spooky season is here, and no game is getting the party started quite like Ikemen Vampire. With nine events currently on the go, Ikemen Vampire is haunting…
20 Hours with Mobile Game Princess Connect! Re:Dive
I've spent more than 20 hours with new smartphone game Princess Connect! Re:Dive.
Mobile Game Review: Kiniro no Corda ~Starlight Orchestra~
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Gacha, Gacha, Gacha! | Current Events | Mobile Game Mondays #3
This week is dominated by gacha events, whether they’re birthday celebrations, character debuts, or limited-time banners featuring exclusive cards, there’s plenty of gacha to choose fro…
Too Many Birthdays… | Current Events | Mobile Game Mondays #5
There are so many birthday events this week! Ikemen Revolution is celebrating the fourth year of birthday events with Zero and Ikemen Prince has released birthday story sales…
Princes & Vampire BDSM | Current Events | Mobile Game Mondays #2
This week, several new events have started! Ikemen Prince has released a Birthday Story Sale event for Yves Kloss, and Ikemen Vampire is here to cater for all…
gumi Developing JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Mobile Game for 2025
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has a new mobile online game in development by gumi. It is planned to release in 2025.
How Love Live Has Consumed the Life I Love – Part 1: The Mobile Game
If you asked me at the beginning of 2014 what I thought of Love Live, I would’ve responded with mild indifference. I’d heard of it, sure, but only vaguely; I knew…
[Otome Watch] miHoYo’s First Detective-Romance Mobile game “Tears of Themis” Release Globally Today
Today’s the day. ToT-Day. At long last, 29th of July marks the day that Tears of Themis released worldwide to mobile devices around the globe. Tears of Themis…
Treasure Hunts & Demonic Birthdays! | Current Events | Mobile Game Mondays #1
Welcome to the first post in our new weekly series; ‘Current Events: Mobile Game Mondays’! Each Monday, we’ll post an update on the currently available events for a…
Magical Destroyers #12 — “Want an Ending? Play Our Mobile Game!”
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Mobile Suit SD Gundam - The Dawn of Papal
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South Korean Cinema Seminar: Preservation, Distribution and Education, September 1
South Korean Cinema Seminar: Preservation, Distribution and Education, September 1
Spooky Season in Full Swing | Current Events | Mobile Game Mondays #7
October is the month of Halloween and mobile otome games are getting festive with an assortment of spooky-themed events…
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean x Path to Nowhere Mobile Game
Collaboration between JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean and Chinese SRPG tower defense mobile game "Path to Nowhere" is announced.
Konami Ranked No. 2 Mobile Game Publisher in Japan in 2023
A new report has identified Konami as the number two mobile game publisher in all of Japan. Mobile app data analytics firm data.ai (formerly named App Annie) released…
The Anime INSANITY of Mind Game
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Game of the Month: June 2023
Pretty late on in the month for this one, I know. But here it is regardless, although I did change up my plans for what I initially was…
Game of the Month: October 2021
The game I shall be highlighting for the month of October in 2021 is a title that has been long awaited. The galaxy’s greatest bounty hunter embarks on…
Game of the Month: February 2023
If I told you that February was a quiet month for games I’m interested in this year, I’d be lying. I’ve got a handful of honourable mentions to…
Game of the Month: October 2023
2D platformers are my focus this month, with a side order of stealth. With the honourable mentions included, we’ll have something old, something new and something blue. Nothing…
Game of the Month: June 2021
There’s quite a few games coming out in June this year that I have my eye on, yet they’re all coming towards the end of the month. As…
Game of the Month: April 2024
For the month of April in 2024, we are delving into the world of fan games. This fan game in particular stars the members of the 5th and…
Game of the Month: January 2023
New year, new month, still same old game of the month posts. My first one of 2023 will be featuring a couple of honourable mentions before the main…
Game of the Month: January 2024
Well, looks like I’m continuing this into 2024. There are already a handful of games being released in January that I want to highlight, so we kick off…
Game of the Month: March 2024
This month, I have one honourable mention for a title released towards the end of it, and then the main focus will be a game that was apparently…
Game of the Month: July 2023
This month, we’re delving into the past with a remake of a game that originally came out in 1997, only in Japan. I also have an honourable mention…
Game of the Month: December 2023
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Game of the Month: December 2021
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