Catching up

Hello everyone! I've inadvertently forgotten to link a few posts on here recently, so here's a summary post of what you might have missed in the last week or two:

The MoeGamer GameCast  is my new, experimental "podcast as a visual novel", featuring discussion about games, anime, criticism and the news… as well as a few other mysteries along the way, too. Start from the Pilot episode if you want the full story; they only take about 10-15 minutes each to play through.

Wii U Essentials  has continued with a look at a few more fine games from the troubled console's library, including Twilight Princess HD and Super Mario 3D World.

READ.ME  is a column I've recovered from the Internet archives courtesy of the ever-wonderful Wayback Machine. Originally published in 2012-2013, it explores a variety of visual novels and topics surrounding this unique, narrative-centric niche of gaming.

And, of course, February's Cover Game coverage has continued with in-depth articles on Suou Amane  and Kazami Yuuji  from the Grisaia series.

I've also added a new button on the MoeGamer menu bar to take you to a random post. Check it out; you might find yourself reading about something you'd never considered taking a look at! Click here  or click the "Anything!" button on the top menu to surprise yourself.

The lineup for the next few months of Cover Games is as follows:

March: Ne no Kami and Sacrament of the Zodiac, two yuri-themed visual novels from Kuro Iroduru Yomiji (localised by Sekai Project/Denpasoft) with a shared setting and characters.

April: Nier Automata from Square Enix. Given how much I loved the original Nier, and how much I'm looking forward to this game, there ain't no way I'm not writing a ton of words about it!

May: Xanadu Next from Falcom and Xseed, a retro action dungeon crawler with Falcom's typically deep mechanics and worldbuilding.

Thanks once again for your continued support of long-form, positive writing about these underappreciated, often overlooked games. Please do share both the MoeGamer site and this Patreon page with your family, friends and social media followers and help show that there's still a place for this kind of coverage in a world increasingly dominated by outrage-led clickbait and hasty, kneejerk reactions!