Seraphic

Oh, but we've forgotten the most important point. If eroge were popular in the west, sites like erogedownload and downloadani would be shut down, and then it's back to paying a month's wages for a single game.

If only more westerners could make non-shitty VNs and anime....well. I can't spend all day fantasizing. But I have to agree that the main reason that eroge will never spread to the West is that the Japanese give absolutely no shits about foreigners. They are content in being their own, self-sustaining culture, and have absolutely no reason (at least, in their mind) to expand beyond that.

Yes, the VN as a medium has a lot of potential for development, especially when you consider that what we have translated is really only scraping the top of the barrel. There's so much more that could be done with it if more people were aware of its existence. Really, the biggest obstacle is that most of what gets translated/is popular is eroge, but I think that, with more interest in all-ages games, a transition could slowly be made. The release of Narcissu in English a few years ago generated a wave of awareness of VNs and was part of the inspiration of the developers of Katawa Shoujo, which, although it honestly isn't the best VN in the world, managed to capture the interest of a large number of fans outside of Japan and did a fairly decent job of introducing eroge in more approachable manner.

7.8/10

Yeah, at least we don't have shitty MPAA/RIAA sending us SWAT teams when we download a single music, I can pirate all I want for all the goverment cares lol. FUCK YOU AMERICA!

If I can actually maintain a stable enough connection to download anything in the first place.

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Seriously? Just...just go screw yourselves and your internet. IT TOOK ME A MONTH TO DOWNLOAD DUEL SAVIOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Three great island of Hatsune? I bet when it comes to mind games.

A good opportunity to test my reading ability. It's not like I'm getting much practice in Thailand, anyway...

User number 7! It's been a while.

Good progress this week. *praise Lord Ixrec*

7/10, might bang? Maybe?

Anyone like a good stomach? I love a good stomach.

Ah, I enjoyed Bio-Meat too.

As for me...hmmm....I don't know if it's hidden, but I really liked Bitter Virgin.

^8/10 Would bang, thankyouvrymuch.

but i really think you want it to stay like this so no one will know what you play lol

Yes, that has helped...

10/10 .....I'm not sure why. I just really like it.

No, Aoishiro's story is relatively straightforward. It does have a very nice atmosphere, though.

After several minutes of blankly staring, I finally chose Kuchiki Touko from Kara no Shoujo. Throughout the story, she gives off an impression of fragility, as though she could just wither away at any moment, but lives life with a carefree, almost whimsical, manner. She is alone, but has no problem with that; she is content to simply exist, but still wishes to know who or what she truly is. Hmmm....actually, I would very much like to be her....

This forum would rather turn into something like a church. The church of Ixrec, amen.

Hallelujah. *Hail Ixrec, full of grace, speed is with thou...*

Now....it makes so much more sense. Thanks, Harly. I only got, like, an eighth of that after reading the VN.

Anyway, the last VN I played was Duel Savior. It had some nice gameplay, and the story got pretty interesting in some of the later routes (especially Lily's and Mia's). It wasn't particularly impacting, but it was good for a week of entertainment.

8/10, an honor to have you.

6/10, no danger of that.

Hmm...VN.

A humorous line from Demonbane.