We’re finally here… The end of 2018, and the final Community Game-Along theme of the year! For December, we’ll be celebrating Japanese indie and hobbyist games, aka doujin games. Doujin games often don’t get the spotlight as much as western indie games, so this is a great opportunity to try a game you might not play otherwise!
It’s nearly the end of November, but I’m still lamenting the end of the October horror game Community Game-Along! It’s always one of my favorite Game-Along themes, and I really enjoy seeing the huge range of scary or festive Halloween-y games people pick up to play.
In this post, I’ve rounded up some of the submissions people made using #HorrorGameOct on Twitter and Instagram! Read on to see what everyone got up to! You might just find a new game to add to your to-play list.
It’s time for another fun episode of Pixel x Pixel! We celebrate Marcus finishing his course (yay Marcus!!) and my first edited textbook being published, and I talk about my 2018 holiday gift guide! Be sure to check it and my Teepublic Curator Store out for some holiday gift ideas!
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9:30 – Media Minutes: The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories, Kitty Love -Way to look for love-, True Blood, Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry
29:50 – Notable News: Detective Pikachu trailer, Imolicious banned from Steam, Nutaku game client beta, Sony not showing at E3 2019
♫ “Willie Lomans,” “5 minutes pleasure,” and “6 pence and moon” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta
It’s that time of year… The time of year for gingerbread lattes, festive music, and holiday gift guides! I love doing yearly Chic Pixel gift guides because it gives me a chance to share a wide range of fun options for anyone looking for a unique gift for a nerdy friend. Each year I theme my guide slightly differently, and this year I decided to go for manga and video game-related picks!
Here comes a new episode of Pixel x Pixel! Marcus and I have been two busy bees, but we’ve still had time to play and watch some fun things to discuss! I share what it’s like to prep an academic job application and write a class syllabus, Marcus gives the rundown on The Quiet Man, and I have a bit of a rhythm game bonanza… All that and more in the latest episode of your favorite niche gaming podcast!
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10:35 – Media Minutes: The Quiet Man, Taiko no Tatsujin Switch, Pianista, Halloween 2018
34:00 – Notable News: Sony cracking down on sexual content in Japan, PS Classic game list, Blizzcon Overwatch news*, 2B in SoulCalibur VI
*Note: I mention in that Overwatch could use a Pacific Islander character, but I neglected to mention that Roadhog is likely Maori (though I don’t believe this has been officially stated)
♫ “Willie Lomans,” “5 minutes pleasure,” and “6 pence and moon” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta
It is with a mournful werewolf howl that we bid adieu to the Horror Game Community Game-Along and dive headfirst into one of my favorite Community Game-Along themes of the year: visual novels! November is the only month I can be certain I’ll participate in regardless of how busy I am, because I’ve always got at least one visual novel I’m chipping away at. At first it was a little harder to have a broad range of quality titles available to recommend in English, but with every year there are more and more amazing visual novels to choose from!
Now that I’ve been a fan of situation CDs/otome drama CDs for a few years, I can safely say there is a CD on practically any theme you can think of! And when I saw the amazing Halloween-themed cover for Amasu Toki no Kataribe ~ Halloween no Hi o Kimi Totomo ni (Spare-time Storyteller ~ Halloween Day with You), I knew I had to get my hands on it. Luckily, on a recent trip to Japan, I was able to find the special edition that comes with a picture book for a very good price at a Mandarake in Tokyo!