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Indie developer Lucy Blundell (One Night Stand, the upcoming VIDEOVERSE) joins us to discuss one of Matthew’s favourite genres: the (usually) non-horny visual novel.

This week’s music is from the 428: Shibuya Scramble soundtrack by Naoki Sato and Hideki Sakamoto.

Lucy

  1. Gnosia. (Shout out for me!)
  2. Eliza
  3. Shibuya Scramble
  4. Mystic Messenger
  5. Virtue’s Last Reward

Matthew

  1. Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
  2. Umineko When They Cry (I’ve not finished it yet, though!)
  3. Raging Loop
  4. Steins Gate
  5. Danganronpa (maybe 3 if I had to pick one?)

Best Gateway Game

  • Danganronpa
  • Ace Attorney Trilogy if you want less anime bullshit

Best Stories

  • Eliza
  • Virtue’s Last Reward
  • AI: The Somnium Files
  • Bury Me, My Love

Best Character

  • Kyle Hyde from Hotel Dusk: Room 215
  • Nagito Komaeda from Danganronpa
  • Kazuma Asogii from Great Ace Attorney

Worst Character

  • Toma from Amnesia: Memories
  • The entire Steins;Gate cast
  • Pearl Fey in Ace Attorney
  • In Umineko When They Cry the grating wailing child

Most interactive (games with other gameplay gimmicks mixed in)

  • Danganronpa
  • AI: The Somnium Files
  • 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
  • Long Live The Queen

Best Epic to Lose Yourself in

  • The House in Fata Morgana

The Visual Novel That Best Respects Your Time

  • One Night Stand ;)
  • Eliza
  • Overboard!