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15 of My Favorite Switch Games

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Games Finished in 2025

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GOTY 2024

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GOTY 2023

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The History of Chunsoft's Sound Novels

Sep 14, 2025

In this video I talk about Chunsoft’s Sound Novel franchise, a hugely important series in the history of Japanese video games that served as the progenitor to the visual novel genre and a source of inspiration for all kinds of creators. This is a video I’ve been meaning to make since I started this channel. In fact, it was the release of 428: Shibuya Scramble back in 2018 that motivated me to b...

Interview with a Former Fuuki Developer about their Work on Zero One SP and Other Titles

Jul 23, 2024

Last year I made a video talking about Zero One SP on the Gameboy Advance, a cult-classic Japanese adventure game made by a former arcade developer called Fuuki . Recently a member of the game’s development team reached out to me and shared a few stories about the title’s creation. The person wishes to remain anonymous but I was given permission to share a summary of the stories they told me. I...

I Finished Trails of Cold Steel IV

Feb 20, 2024

SPOILER WARNING! I do talk about some spoilers for Cold Steel 3 and 4 so read at your own discretion. I had burned out kind of hard on the Trails series back in 2020-2021. I had started Cold Steel 4 but just couldn’t find the motivation to finish it after playing so many entries in a row and wasn’t really feeling the game back then. Plus I hadn’t yet finished Trails to Azure at the time and the...

My Thoughts on Another Code Recollection

Jan 27, 2024

SPOILER WARNING! I Don't get into too many specifics but I do spoil some things about both games. I’ve been a longtime fan of the adventure games developed by Cing, specifically the titles created by Rika Suzuki and Taisuke Kanasaki (even more specifically Hotel Dusk and Another Code R). So it was pretty heartbreaking when the studio closed in 2010 and the developers were scattered to the wind....

The GBA’s “Largest Adventure Game”

Jun 25, 2023

This video spotlights the self-proclaimed largest adventure game on the Game Boy Advance, Zero One by Fuuki. Learn about this ambitious handheld adventure along with Zero One SP, a remake that features character designs by the creator of Outlaw Star, Takehiko Ito. Sources 1997 Print Ad for Fuuki’s Arcade Business 2003 Fan Review for Zero One 2004 Fan Review for Zero One SP ADV Fan Site that Con...

The History of Leaf: Pioneer of the Visual Novel Genre

Nov 7, 2022

This is my new video where I talk about the history of Leaf , an adult PC developer that not only created many popular franchises ( To Heart , White Album , Utawarerumono , Tears to Tiara , etc) but who also pioneered the visual novel genre as we know it today and inspired a generation of creators in the late 90s/early 2000s. Sources 20 Years of Aquaplus and Future Prospects: Interview with Pre...