Okarin

True, I tend to forget. I tend to view Maeda as Key's taskmaster, and it doesn't always apply.

Yeah, he's only been repeating Kanon's idea for what, a decade and a half? True that Rewrite (and some other works, such as Planetarian) deviates from that model. But hoping for him to write a "realistic" plot is just insane. He's proven he's very comfortable with heavy fantasy elements in the plot. It's just not his style to write a Metal Gear Solid, but who knows, with all that special agent crap from Rewrite...

Why not play a game that appeals to me? Who cares if it's OELVN or not? Pity is that most OELVN are just hurried trash. Oh, but that happens a lot with most videogames of any sort.

Maeda army, assemble!

I'm watching Space Dandy. The "gentooan" was a reference to Gentoo Linux? XD And does this girl have the same VA than Psycho Pass' Akane Tsunemori, or just my imagination?

Religion and culture quirks are bound to come up in a thread that has "East vs. the West" on its title.

Oh. So you weren't talking about eating squid an so...?

Well you can pick some inspiration from Zootopia when it launches next week. I see some things in common... in a way, Zootopia already is a critique to modern ways (probably America itself). The movie has many themes though.

You ought to do some explaining.

I hear Kanon was pretty big in the years following its release... it's kinda big even after all this time. I may even have heard of it, but since I knew nothing of VNs I couldn't grasp it. I remember hearing about Girlfriend of Steel (a forgettable game), since I was an Evahead, and it featured on a local magazine about manga fandom. In that age of yet-to-be-full-blown internet, this kind of material was a dreamy thing. Ever 17 was the previous decade's Katawa Shoujo, since it was coveted and praised all over this side of Greenwich meridian. Japanese fans had Never 7, but it only became a full blown thing with this entry, and still stretches into the present with Zero Escape. Praise Uchikoshi. In 2004 a fellow student showed me about Divi-dead. It probably had some popularity back then to end up on my hands. But reconstructing the past is never easy work.

Uchikoshiverse and derivatives, like Killer Queen, though I hear it's shit. Or I/O. Or Root Double when it releases, what a magnificent mindfuck it will be.

Pretty much the same I'd say. I like porn that portrays my fantasies. There's still room for making them real someday. There are some things it's dubious I end up trying, but they're so hawt. Also we have to keep in mind the "limitations" and quirks of 3D.

Okay, I'll try to answer seriously, so here goes. Provided it was actually physical and not psychological (most issues related with dysfunctions are of the mind), your girlfriend is in for a treat, I don't mean to be crude, but you can let her finish first, and since she'll be grateful for the pleasure she received, the least she could do is keep at it until you're satisfied also. I personally consider it worse to be a premature shooter. It's harder if you're both teens, but for adults every hurdle can be overcome -with work and mutual push.

Does the relationship with Kimi ga Nozomu Eien go beyond the name?

My words were very clear, and didn't involve your person in any way, since I don't know shit about you. It's strange that you took them personally. I was talking about misanthropy, and gave out an example (Black Metal retards, where being "evil" is applauded). And indeed it isn't a cool thing, as you yourself agree ("I doubt the sanity of someone who admires my qualities" or something). Just don't expect to be taken too seriously. Like I guess no depression patient runs a successful enterprise. A person saying people = shit shouldn't be taken too seriously. Besides it's almost always just angst. As Barney says - "when I'm sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead."

Misanthropy isn't a cool thing. If you disagree, just go turn yourself into a Black Metal kid.

Rooke, Dragon Age 2 was the coup de grace. Tremendously shitty game.

Religion is positive as long as it gives you strength on your daily life, and in life's ordeals. Like any other thing, to be sure. I've long realized that religion by itself doesn't make a person better of worse: bad people will crook it and good people will be good with or without it. This explains why there are immoral priests and honest laymen. About the supernatural, no one really knows, and pretending otherwise is just arrogant. But you can believe what you choose to. Gender equality... meh, the same women who could bash eroge are the same who demand (or would really like to have) improbable partners with long hours of gym, salaries in the thirty thousands, and incapable of feeling stressed, or so much as being wrong.

@Fred the Barber: Mass Effect 1 doesn't "prominently" feature sex. You spend the game romancing your chosen love interest from among 2 girls if I'm right, and that is altogether optional. Then, before the climactic final battle, you have some intimacy with your girl, and the *single* sex scene in the game happens. Of course, with Bioware having been accused of blatant SJW militancy in some internet dens, there's the reasonable option of being a girl MC and romancing men. I consider Mass Effect 1 to be a mediocre game, and don't want to be involved with its sequels, but that's an altogether different discussion, dealing with Bioware's stagnation and so. @Funyarinpa: religion is neutral if taken in moderation, it can even be a good thing for kids (to make them inclined to good and moral behavior). Religious person =/= bigot. Also, I'm not buying the argument that religion makes us embarrassed and guilty about sex. I was from primary education to high school in a religious school ran by priests (but the regular teachers were secular civilians), and my interest on sex developed naturally. Nobody was checking in on us to see what we thought about it. Anyway, what I wanted to say is that too much freedom isn't good, at least without information. Sex *should* be discussed openly, since accidental pregnancies and STDs are a very real possibility. Very young people could put their urges before the risks, and that isn't good. Also, young people need other things to focus on *besides* sex. About VNs perceivedly being for losers and all that... well, there are a bunch of "failed males" who can't get girlfriends (and the same is true for women I suppose), so once again, hiding the fact won't do any good to any party. Once again, aside from the fact that sex is beneficial and worthy, we find that there are more things in life besides it. It's all the more stupid when you find hikikomori that play regular videogames bashing hikikomori that play VNs. We should aim to include, not exclude.

Would buy, but will it get to every corner of the world?

Liking modern anime is bad taste of sorts... well the decline from the 90s is pretty clear, if you followed it for that long, but it's OK watching some crap from time to time. Who cares?

If my Heart had Wings is also available for Android on Play Store. You can even play it for free, but it has a point system that will probably get on your nerves. Still, the very real possibility of playing it on your medium-priced tablet, if you drop the bucks, is there. This fact is independent of its Steam sales, but it probably has added more popularity to the title.

I think that Clannad is expensive, and really not worth the price. With its sheer length I would probably end up bored, because lengthier isn't more fun by itself. So I didn't buy it. I'm better off playing other Key titles that are mostly more of the same. On the other hand, I decided to support SonoHana with its first ever Steam release. 8 euros and the game barely covers for it. But it's an assumable price. For me assumable prices go up to 20 euros/dollars, but I'm not an student anymore, it should be harsher for them. For me, it's all reduced to how bad you wanna play it, not the nature of the game. Likewise I consider a blatant ripoff to charge 18 euros for a HD movie download on Google Play, but I'll probably crack the piggy bank open to buy Zootopia in due time, because I loved the movie, and want to support the product and the people who made it.

I disagree that there are limitations for human beings. Maybe it was the fact that I was taught that every person is *unique*, *irreplaceable* and special. Not two people are exactly the same, no matter how alike. I see it constantly when getting to know other people. Nobody is exactly like me, nobody has had exactly the same experiences. How can they know what I know, how can they think exactly along the same lines? But then again, on this shitty age where our hubris leads us to think that not even free will is real, everything is possible I suppose... And I don't quite think that tropes are actual reflections of human nature. They probably use it as a basis, but they end up being handy personality quirks (when applied to characters), and end up overused and boring. A human being is *not* a collection of given tropes. A badly written character is.