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He was also great as the narrator of "In Search Of...", the pinnacle of those paranormal event/historical mystery investigation shows.

You're kidding me. "Every time I killed an enemy soldier, something like the stain of his blood would rise to the surface of the stone. As you can see, it's almost solid black now after three years. The stone is stained by the sins I've committed. I call it my 'sin stone.'" This?? This melodramatic crap is good writing?? "You don't have to blame yourself so harshly", says Kaim. "You had to do it to stay alive." Gee, that's original. I can't even imagine someone narrating lines like these without cracking up. If this is the peak of visual novels, I'm glad I'm no longer a fan. No comment on the translation quality: I'd have to read the original first, as anyone with a valid opinion would have done.

Well, I'm not a fan of the game, but a good English analogy for the line from the Kojiki would be something like this: Leoht eastan com, beorht beacen Godes; brimu swaþredon, þæt ic sænæssas geseon mihte, windige weallas. Wyrd oft nereð unfægne eorl, þonne his ellen deah! Hwæþere me gesælde, þæt ic mid sweorde ofsloh niceras nigene.

I remember when we had good wholesome ponies instead of your modern drug-induced Cubist ponies

I randomly happened upon a cute little show about a guy who gets a job working as a kindergarten teacher. It's called "Hanamaru Youchien"

Where is A-Rise in all of this

It's a Wonderful Resolution and Screen Size (480x272)

I think 美少女ゲーム covers it pretty well for me.

Articles like this one serve to reinforce my perception that what I like to play is definitely not visual novels (except in the purely technical sense of the term). In fact, I've come to loathe the term "visual novel." Those people in Japan that play the kind of games I play rarely refer to themselves as "visual novel fans", and so neither will I. I'm opting out.

Well, that's what emulation is for. I mean even if you did have the systems at the time, it's doubtful you'd be able to even experience let alone beat every good game. Not to mention the ones that were Japan-only.

Still want one? I have one that works for half an hour.

As for me, I want an Atari 7800. Interestingly, the only time I had a bad experience on Ebay was when I bought one of these. The dude shipped it to the wrong address and refunded me (but I still lost the money from shipping charges). I have an Atari 2600 and the 5200 (and yes, the Atari 5200 is just as bad as people say it is). So I really need the 7800 for my collection. Sure, I've seen Classic Game Room several times. But in the case of Vectrex, I got to play with it in person when someone brought one to the anime convention in Atlanta for a tournament (which I won btw despite having never played on one before) Personally, I don't think the vectrex games themselves have aged well--I would never bother with an emulator, and many of the games such as the one you pictured are much better on the original arcade version--but the console itself is such a novelty, with the built-in vector monitor which there is nothing like these days, that's the thing that sets it apart. I have a 2600 too, but I don't play it anymore. If I was going to collect another Atari system I think an XE would be cool: http://videogamecritic.com/xeinfo.htm Some of the 800-series games are still fun today, and I have them emulated under MESS... I remember playing with a 7800 at someone's house...it was okay, but I was SO glad I had asked for a NES instead of a 7800 for my 1st game system...

Because it's an acronym, and not a word, it doesn't matter how it's pronounced. You can simply say each letter individually. Judging from people I meet every day, a better use of their time would be learning to pronounce English words correctly, such as: pastoral comparable mischievous volatile respite amalgam and so forth...

I like the idea itself...sorry I can't help right now, looks like my tastes are too specialised for the given VN list...maybe in the future

No Saturn? Or do you already have one of those?

a Vectrex, because there's nothing else like it. I'd still like one. a Turbo Duo and Neo Geo consoles would have been nice as well.

Some people just seem to enjoy playing games on a teeny tiny little screen with puny sound. I don't. I want a big screen with full size speakers and full size controls. It's the same way with movies. Some people are OK watching on a teeny, tiny little screen. I want a big screen. (Since I never have the opportunity to use public transportation, mobility is a non-issue. I'm always driving everywhere.)

I read about the forum move, but then I forgot about it, then it automatically transferred here, then Firefox crashed, and when it restarted, everything was OK. And me too, I'm lucky I remembered my password

I will never, ever play Katawa Shoujo. There is a 99.9% chance I will never play any OELVN.

If that's true, then yet another way I'm in touch with all things Japanese :-) On my desk is a CRT monitor, 800x600. That's where I usually play these things. I suppose that's an embarrassing moment of a different sort. If I want to play something newer like Noble Works, I have to set it up in the living room (not too hard to do since I already have a PC in there to watch anime on) Actually playing on the HDTV has kind of spoiled me, I may actually have to get a new monitor soon, but I'm resisting. I could buy a new one at any time I wanted, but I am not quite normal: it's very hard for me to get rid of something that still works.