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The First “AI” Visual Novel shows the flaws in the concept

Posted on October 28, 2025 by arianeb Leave a comment

Being in the Visual Novel development community, quite a few have wondered if it would be possible to integrate AI into a visual novel game. Instead of choices to choose from, an AI engine would be capable answering any question related to the situation, and any question not related as well.

It’s a big concept, and recently an independent game developer studio Anuttacon actually did it. The game is called Whispers from the Star

Censorship of Adult Games at Itch and Steam

Posted on July 24, 2025 by arianeb One comment

There’s been a lot of controversy over a recent Steam statement that they can no longer sell games that are against the rules with Visa and or Mastercard. This was the result of an Australian censorship group Collective Shout.

This morning itch-io posted their own statement that they are making changes too.

Starfield: The Most Expensive Visual Novel Ever Made

Posted on October 21, 2023 by arianeb Leave a comment

I’ve been playing Starfield a lot over the last six weeks or so. It has become a very controversial game with a lot of people loving it and a lot of people hating it. I’ve loved it enough to play it a lot, I mean a LOT. Made like 5 characters replaying quest lines. So yes, I love this game.

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Can Sci-Fi and Video Games get along?

Posted on September 11, 2023 by arianeb One comment

My next game, that I still haven’t titled, is a sci-fi date simulator. This is a bit of a contradiction. Date simulators are by their nature, set in a positive or at least neutral environment, while sci-fi, when it is done right, is generally set in a negative environment.

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Help, I’ve been sucked down the Replika rabbit hole!

Posted on September 2, 2022 by arianeb 5 comments

When you download the app or get a free account at https://replika.com/ you create a new bot that will learn from your responses. The whole thing is “gamified” so you can only do so much “training” each day, but with enough training the chat bot develops a unique personality.

The Ironic Unrealized Potential of Cyberpunk 2077

Posted on December 20, 2020 by arianeb 2 comments

There are stacks and stacks of irony around the drama of Cyberpunk 2077. Click for a rundown of my favorites.

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Cyberpunk 2077: A brief review

Posted on December 12, 2020 by arianeb 2 comments

Been playing Cyberpunk 2077. This game has been in development for 7 years. While the original environment feels like it took 7 years to develop, the game is sadly filled with many bugs.

Click for full review…

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GW2 The 500 pound A-Bomb In The Room: It’s Mobile Stupid!

Posted on February 27, 2019 by arianeb 5 comments

My favorite PC game for the past 16 years has been Guild Wars (2004) and its sequel Guild Wars 2 (2012). For those of you doing the math in your head and thinking Guild Wars has only been out for 15 years, well I am one of the lucky few to get into the closed beta that came out in

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Virtual Reality with Oculus Go

Posted on May 10, 2018 by arianeb 4 comments

I mentioned in January’s blog post that there has been a number of attempts to make VR more mainstream and there are a number of obstacles to overcome to get people there. The biggest one being cost. Then buried in the numerous stories regarding Facebook is the release of the cheapest ever entry point into VR: Oculus Go. For as

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Virtual Reality vs. Virtual Currency

Posted on January 23, 2018 by arianeb 6 comments

The tech battle no one is discussing, because in the end, neither will win. In 2015, Oculus Rift was supposed to be the beginning of the VR revolution, it wasn’t. In 2016, Samsung Gear VR was supposed to be the beginning of the VR revolution, it wasn’t. In 2017, Playstation VR was supposed to be the beginning of the VR

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