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This is not a content problem, it's a Valve platform problem and it's been happening to smaller VN publishers for years. It's only going to get attention now because they shot down something from a larger publisher like Spike Chunsoft, but I doubt it'll get fixed.
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MAGES. announces massive losses for this fiscal year. Coupled with their current outstanding debts this means the company is entering insolvency. twitter.com/gamebiznews/st…
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I think the Square Enix manga app censorship is probably the work of a machine learning algorithm that slaps black bars on specific line strokes/curves it detects. It would explain why stuff like creases in bent knees have been blotted out. Sheer laziness on Square Enix's part.
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At a panel on translation theory by @katrinaltrnsl8r. Super informative and well researched.
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Rance series creator TADA is retired, but he consulted with Alicesoft and today released a balance patch for Rance IV (published in 1993).
The patch enables Win 10/11 support, includes BGM support, increases EXP gain, and other miscellaneous fixes.
hannylaboratory.blogspot.com/2023/01/blog-p…
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As expected. The C;H sitch was a one-off to lose some heat from gaming news sites, now Steam is back to business as usual. Their regular policy for VN submissions is "one try, no resubmissions" btw. twitter.com/jastusa/status…
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If you're curious why companies hire expensive firms instead of diverting those resources to compromising or meeting union demands, it's cause it's not about the resources, it's about reinforcing hierarchy. The intent is to break their employees and wait til the audience forgets.
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I've done a bit of market research in online communities and such lately but I wanna hear from the otome community directly on here. What otomege or even josei-muke titles would you be interested in seeing come to the west. Also if you play console, what consoles do you play on?
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To celebrate release, I'm doing a digital key giveaway for Metal Max Xeno: Reborn!
To be in the running, just be following my account and give this post a retweet! Three winners will receive one digital download key each for the platform of their choice!
Ends today, 11pm UTC!
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