# visual novel (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover visual novel. Page: Feed: --- ## [Against “Like Them, but Better”](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/against-like-them-but-better-08-21-26/) _2026-08-22 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I came across a short post on @iamgregb (I assume by Greg B) titled “Like Them, but Better.” It’s Not. In the post, he makes the case against “\[a\] social media strategy focused entirely on the competition,” explaining that “I want to choose your product because it’s a unique proposition” rather than because it is not \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-21-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-21-26/) _2026-08-21 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ It is time to wrap up another perfect five-for-five Pook-Emu Bee work-week before we take tomorrow off for Newsletter Saturday. Life Updates I shared a photo of my new (Ebay, so “new”) Wacom One drawing tablet yesterday. While the “drawing” works as expected, I cannot get it to display an image. I think the annoying \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117130433428407573) _2026-08-20 · N.A. Ferrell_ Nintendo 64 at 30 and My N64 Memories I celebrate the Nintendo 64’s 30th anniversary with a selection of my own late-90s N64 memories. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/nintendo -64-at-30-and-my-n64-memories/ # Nintendo64 # SegaGenesis # VideoGames # PokemonStadium # SuperMario64 ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-20-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-20-26/) _2026-08-20 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I’m a bit late with Pook-Emu Bee links today, but the streak continues. By the way, WordPress’s admin area looks different after the latest update. Change in color contrast. I’m not complaining. 1 | Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models (Chris Isidore for CNN. August 18, 2026.) Looks \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-19-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-19-26/) _2026-08-19 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Keeping the Pook-Emu Bee weekday streak going on this sunny (here in Brooklyn, at least) August 19, 2026. 1 | Vindman Vaporizes $16.2 Million in Loss, Spends 36X DSA Candidate on Ads (Paul Bois for Breitbart. August 18, 2026) & Rep. Cory Mills Unseated in GOP Primary, Ryan Elijah Wins Nomination (Olivia Rondeau for Breitbart. \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-18-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-18-26/) _2026-08-18 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Another weekday means another set of Poook-Emu Bee links. 1 | Jeanie Buss battling siblings over sale of remaining Lakers shares to new ownership group: reports (Scott Thompson for Fox Business. August 17, 2026.) The unfortunate ramifications of sidelining your siblings for your own benefit. Your siblings, now having little stake in the organization, may \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117113897887085160) _2026-08-18 · N.A. Ferrell_ Recapping Junited and JulyReply 2026 at ECS Recapping my 2026 Junited and JulyReply posts from Emu Cafe Social, all in one post on The New Leaf Journal. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/recappin g-junited-and-julyreply-2026-at-ecs/ # Junited # JulyReply # Blogging # Links ## [Sensationalist Economics Reporting in Morning Brew](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/sensationalist-economics-reporting-in-morning-brew-08-17-26/) _2026-08-17 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Writing for Morning Brew, Matty Merritt covered “luxury butter.” According to the author: “With grocery item costs up everywhere, even $10 butter feels like a reasonable little treat.” I live in an expensive area of Brooklyn, New York City (even by the general standards of Brooklyn) and I would have to put effort into spending \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117112116643952518) _2026-08-17 · N.A. Ferrell_ Free White Printer in Brooklyn Heights Reminds Me of Visual Novel A free white printer with a note left out for the taking in Brooklyn Heights reminded me of a Japanese horror visual novel I played and reviewed earlier this year. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/free-whi te-printer-in-brooklyn-heights-reminds-me-of-visual-novel/ # NYC # BrooklynHeights # Printer # VisualNovel # Photography ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-17-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-17-26/) _2026-08-17 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Pook-Emu Bee was off Saturday for the newsletter and off Sunday because I had work to finish, but we return on this fun Monday for our regularly scheduled links from around the web. Links & Commentary 1 | Teenage tourist stabbed in ‘unprovoked’ attack inside McDonald’s near Times Square: sources (Joe Marino, Amanda Woods, and \[…\] ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QKwsLwFRpt6r) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [I'm late to talking about Watanare.](https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2026/08/im-late-to-talking-about-watanare.html) _2026-08-15 · Kuudere-Hime · Kuudere-Hime's Otaku Blog_ Full name There's no freaking way I'll be your Lover! Unless... This was somewhat hyped in 2025, but that it was going for an actual Poly resolution was not something I recalled coming up. As much as I am a long time Yuri fan I have spent the last few years feeling less obligated to watch every Yuri, especially when so many are still not even being Dubbed. I have talked on this blog before about… ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-14-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-14-26/) _2026-08-14 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Let us complete our perfect Pook-Emu Bee link week before our regularly scheduled day off for Newsletter Saturday. 1 | Sekiwake Wakatakakage Begins Rehabilitation After Narrowly Avoiding Leg Amputation in Emergency Surgery (Sumostats. July 29, 2026.) Scary stuff. Hoping first for a safe and speedy recovery and second for him to quickly return to the \[…\] ## [Five Linux Apps to Install on Day One](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/five-linux-apps-to-install-on-day-one-08-13-26/) _2026-08-13 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I read a How to Geek blog post titled 5 apps new Linux users should install on day one (HT Tux Machines). The author, Dibakar Ghosh, recommended the following apps: GNOME Tweaks and GNOME Extensions (if using GNOME) KDE Connect or GSConnect A Chromium-based browser OnlyOffice Flatpak All five recommendations are sensible. My only amendments \[…\] ## [Finding a Good Monospace Font For Prose](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/finding-a-good-monospace-font-for-prose-08-13-26/) _2026-08-13 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Unlike Ben Tsai, I have never been an engineer. But like Ben Tsai, I “appreciate the feel of a monospaced font, \[and\] want something that is optimized for prose.” In my case, I write drafts (and law stuff for my day job) in KDE’s Ghostwriter and prefer monospace fonts while writing in markdown. Many of \[…\] ## [“Moments Away”](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/moments-away-08-13-26/) _2026-08-13 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I added a significant number of Google News feeds for specific Brooklyn neighborhoods to my feed collection (future article topic?). I then went through the initial set of articles that came up. I decided to read Timeless Brooklyn Reimagined: Minerva Development Unveils 263 Sackett in the Heart of Carroll Gardens since I know the area. \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117089461150735742) _2026-08-13 · N.A. Ferrell_ The Worm in My Shoe A 2026 story of a snake in a football helment in Arkansas reminded me of that time in 1995 when an earthworm found its way into my shoe. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/the-worm -in-my-shoe/ # Anecdote # Snakes # Worms ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-13-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-13-26/) _2026-08-13 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I was working late into the night (unfortunately not on articles), but I am back for another Pook-Emu Bee link (one away from Sunday-Friday perfection before we yield the floor on Saturday for The Newsletter Leaf Journal). 1 | Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-12-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-12-26/) _2026-08-12 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Can we complete a perfect Sunday-Friday Pook-Emu Bee link week? With this, we are 5/7 of the way there. Articles 1 | New $472M electronic brain modernizes aging CH-47 Chinook helicopters (Amir Kholam for Interesting Engineering. August 11, 2026.) This reminds me of replacing the SSD and RAM in a cheap laptop I purchased on \[…\] ## [Lucky Star is set in 2006](https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2026/08/lucky-star-is-set-in-2006.html) _2026-08-11 · Kuudere-Hime · Kuudere-Hime's Otaku Blog_ I find it interesting how many YouTube videos about Lucky Star the 2007 TV Anime as being a time capsule depicting what Otaku Culture was like in 2007. But the show isn't set in 2007, it's clearly set in 2006. The first season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is clearly currently airing, one scene depicting Konota's reaction to the episode Someday in The Rain which aired May 28th 2006, neither… ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-11-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-11-26/) _2026-08-11 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ We keep the Pook-Emu Bee link momentum going with more links from around the web. Articles 1 | NYC first lady Rama Duwaji traveling to Syria, Lebanon — with taxpayer-funded NYPD security detail: sources (Carl Campanile for the New York Post. August 10, 2026.) I saw this story last night. I had a fun quip \[…\] ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/h0McmmOvLa5P) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [Persona 4 Dungeons Were Stressful?](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/persona4-dungeons-were-stressful-08-11-26/) _2026-08-11 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Gamer Braves conducted an interesting interview with Wada Kazuhisa, who is producer of the upcoming Persona 4 Revival. Long-time NLJ readers may know that I am a Persona 4 fan, although I am not particularly excited for what would be my third version of P4 (I had the original several years before Golden came out). \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-10-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-10-26/) _2026-08-10 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Pook-Emu Bee links are back today as we start the new work-week. 1 – Persona 30th Anniversary Paper Fragrances Feature Designs Announced (Orpheus Joshua for Noisy Pixel. August 9, 2026.) I have been a Persona fan since I first played FES more than 16 years ago. I have been seeing one 30-year anniversary note after \[…\] ## [Desktop Environments and Distro Hopping](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/desktop-environments-and-distro-hopping-08-09-26/) _2026-08-09 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ This month marks my sixth year of running Linux exclusively on my computers, so I suppose that I am minimally qualified to offer an opinion on Bhuwan Mishra’s After Nearly a Decade of Distro Hopping, I Realized It Was Never About the Distro. Speaking for myself and save for briefly using Ubuntu with Unity on \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-09-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-09-26/) _2026-08-09 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Pook-Emu Bee links are so real now that we’re delivering on Sundays. 1 | Tracking Bees with a Stereo Camera (Al Williams for Hackaday. August 8, 2026.) A fitting entry in light of today’s New Leaf Journal review of A Taste of Honey. 2 | RV Steelhead (Tugster: A Waterblog. August 8, 2026.) Survey research \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117066423405244793) _2026-08-09 · N.A. Ferrell_ A Taste of Honey (2009) – Visual Novel Review Back in 2009, a speculative fiction author named Fred Warren adapted his own 2008 short story into a visual novel after learning about the medium. Here, I review A Taste of Honey, which remains free to read and play. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/a-taste- of-honey-2009-visual-novel-review/ # VisualNovel # ShortStory # RenPy # SpeculativeFiction # Bees ## [Used Game Stores in an All Digital World](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/used-game-stores-in-an-all-digital-world-08-08-26/) _2026-08-09 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Much digital ink has been spilled on the slow decline of physical video games (including by yours truly). In a reply post by Jake at An Almost Anonymous Blog titled The importance of owning physical (and digital) media when possible, he noted that the demise of physical games will result in the corresponding demise of \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117063056699938956) _2026-08-09 · N.A. Ferrell_ Inflatable Summer Shark in Brooklyn Documenting an question-raising inflatable summer shark decoration in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Why would a shark need an inner tube and snorkel? https:// thenewleafjournal.com/inflatab le-summer-shark-in-brooklyn/ # Brooklyn # CobbleHill # Sharks # Summer # InflatableDecorations ## [/e/ OS’s App Lounge Apparently Still As I Remember](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/e-oss-app-lounge-apparently-still-as-i-remember-08-08-26/) _2026-08-09 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I used an /e/ OS-powered Teracube 2e as my daily driver phone from September 2021 to November 2022. It worked well enough for my purposes initially, as I explained in a very early review I published in November 2021, but I would eventually switch to a LineageOS-powered Google Pixel 3a XL (which, coincidentally, is my \[…\] ## [The Ribbon Hero is a Masterpiece](https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-ribbon-hero-is-masterpiece.html) _2026-08-08 · Kuudere-Hime · Kuudere-Hime's Otaku Blog_ It more then lived up the Hype. It made me Cry more then once. I don't have the ability to judge it as an adaptation, I don't think adaptation is the best word anymore, more like Reimagining. It does justice to the legacy of the original in exactly the metatextual way I was hoping. There is no exposition about Saphir having a Heart of Both a Boy and a Girl, but she is still called a Knight, from… ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-07-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-07-26/) _2026-08-07 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I am a bit late today, but I decided to keep the Pook-Emu Bee links running with four in a row before our off-day tomorrow (Newsletter Saturday). 1. Private email is fine, actually (Matthew Guay for Buttondown Blog. August 7, 2026.) I agree. But I my own solution (SimpleLogin) is not specifically listed (they note \[…\] ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7TcuZx9oK1pG) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117051696037879180) _2026-08-07 · N.A. Ferrell_ Free “Just Heavy :)” Air Conditioner in Brooklyn Reporting on a free air conditioner with note seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/free-jus t-heavy-air-conditioner-in-brooklyn/ # AirConditioner # Note # Free # Brooklyn # NYC ## [PSA: Shueisha Makes Approximately 400 Manga Series Free For Limited Time](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/psa-shueisha-makes-more-than-400-manga-series-free-for-limited-time-08-06-26/) _2026-08-06 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I learned today that manga publisher Shueisha is making apppproximately 400 manga series free in 100 languages for a limited time beginning August 6, 2026 (“limited time” not defined). They are available at https://mangamillion.shueisha.co.jp/en. Moreover, Shueista notes that all of the manga were translated by human beings rather than AI. I am more of an \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-06-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-06-26/) _2026-08-06 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Is it safe to say the daily Pook-Emu Bee links are “daily” again with three posts in a row? 1 – Video Game Accounts Can Be Inherited, Chinese Court Rules (Li Xin for Sixth Tone. August 6, 2026.) The game account inheritance news from China you have been waiting for. 2 – Switch 2 Surpasses \[…\] ## [The Ninth Jedi is what the Sequel Trilogy could have been.](https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-ninth-jedi-is-what-sequel-trilogy.html) _2026-08-06 · Kuudere-Hime · Kuudere-Hime's Otaku Blog_ It manages to do much better the seeds of compelling new ideas The Sequel Trilogy introduced and squandered, but without all the falling back onto wanting to also be an OT Remake. The sequel trilogy wanted us to believe that Kylo Ren wasn't a Sith but something different, but no meaningful distinction was ever made. Nawaan in The Ninth Jedi is the opposite of a Sith, while the Sith are all about… ## [Learning About Zantigo](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/learning-about-zantigo-08-05-26/) _2026-08-06 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I do not recall having heard of Zantigo before reading an August 5, 2026 piece in Atlas Obscura about its small revival. According to the article, Zantigo filled the same niche as Taco Bell but went extinct after its parent company merged with Taco Bell’s. By the end of 1988, all Zantigo locations were closed \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-05-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-05-26/) _2026-08-05 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ Two Pook-Emu Bee daily links in a row? What in the world is going on here? 1. Mega Drive, Saturn And Dreamcast Watches Are Coming To Japan (Damien McFerran for Time Extension. July 5, 2026.) The Dreamcast watch looks cool. The other two are a bit too dark (granting the Genesis and the most well-known \[…\] ## [Visual Novel Definition From Academic Paper](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/visual-novel-definition-from-academic-paper-08-04-26/) _2026-08-05 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I collected academic papers about visual novels for at least one ongoing NLJ article project. I figured that the best place to start my reading was “What is a Visual Novel?” This paper, authored by Elin Carstendottir. Janelynn Camingue, and Edward F. Melcer, was published in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction on \[…\] ## [Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-04-26](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-04-26/) _2026-08-04 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ My “daily” Pook-Emu Bee links have been far from “daily” of late. As a result, my link backlog has grown to an ominous size. But today we get back on track. Tomorrow? That is always TBD, but baby steps to giant strides and all. 1. NYC subway riders push AG Letitia James to probe OMNY \[…\] ## [Code Geass and Genre](https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2026/08/code-geass-and-genre.html) _2026-08-04 · Kuudere-Hime · Kuudere-Hime's Otaku Blog_ When discussing why I feel April 2006 through March 2007 can be considered the best year of Anime I referred to Code Geass as an important Anime that transcends Genre rather than as one of the shows I consider the best of its Genre. And I felt like elaborating on that. As an Anime with a consistent spot in my top 10 since I first got into it, I feel I can safely call it my favorite Anime that can… ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117034996159027164) _2026-08-04 · N.A. Ferrell_ Calvin Coolidge’s Homestead Oath of Office Studying and comparing four eyewitness accounts of the night Calvin Coolidge became president and had his father administer the oath of office in his childhood home. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/calvin-c oolidges-homestead-oath-of-office/ # AmericanHistory # USHistory # CalvinCoolidge # USPresidents # ThisDayInHistory ## [2026 Nagoya Basho Unfortunate For Yokozuna](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/2026-nagoya-basho-unfortunate-for-yokozuna-08-02-26/) _2026-08-03 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I learned from a Sumo Stats post that the 2026 Nagoya Basho marked the first grand sumo tournament since the July 1991 Nagoya Basho that multiple Yokozuna failed to reach 10 wins. Yokozuna Onosato finished 9-6 and Hoshoryu finished 7-7-1, which was unfortunate for my pre-tournament predictions. 2026 Nagoya Basho Unfortunate For Yokozuna… ## [Fixing Failed KOReader OTA Update on PocketBook](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/fixing-failed-koreader-ota-update-on-pocketbook-08-01-26/) _2026-08-02 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I have a PocketBook InkPad Color and PocketBook Color (both first generation). I run KOReader on both. I tried to do an OTA update of KOReader, but it failed in both cases (locked up after hitting update) and trying to launch KOReader would freeze the device. My first idea was to update manually by connecting \[…\] ## [Detective Conan Dubbed episodes for August.](https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2026/08/detective-conan-dubbed-episodes-for.html) _2026-08-01 · Kuudere-Hime · Kuudere-Hime's Otaku Blog_ My prediction of what episodes would be included in the second half of the FBI collection were partly correct but not entirely. Ayu's Tumblr Post hasn't updated the Watch order yet but I'm sure she will. https://matchaandmayhem.tumblr.com/post/799001080524570624/detco-dub-order \[Update: It's updated now.\] If I have any criticism it's the decision to pronounce Yaiba as Yaiber. Now that I'm 40 I… ## [Letter to the Editor Backlink in Chicago Sun Times](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/letter-to-the-editor-backlink-in-chicago-sun-times-07-31-26/) _2026-07-31 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ I was checking my backlinks on Ahrefs when I saw one from the Chicago Sun Times. I do not recall having had a Chicago Sun Times backlink, so I checked to see what it was about. On July 1, 2026, the paper published America 250-inspired letters to the editor. One of these letters, from Harvey \[…\] ## [Tell Everyone About Your Hero\[in\]ism](https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/tell-everyone-about-your-heroinism-07-31-26/) _2026-07-31 · Nicholas A. Ferrell · The Emu Café Social_ A friend sent me a link to an interview in Natiulus titled I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem. I trusted that she sent it to me because she thought based on the headline that it would be a very sober take (or the opposite, either/or). Against my better judgment, \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/117012830571014719) _2026-07-31 · N.A. Ferrell_ O2A2 2026 Visual Novel Review Project (Part 2/2) Part two of my O2A2 2026 short visual novel review project… https:// thenewleafjournal.com/o2a2-202 6-visual-novel-review-project-part-2-2/ # O2A2 # Itchio # VisualNovels # Reviews # GameJam ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/116994896308242192) _2026-07-28 · N.A. Ferrell_ O2A2 2026 Visual Novel Review Project (Part 1/2) Reviewing 11 very short visual novels that were submitted to the Itch.io O2A2 2026 – Only One of Any Asset Visual Novel Jam. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/o2a2-202 6-visual-novel-review-project-part-1-2/ # VisualNovel # VisualNovelReview # O2A2 # Itchio # GameJam ## [Speedrunning Dictionary Imports: A Race Between Apps](https://skerritt.blog/speedrunning-dictionary-imports-a-race-between-apps/) _2026-07-26 · Autumn Skerritt · Skerritt.blog_ Speedrun fans: play this 💡 this article is unfunished, people didn't seem to take it as seriously as i did On the 1st of January, 2026 importing a dictionary of every Japanese name took 3 hours. Thousand and thousands of hours were spent by people optimising dictionary imports ## [(untitled)](https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/116984523277713960) _2026-07-26 · N.A. Ferrell_ Reviewing Limerence, an al|together-Inspired Visual Novel I review a new indie visual novel that was inspired in part by the al|together 2008 localization of The Letter, which the author stumbled upon thanks to an article in The New Leaf Journal. https:// thenewleafjournal.com/reviewin g-limerence-an-altogether-inspired-visual-novel/ # VisualNovel # Itchio # Renpy # Review ## [Code Geass, Nina and Racism](https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2026/07/code-geass-nina-and-racism.html) _2026-07-19 · Kuudere-Hime · Kuudere-Hime's Otaku Blog_ Nina Einstein is by the end of the R2 not at all Racist anymore. Which is not unique to her, the show is filled with Britannian characters who were being quite racist to the Japanese early in the show and aren’t at all anymore by the end. None of them have a particular moment where they repent of their past racism and denounce it, it simply becomes apparent that they clearly aren’t racist anymore.…