{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 108 - Visual Novels","description":"This episode we\u2019re discussing Visual Novels! We talk about what visual novels are, whether they count as books, reading novels we\u2019re much too young for, being unable to suspend our disbelief, watching videos at 2x speed, monetization, watching vs playing, linear vs divergent stories, and more! Plus, this episode is like 75% tangents! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (Played?) This Month Bury Me, My Love Dungeons & Lesbians Stream with Matthew and RJ Serre - \u201cA visual novel about a girl and an alien drinking tea and falling in love!\u201d Stream with Matthew and Meghan Speed Dating for Ghosts Order a Pizza: A Visual Novel Stream with Matthew and hosts of Finish It! Podcast All the streams on YouTube! Our Twitch channel Matthews list of (more) Visual Novels he enjoyed playing A Mortician's  Tale - \u201ca story-driven death positive video game where you play as a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.\u201d Arcade Spirits - \u201ca romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred.\u201d Don\u2019t Take It Personally, I Just Don\u2019t Like You: The Camping Trip - \u201ca lo-fi relationship dramedy about camping illegally on government property in the chill of early autumn, having public anxiety attacks in crowded shopping malls, the people we choose to be with, and what we do when they don't choose us back.\u201d The Night Fisherman - \u201cA short tale of inhumanity in the English channel." The Outcast Lovers - \u201cDriving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress.\u201d (Sequel to The Night Fisherman.) Us Lovely Corpses - \u201ca short surreal-horror-romance visual novel about helping a friend.\u201d Watch Me Jump - \u201ca digital story of scandal and betrayal, played out in four quarters.\u201d Mission: It's Complicated - \u201ca visual novel about getting superheroes to fall in love, and the shenanigans that happen along the way.\u201d Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator - \u201ca game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads.\u201d Other Media We Mentioned Choose Your Own Adventure (Wikipedia) Doki Doki Literature Club! (Wikipedia) Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (Wikipedia) Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim Orcs that RJ drew! More orc(cupation)s that RJ drew Radical Dreamers (Wikipedia) Butterfly Soup - \u201cA visual novel about gay asian girls playing baseball and falling in love.\u201d 2064: Read Only Memories (Wikipedia) Now Kiss! YouTube Playlist of visual novel streams by Kathleen de Vere Finish It! Podcast Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form by Anna Anthropy  Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty Ask a Mortician Signs of the Sojourner - \u201ca narrative card game about relationships and connecting with people.\u201d Links, Articles, and Things Bingo Sheets for podcast Visual novel (Wikipedia) Gamebook (Wikipedia) Text-based game (Wikipedia) Interactive fiction (Wikipedia) Point-and-click adventure games (Wikipedia) Twine (software) (Wikipedia) Pandemic (board game) (Wikipedia) RJ\u2019s itch.io page Pricing Hobby Games: An argument for pricing your small independent games. How One Gameplay Decision Changed Diablo Forever Why So Few Violent Games? Visual Novel Maker Says It Will Replace Its Striking Writers Visual Novel Writers Win Pay Raise After 21 Day Strike Visual Novels (TV Tropes) 5 Visual Novels (and 1 amazing resource) by People of Colour Blerdy Otome: this episode\u2019s list would not be possible without Blerdy Otome, who reviews otome games, visual novels, and related media! Check out the Blerdy Tribe page of her website for tons of Black game developers, artists, podcasters, and other folks to follow! ValiDate: a forthcoming romantic visual novel about 12 adults in Jercy City navigating new relationships and the harsh realities that come alongside them. Features an array of character art by artists of color and a narrative developed by an all people of color writing team. One Thousand and One Days: an LGBTQ+ fantasy otome based on the mythology of ancient Persia and Islamic lore. Pairs: a romantic sci-fi visual novel featuring two superheroic couples and four perspectives to see their stories from. Us Lovely Corpses: a short surreal-horror-romance visual novel about helping a friend. Matthew\u2019s stream of this game can be found here (check the content warning in the video description). Order a Pizza: play as a divorced dad trying to order the perfect pizza. Matthew\u2019s stream of this game can be found here. Suggest new genres or titles! Fill out the form to suggest a genre or title! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, September 15th we\u2019ll be giving an update on media we\u2019ve been consuming that\u2019s not for the podcast! Then on Tuesday, October 15th we\u2019ll be reading Comedic\/Humourous Novels! ","author_name":"Book Club for Masochists: a Readers\u2019 Advisory Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/bookclub4m.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"