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AnimeSuki 2008 Choice Awards: Picking Winners
I’ll admit it, I do have more than just a passing interest in these types of awards. Obviously one affords as much credibility to a set of awards like these as one agrees with the results, and it always surprises me just how much people RAGE when they don’t, c.f. SaiMoe and its multiple incarnations. [...]
Winter 2009: First thoughts
Northern hemisphere seasons always stuff me up, since I’m writing a post titled “Winter 2009″ despite the fact that it’s over 30°C outside. I’m not watching all that much this season, for two reasons. First, other than the slew of sequels (again), there’s not too much that seems interesting. Second, I’m too busy right now [...]
A Second Look at the Eroge Adaptation
My first post on BtNHRV was centered around the eroge adaptation. More than a year has passed since then; being older, wiser (hopefully), and having played more eroge than ever, I feel as if I should revisit the subject again, as the near-absolute failure of the sub-genre perplexes me.
Lamenting sequels
We touched on it a bit in our Year in Review article, but 2008 did have a lot of sequels and 2009 so far seems to be following that trend. Is it more sequels than usual? Well, I haven’t bothered sorting through the data, but it sure feels that way. The difference between last year [...]
