Rundown (6/09/2024) Natalie Got A New Shower!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie Got A New Shower!
- TSF Showcase 2024-23 Shimai ga Nakayoshi Kara Ryouomoi ni Naru Hanashi [How Sisters Go from Friendship to Romance] by Sebire
- Take-Two Shutters Private Division Label (Take-Two Botches It Again!)
- Avalanche Studios Shutter Suddenly (Just Cause Developer Closes North American Studios)
- 7-Year-Old Platformer, Yooka-Laylee, is Getting a Remaster (And it Looks Worse The The Original)
- Remaster, Remake, Re-Release, Repeat (A Tangent I Wrote While on the Phone with IRS)
- Summer Game Fest Rundown (The Bits ‘N’ Pieces Before The Big Stuff)
- Lego Horizon Adventures Announced (Much to Natalie’s Confusion)
- Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind Announced (It’s Not Natsume, But It’s Close Enough)
- Slitterhead Gameplay Reveal (Split ‘Em All 1995! I am Possession Man! 1 Billion Dead Yo-Kais!)
- Killer Bean Revealed to the Broader Gaming World (Grand Theft Potato Looks DOPE!)
- Natalie Learned About Unknown 9: Awakening (It’s A Possession Stealth Action Game!)
Rundown (6/02/2024) It’s Gonna Be A Bangin’ TSF Summer!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: It’s Gonna Be A Bangin’ TSF Summer! (Also, Press-Switch v0.6b is OUT!!!)
- TSF Showcase 2024-21.1 TenkƓsei: Sayonara Anata (2007) [Transfer Students: Goodbye to You] or Switching: Goodbye Me
- TSF Showcase 2024-22 The God Power by Gregor Daniels
- TSF Showcase 2024-22.1 The God Power Seeks Another by Gregor Daniels
- Awaiting The Inevitable Segmented Summer Showcases (A Preamble to S3 2024)
- The Obligatory State of Play Summary (Let S3 2024 Begin!)
- Monster Hunter Musings (Natalie Avoids Talking About Monster Hunter Wilds)
- Dynasty Warriors X – The New Zero (Dynasty Warriors Reboot, Dynasty Warriors Origins, Announced)
- Japan Studio Died So Astro Bot Can Live (Standalone Astro Bot 3D Platformer Announced)
Rundown (5/26/2024) I Got Robbed!!!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: I Got Robbed!!!
- TSF Showcase 2024-21 TenkÅsei [Exchange Students] or I Are You, You Am Me
- Nintendo’s Miami Shiver is Ret-2-Go! (Nintendo Acquires Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group)
- The Accursed Consolidation Continues! (Ziff Davis Acquires Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz, and More)
- Abrazar La Muerte, Amico (Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand)
Rundown (5/19/2024) re:CPE:Dreamer
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: re:CPE:Dreamer
- TSF Showcase 2024-20 I Love Yuri and I Got Bodyswapped with a Fujoshi! by Ajiichi
- Bye-Bye Xbox, Hello Microsoft Gaming (Speculating on the Future of Xbox Part 3)
- Oh SNAP! Press-Switch v0.6b is Coming Soon! (Natalie’s Gonna Review The Big Three Back-To-Back)
Rundown (5/12/2024) Sprite Smarter, Sprite Sharder
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Sprite Smarter, Sprite SharderĀ
- TSF Showcase 2024-19 Change Ring by Kawaii Tsun’aho
- TSF Showcase 2024-19.1 Change Ring the Manga by Kawaii Tsun’aho and MPZ
- Student Transfer V8 is Coming Soon! (The Murder Route is Finally Getting Replaced!)
- re:Dreamer is Back, Bay-Bee! (re:Dreamer Version 0.18.0 Releases After 7 Month Delay)
- Microsoft Murders Arkane Austin and Tango GameWorks (Technically They Also Killed Alpha Dog and Consolidated Roundhouseā¦)
- Another AI Generated Image Musing (No, I’m Not Going to Become An AI Pundit)
- Yes, Nintendo Switch 2 is Happening, But You Gotta Wait! (The Switch-2.0-Roadmap)
- Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Announced (Better Than Nothing, Worse Than You’d Expect)
Rundown (5/05/2024) Natalie & Cassie Preserved An Anime Soundtrack!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie & Cassie Preserved An Anime Soundtrack!
- TSF Showcase 2024-18 Idol Pretender by Haruse Hiroki
- Burn It All, Square Enix! Burn It All! (Square Enix Cancels Multiple Game Projects)
- Sony’s First-Party PSN Records Leaked (The Insomniac Leaks Keeps on Giving)
- Miscellaneous Ramblings From a Tired Madwoman (Political Nonsense Natalie Wrote At 2 AM)
Rundown (4/28/2024) The Masturbation Conundrum
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Masturbation Conundrum
- TSF Showcase 2024-17 The Auto-Closet by Kristen O
- TSF Showcase 2024-17.1 One Sexy Error by SapphireFoxx
- TSF Showcase 2024-17.2 Two Sexy Errors by SapphireFoxx
- TSF Showcase 2024-17.3 Shifting Roommates: One Sexy Error by SapphireFoxx
- TSF Showcase 2024-17.4 One Sexy Error: Role Reversal by SapphireFoxx
- I Spent Too Much Time Playing PokĆ©Rogue, so Now I Gotta Contentize It (Natalie Rambles About PokĆ©mon – Rogue of A Risky Rainy Randomness)
- Unembraced Entities (The Embracer Group Announces Disbandment)
- Not Safe For The Powerful Puritans ā Part III (Pixiv Restricts R18 Works For All US and UK Residents)
- The Game Industry Hates Games And Libraries Too (ESA Refuses to Assist Libraries With Game Preservation)
- Infogrames is Back Bay-Bee! (Atari Relaunches Infogrames Brand After 20 Years Because I Don’t Know!)
- Nintendo Hates You And Everyone Too (Nintendo Removes All Nintendo-Related Uploads From Garry’s Mod)
Rundown (4/14/2024) The Enigmatic Children
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Enigmatic Children
- TSF Showcase 2024-15 TS Boshi Techou by Seto Kouhei and Matsuzono
- Contemplating Console Cataclysm (Response to the Consoles Are Dying Discourse – Wave Two)
- Natalie Rambles About the Triple-A and Triple-i Naming Convention (A Tangent That Overtook the Original Topic)
- Eman Looc’s Possession Scroll is Divesting from Student Transfer (Add Another Great Standalone TF Game to The List!)
- Minor Musings About Unionization and Costs of Living (Avalanche Studios Starts Unionizing)
- The Illest Quote From 1951 (Natalie Hyperfixates on 30 Seconds From a 38 Hour Documentary)
Rundown (4/07/2024) Artificially Difficult Taxation
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Artificially Difficult Taxation
- TSF Showcase 2024-14 Ojou-sama Irekawari by Yuniba (TSuniverse)
- TSF Showcase 2024-REJECT_1 Watashi-tachi ha āByplayerā [We Are Supporting Actors] by Harada
- April Fools Ain’t Cool, Except For When It Is (The April Fools Rundown)
- STOP KILLING GAMES!!! (Ross Scott Launches Legal Campaign Against Live Services)
- Not Safe For The Powerful Puritans – Part II (DLSite Has Been Screwed By US Credit Card Companies)
Rundown (3/31/2024) Revenge of Editing Hell
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Revenge of Editing Hell
- TSF Showcase 2024-13 A Gender-Bent Maiden and a Confession Under a Starry Sky [Nyotaika no Musume to Hoshizora no Kokuhaku] by Poriuretan
- The Embracer Fire Sale Continues! (Take Two Buys Gearbox Entertainment For $460 Million)
- SHOW ME WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF!!! (Sonic Heroes Remake/Remaster is Maybe Happening)
- Relic Entertainment Goes Indie! (Sega Lays Off 240 People, Sells Off Relic Entertainment)
- Credits Are Vital, Yet Often Suppressed (NetEase Announced Marvel Hero Shooter, Marvel Rivals)
Rundown (3/24/2024) Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Has Been Drafted!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Has Been Drafted!
- TSF Showcase 2024-12 Transformed Into A Busty Blonde [Kinpatsu x Kyonyuu ni Henshin de] by Ikuya Daikokudou
- Not Safe For The Powerful Puritans (Natalie Gets Political – March 2024 Ver.2)
- Ship Broken, Fix Maybe (There’s Nothing Remarkable About The Battlefront Classic Launch Disaster)
- A Relic Castle Reduced to Ruin (The PokƩmon Company Killed A Fan Game Site)
- Steamy Family Funsies (Valve Announces Steam Families Overhaul)
Rundown (3/17/2024) Fatigue Leaves The Body Erotic
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Fatigue Leaves The Body Erotic
- TSF Showcase 2024-11 Becoming Lindsay by CasualCraig69 & Someone From Internet Art
- Sweet Baby and the Most Disgustingly Sour Babies (Natalie Gets Political – March 2024 Ver.)
- An Anti-Cheat Conundrum (Natalie Rambles About Why Multiplayer Gaming Is Bad Part ā )
Rundown (3/10/2024) Wack-Ass Work Shifts
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Wack-Ass Work Shifts
- TSF Showcase 2024-10 Kizoku to Dorei no Irekawari ~Subete o Te ni Ireta Otoko~ [The Aristocrat and His Slave Switched Bodies ~The Man Who Got It All~] by Iwashita (Iwashita Shoten)
- Yuzu Surrenders to Nintendo, Pays $2.4 Million in Damages (Screw Nintendo, But Screw Yuzu More)
- The Only Answer Is Not to Play (Persona 3 Reload Is Getting The Answer as $35 DLC)
- Akira Toriyama Has Passed Away (Rest in Peace, You Absolute Legend)
Rundown (3/03/2024) Life Might Be a Waste of Time but Itās Nice!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Life Might Be a Waste of Time but Itās Nice!
- TSF Showcase 2024-09 Transjitter Ibitsu na Karada by Jirou Saku
- A Reminder That Apple Arcade Exists (Apple Arcade Is Undergoing Some Troubles)
- PokĆ©mon Presentsā¦ Confusion! (PokĆ©mon Legends Z-A Announced)
- Sony Lays Off 900 People (Also The Twisted Metal Live Service is Dead)
- EA Also Laid Off 670 People A Day Later (Also, Respawn Got Screwed Again)
- Saber Interactive is Free From The Embrace! (Saber Interactive Leaves Embracer Group)
- Bobby ‘n’ Da Tiki Boyz is Goin’ Indie (Toys for Bob Is Parting Ways from Microsoft Activision Blizzard King)
- NetEase is Opening Up An All-American Bullet Farm (NetEase Established LA-Based Studio, BulletFarm)
- I Get Why You’re Doing This Nintendo, But Fuck Off (Nintendo Is Suing the Developers of the Yuzu Switch Emulator)
Rundown (2/25/2024) First Place, Second Place, Third Place, THE VOID!!!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: First Place, Second Place, Third Place, THE VOID!!!
- TSF Showcase 2024-08 Okitsune-sama de Chuā„ by Sumino Yuji
- Nintendo Direct 2024 ā 1 of ??? (A Spoonful of Sugar To Numb The Mind)
- Monster Hunter Storiesā¦ Retold (Capcom Announces Monster Hunter Stories Remaster)
- Epic Disappointment Remastered (Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Announced)
- SMT is BACK! ā¦With A Vengeance! (Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Announced)
- Back to the Banana-Rama Again! (Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble Announced)
- Explore The Seaā¦ With Friends! (Endless Ocean Luminous Announced)
- PokƩmon Radical Insanity (First Impressions of PokƩmon Radical Red v4.0)
Rundown (2/18/2024) Xbox Is Not Dead, Y’All Lied To Me!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Xbox Is Not Dead, Y’All Lied To Me!
- TSF Showcase 2024-07 Bocchi de Shinda Ore ga Bishoujo Nurse ni Natta Hanashi [The Story of How I Died Alone and Became a Sexy Nurse] by Oden Ohgan (TuriSasu)
- ***SCRAPPED***
Nintendo Direct 2024 – 1 of 3(Don’t Be Glad The Switch Happened, Be Glad It’s Over) - Nintendo Switch Successor Delayed to Q1 2025 (Bad News Broke Friday Afternoon)
- Gacha RPG vs. JRPG (A Tangent For Cassie)
Rundown (2/11/2024) The Alleged End of Xbox
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Alleged End of Xbox
- TSF Showcase 2024-06 JK-ka Refle [JK-ification Salon] (Ch 1, 2, 3, and 4) by Kouji
- No Escape for Runescape! (Jagex Acquired by Private Equity Firms)
- The Wild Age of Yu-Gi-Oh! Games Returns(?) (Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Announced)
- Metrics for Everyone (Natalie Complains About How Capitalism Won’t Give Her Sales Figures)
- The Unionization Effort Continues! (IGN is Unionizing!)
- Disney & Tencent’s Epic (Disney Invests $1.5 Billion in Epic Games)
Rundown (2/04/2024) Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Is Delayed Again!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Is Delayed Again!
- TSF Showcase 2024-05 Boku Tamasaburo by Ono Shinji (Yoshimura Tatsumasa)
- Deus Ex Capitalism (Embracer Canned a Deus Ex Game in Pre-Production)
- It’s Fate That You Stay Away! (Fate/Stay Night Remastered Is Getting An International Release)
- The Volition to Shapeshift! (Former Volition Staff Establish Support Studio Shapeshifter Games)
- State of Play Slurp Up! (The Un-Nintendo Direct)
- Sonic Generations is BACK! (Sonic X Shadow Generations Announced)
- Supermassive Games Got Done Dirtyā¦ (Sony is Having A New Studio Replace Until Dawn)
- The Open World Woes! (Natalie Rambles About Palworld – Week 2)
Rundown (1/28/2024) Palling Around in Palworld
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie Rambles About Palworld – Week 1
- No One Can Stop The PokƩmadness (Palworld is a Global Sensation and Home to Massive Controversy)
- TSF Showcase 2024-04 Oto x Maho by Shirase Shuu and Suemitsu Dicca
- Microsoft’s Big Cuts! (Microsoft Layoffs, Cancellation, and War on Physical Games)
Rundown (1/21/2024) Natalie the PokƩmaniac is Hungry for Souls!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie Rambles About PokĆ©mon – Shattered Locks and Strained Logistics
- TSF Showcase 2024-03 Fujoshi Trapped in a Seme’s Perfect Body by Seru and Jouvru
- After 15 Years of Sitting in the Dumpster, Indy’s Back Gamin’ (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Revealed)
- Fine, I’ll Talk About Online Drama… (Chuggaaconroy Was Being Creepy And Asking For Feet Pics)
Rundown (1/14/2024) Natalie’s Sexual Binary
Rundown (1/07/2024) The Co-Op Conundrum
Rundown (12/31/2023) Christmas with Judas
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: A Review of Judas by Suu Minazuki
- TSF Showcase 2023-45 Irekawatte Modotta Joshikousei by Zaregoto Hitsuji
- TSF Showcase 2023-46 Queen Slime no Gyakushuu [The Queen Slime’s Counterattack] by Hiiragi Popura and Kuratsuka Riko
- TSF Showcase 2023-47 Boku no Milk o Meshiagare by Yoshida Gorou
- Rockstar Just Can’t Catch A Breakā¦ (Grand Theft Auto V’s Source Code Was Leaked)
Rundown (12/24/2023) How to Do Time Management?!?
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: How To Do Time Management?!?
- TSF Showcase 2023-44 Megu Miruku [Megu Milk] – Kusaka Shiroi
- A Review of Swapped by the Magic Mirror by Gregor Daniels (Natalie Wanted to Do a TSF Showcase on This, But It Wasn’t Good Enough)
- TimeSplitters 4 Post-Cancelation Interview (Former Free Radical Devs Lays The Deets on TimeSplitters 4)
- The Type of Leak That Makes You An Insomniacā¦ (Insomniac Games Subjected to Ransomware Attack and Leak)
- Pontificating Posse Logs (Scope Creep Vs. Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 – Part 5?)