2024) The Enigmatic Children

Post published:04/14/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:70 mins read
Post comments:10 Comments

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)

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Rundown (4/07/2024) Artificially Difficult Taxation

Post published:04/07/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:67 mins read
Post comments:5 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

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Eman Looc’s Possession Scroll – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:09/06/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:94 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

The longest scenario deserves the longest review…

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Under Control – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:06/28/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:10 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

Morality is yours to make and mine to break!

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Magical Harem Plan DX – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:06/21/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:9 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

We’ve got a plan… but not much else!

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Remote Possibilities – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:05/12/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:13 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

A 3 year hiatus is not death!

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Axiomatic – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:05/01/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:7 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Axiom: For every re;birth, four suicides must be made.

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Detachment – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:04/29/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:12 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

Detached from reality, but she’s still got a good head on her shoulders.

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Valentine’s Lies – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:04/28/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:7 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Kept you waiting, huh?

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Student Transfer Version 7.0 Review

Post published:12/01/2022
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:45 mins read
Post comments:8 Comments

Student Transfer Version VII: Future’s Climax

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Rundown (11/20-11/26) Student Transfer Version 7.0 is Out!!!

Post published:11/27/2022
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:30 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Wherein I discuss: The release of another massive TSF visual novel update. A remaster with a 99% chance of being real. Why the Switch is a tablet! The English release of a long forgotten Japan-only shooter. The re;birth of the queen of TG Captions. Why Natalie does not do video stuff. And the end of Dragalia for the umpteenth time.

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Rundown (10/16-10/22) Press-Switch v0.6a Is Out & Student Transfer v7.0 Is Coming Next Month

Post published:10/23/2022
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:20 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

Wherein I discuss: The Next Releases of two DOPE TSF VNs. My disastrous Q4 2022 schedule. The 2022 Bayonetta controversy. And the return of Silent Hill.

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Under the Skin – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:05/31/2022
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:17 mins read
Post comments:6 Comments

It’s #SlimeTime!

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COWA, The Change One Word App – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:04/22/2022
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:10 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

“With infinite possibilities, you choose to only explore two?”

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Year of the Fox – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:01/19/2022
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:8 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

It’s a Lunar New Year’s special with Russian Kitsunes!

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Spirit Hymn – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:12/15/2021
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:11 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

“If you want something to change, you have to make that change happen yourself.”

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Yui-nduction – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:11/24/2021
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:10 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Interesting induction… but what’s your intention?

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Riley Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Assistant – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:09/15/2021
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:10 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

Resonant Riley and Amazing Allison in… A Magical Mishap

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A New Life – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:09/01/2021
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:18 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

The return of massive donkers and animated lesbian rim jobs

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Curiosity – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:08/25/2021
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:11 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

A curious case of loss, euphoria, and untapped potential

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Student Transfer Version 6.0 Review

Post published:07/12/2021
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:31 mins read
Post comments:12 Comments

Nine months in the oven and she’s ready for another go!

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Student Transfer Scenario Reviews – Part 8

Post published:05/17/2021
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:61 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

It was the dopest of times, it was the perviest of times, and it was the spaghettiest of times.

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Student Transfer Scenario Reviews – Part 7

Post published:03/24/2021
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:61 mins read
Post comments:10 Comments

Tomorrow is a hope… Never a promise.

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Natalie Rambles About 2020

Post published:12/30/2020
Post category:Rambles
Reading time:80 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Because 2020 is finally at an end, and good riddance!

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Student Transfer Version 5.0 Review

Post published:11/25/2020
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:33 mins read
Post comments:15 Comments

Fashionably late, but expectedly great!

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Rundown (11/01-11/07) Get Hyped for Student Transfer Version 5!

Post published:11/08/2020
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:9 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Wherein I discuss STVV’s imminent debut, the modern political strife, another allegedly auspicious acquisition, and an anticipated… agglomeration!

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Student Transfer Scenario Reviews – Part 6

Post published:10/07/2020
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:48 mins read
Post comments:11 Comments

Come on in and “take a sit”.

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Student Transfer Scenario Reviews – Part 5

Post published:04/08/2020
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:41 mins read
Post comments:27 Comments

Version 5’s still a ways away, so let’s do our own part 5!

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Student Transfer Scenario Reviews – Part 4

Post published:01/15/2020
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:32 mins read
Post comments:27 Comments

New year, new Scenarios, and a whole smorgasbord of new possibilities

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Natalie Rambles About 2019

Post published:12/25/2019
Post category:Rambles
Reading time:64 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Because 2019 is dead… or close enough to warrant a retrospective.

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Student Transfer Scenario Reviews – Part 3

Post published:10/16/2019
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:41 mins read
Post comments:34 Comments

No one can stop, will stop, or wants to stop this train, so let’s drive her off a cliff and see if she can fly!

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Student Transfer Scenario Reviews – Part 2

Post published:07/24/2019
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:37 mins read
Post comments:10 Comments

Let the good times roll on, and on, and on indefinitely.

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Student Transfer Scenario Reviews – Part 1

Post published:06/12/2019
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:36 mins read
Post comments:19 Comments

Student Transfer is the gift that keeps on giving, and the fans give even more!

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Rundown (3/31-4/06) Natalie Got Her Gacha Fix!

Post published:04/07/2019
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:11 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Ever since I stopped playing Fire Emblem Heroes a year ago, I’ve been craving a game with some sort of gacha mechanics, as I love the sensations that come with getting rare and powerful characters accompanied with light flavor text and unique artwork. It is a desire that I have been looking to satiate in a somewhat healthy manner, and wouldn’t you know it, the Student Transfer dev team provided just that with their latest April Fools goof. A standard no-frills card collector gacha title where the player can earn 160 unique cards with flavor text that were enough to drive me to achieve a 100% completion rate, and then proceed to happily read through the descriptions, taking delight in the information, background, and general absurdity they provided.
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Student Transfer Version 4.2 Review

Post published:03/20/2019
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:26 mins read
Post comments:40 Comments

600,000 words in, and this train just keeps on rolling…

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Rundown (2/10-2/16) Flowchart Nightmares Ahead 2: You Can (Not) Prepare

Post published:02/17/2019
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:25 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

Last Friday the Student Transfer development team announced that Version 4 will be coming before the end of February, boasting that this version will contain roughly twice the content as Version 3. A surprising bit of news that I find to be simultaneously exciting and intimidating to me, as I have taken on the duty of creating the flowcharts for sprawling choose-your-own adventure style visual novels about TG, body swapping, and more. I very much want to enjoy the game and take my time with it, but Version 3 took me a good week to get through, so I am a bit concerned about getting a flowchart ready in a timely manner, especially with work and grad school keeping me so busy. As such, I decided to do my homework in advance and download what I can off of the public Student Transfer GitHub in order to get cracking on a rough flowchart for V4 at the risk of spoiling myself. Only to discover that with the way this game is developed, I would basically need to consolidate the builds available myself and… yeah, that sounds like more trouble than it’s worth.
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Natalie Rambles About TG

Post published:01/30/2019
Post category:Rambles
Reading time:29 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

Because TG has become an increasingly common subject on this site.

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Student Transfer Version 3.0 Review

Post published:02/14/2018
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:13 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

Now with 75% more words and 100% more tumbles!

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Rundown (1/28-2/03) Flowchart Nightmares Ahead!

Post published:02/04/2018
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:6 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

So, after thirteen months of dev time, the latest build of Student Transfer has been released, and going through it has become my first priority. I should have a review of the game up around the 14th, but more importantly, I have to work on another flowchart for the game. While I do enjoy mapping out a complicated series of choices in a visually appealing manner, this build seems particularly… nasty in the sheer spectrum of its choices. I mean, I honestly had to go into the game’s files just to figure out how the heck it all works.
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The End of 2017!

Post published:12/31/2017
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:15 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

The obligatory year end post!
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Student Transfer Version 2.0 Review

Post published:01/11/2017
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:12 mins read
Post comments:6 Comments

About one year ago, I reviewed Student Transfer version 1.4. It quickly became one of my my popular posts of all time, seeing as how the post talked about a very obscure and niche game that was pretty much only talked about in its own forums and online message boards. When combined with the fact that I really enjoyed my time with the game, it’s only natural that I would revisit this visual novel centering around transformations, body swapping, mind control, possession, and more. But first, a bit of backstory. (more…)

Rundown (3/27-4/02) Like A Tsundere… ?

Post published:04/03/2016
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:10 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Jeepers am I going to have a lot of games to play this month. Hyper Light Drifter came out on March 31st, Hunie Cam Studios launches April 4th, Danganronpa 2 is out April 18th, and Double Root: Before Crime After Days Xtend Edition is out sometime this month. Plus a proper review of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin should be up whenever I find time to finish that game amidst this chaos. Seriously, this is the reason why I don’t like buying lots of games at launch. You need to build your schedule around release dates, get 60% through a lot of games, and then stop suddenly and hopefully get back to it later. (more…)

Student Transfer Version 1.4 Review

Post published:12/01/2015
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:8 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

Okay, there is a lot to unpack here. One, Student Transfer is a collaborative visual novel made by the some people over at tfgamessite.com. Two, the game uses assets ripped from ‘adult’ Japanese visual novels, though it censors the naughtier bits. Three, this is simply a review of the first publicly released build, after the implementation of a couple patches. Four, this was made in about three and a half months, which includes pre-production. Also, I’ve been following this game’s production since its inception, and since it was an idea introduced in the Press-Switch thread. (more…)