Rundown (11/26/2023) The Quest for a Dream TF Metroidvania

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  • Reading time:33 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • First impressions of the latest professional-grade TSF game
  • A Natalie.TF exclusive first look at a translation of a 31-year-old TSF comic
  • A nothingburger acquisition
  • A pleasant Indonesian acquisition
  • Nat & Akumako discuss a weird hentai trope
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Rundown (11/19/2023) So Long Old Home! + The Big Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Update

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  • Reading time:49 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • Saying goodbye to my childhood home
  • The much-needed update on Verde’s Doohickey 2.0
  • A possession fiesta for all the boys and one girl
  • A slightly squirrelly acquisition
  • NetEase’s 11th new studio
  • Meandering musings of a controversial topic
  • Oh shit, Class of ’09 really blew up
  • The Last of Us is back…
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Rundown (11/05/2023) re:Dreamer Isekai Ver. Alternative/If…

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  • Reading time:55 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • A re:turn to re:Dreamer for side content
  • An email-based TSF story from 2002
  • A triple dose of acquisitions
  • NetEase is back with their tenth new studio since 2020
  • Another re:turn of an older Sonic style
  • A 3.5-hour-long animated fan film
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Rundown (10/01/2023) How Are ‘Real’ Video Games Profitable?

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  • Reading time:54 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • Natalie asks how games are supposed to make money for prices so low
  • A Super Smash swap comic
  • The end of a Platinum era
  • A sequel to one of Natalie’s favorite exploration-driven action platformers
  • Sony’s latest mega-hack
  • Sony’s status quo non-shake-up
  • Epic spits out Bandcamp like a stale pretzel
  • Ownership or possession – the real media debate
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Rundown (9/17/2023) Natalie is a TOS Violation

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  • Reading time:114 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • Why Natalie cannot be trusted on any major platform
  • A wackadoo TSF manga from my magic bag
  • TF trials and tribulations
  • The inevitable death of Mario Kart 9 (or 13)
  • Embracer’s quest to liquidate
  • Unity’s endeavor to make things worse for everyone
  • A definitional diatribe only Natalie cares about
  • Another Nintendo Direct rundown
  • A half-assed State of Play rundown
  • Wizardry Re;Birth
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Rundown (8/27/2023) Trust The Rippers, Not The Crackers

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  • Reading time:58 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • Remix Heart Gaiden: The Better Version
  • An utterly unhinged school body swap comic
  • A gluey acquisition
  • Sony buying an audio company
  • The worst PlayStation handheld.
  • A Mario for a new generation!
  • Denuvo is trying to ruin everything!
  • Epic Games’ ‘big’ profit share
  • The eradication of platform identity
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Rundown (8/20/2023) The Quest for Quantified Quality

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  • Reading time:66 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • The NEED to turn art into a number
  • A BlazBlue manga I read to appease my Cassie
  • NetEase is back with another expansion!
  • The dastards who screwed over Embracer Group
  • The 18.5 year 360 of life and death
  • Wishing for the end of modern development schedules
  • A body swap formatting dilemma
  • Region locking vs. autistic archivists (archivists always win)
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Rundown (8/13/2023) Enrolled Agent of Chaos

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  • Reading time:47 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • Natalie’s professional achievements
  • A TSF comic featuring one impossible girl
  • A tangent about girls with penises
  • Emulation and collection woes
  • Further proof that Verde’s Doohickey is an Act Of Plagiarism
  • A Rockstar takeover
  • The Red Dead let down
  • A plethora of Pokémon presents
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Rundown (8/06/2023) Nothing Like the First Time

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  • Reading time:38 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • The hunt for meaning through new experiences
  • A TSF manga that should have been much better
  • The dread of going back to older generations of Pokémon
  • Musings about Nintendo’s second tablet
  • A rema(ke)(ster) of Oblivion
  • A semi-regular update on Natalie.TF projects
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Rundown (7/23/2023) Dude, Whatever, It’s Summer!

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  • Reading time:52 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • One of Natalie’s favorite music people dropped a HOT new mixtape!
  • A transition related retrospective and analysis
  • The return of Natalie’s weekly dose of TSF translated goodness
  • TSF Showcase 2023: All You Can Eat! Summer 6 Comic Works Mix
  • The power of worker solidarity
  • The confusing pricing models for gaming subscription services
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Rundown (3/26/2023) One Year After Body Swap Terrorism Incident is DOPE!

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  • Reading time:54 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • The BEST TSF idea book
  • A Loose Ranma Ramble (inspired by Chari)
  • Why it is ethically and logically correct to take digital copies of every delisted Nintendo game
  • Bye-Bye Battlefield
  • Counter-Strike 2² bay-bee!
  • Sonic Origins: The Better But Not Good Enough Version
  • Another new Nep-Nep (Feat. BIG MODE)
  • Tell this waifu your social security number because Intuit is evil!
  • AI is the next generation of game development (maybe)
  • Horde for Power – SapphicFuxx Part²²²²
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Rundown (3/19/2023) Natalie Watched A “TSF” Playlist  

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  • Reading time:49 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • Natalie rambles about TSF-Adjacent videos.
  • Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 is being delayed to 2024
  • Student Transfer Scenario Reviews are coming back in May
  • The enticing appeal yet disappointing reality of AI
  • One of the most popular games in the world getting better creator rools
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Rundown (3/05/2023) Natalie Remembered SapphireFoxx

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  • Reading time:43 mins read
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This week’s Topics:

  • Natalie Rambles About another TSF content creator
  • Natalie goes into frustrating detail about downloading files from the internet
  • The continued dread of being a Pokémon fan
  • The remaster/remake/revision of a classic visual novel trilogy
  • The history of Final Fantasy XV (and Luminous Studios, I guess)
  • Why Natalie barely got anything done this past week
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Rundown (2/26/2023) Natalie Talks About Some TSF Critiques

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  • Reading time:45 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • Natalie Rambles About Some TSF Critiques
  • A double dose of acquisitions
  • A voyage in subtitling hell
  • The delisting (and relisting) of a famous game for SEO
  • The director of Resident Evil 4 leaving his company
  • A crisis of productivity and purpose
  • My next novel becoming a trilogy
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Rundown (2/19/2023) Natalie Continues Reading TSF History

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  • Reading time:39 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • A loose ‘review’ of one of the earliest TSF manga
  • A loose ‘review’ of the first modern body swap story
  • The growing budgets of the AAA games industry
  • The end of an obscure TSF visual novel
  • The end of the Greatest Podcast of All-Time
  • Delays due to Natalie’s insanity
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Rundown (2/12/2023) Natalie Reviews Rintarou Panic! (And Other Assorted Treats)

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  • Reading time:97 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

  • The OG Queen of F2M TSF Manga
  • Gushing about fetish analysis
  • Musings about digital public libraries
  • A reminder that AAA games are not the real video games
  • Nina Tendo’s biannual digest
  • Stanning the number one coke whore
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