Rundown (9/13/2026) Nattie Did The Walkin’
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Nattie Did The Walkin’
- Nintendo Direct Double Digest – Part One (The Ocarina Remake Section)
- Nintendo Direct Double Digest – Part Two (The General Section)
- Metroid 6: Ravenous Announced (Samus is BACK and She’s Hungry Like The METROID!)
- Kirby and the World Beyond Announced (Kirby Breaks the Seal and Goes OPEN WORLD)
- Yo-Kai Watch 2 Remake Announced! (Knowing Level-5, It Will Be AI Slop!)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 Remake Announced (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is BACK! Let’s CHAZZ IT UP!)
- Romancing SaGa 3 Remake Announced (Bless The SaGa Sickos!)
- Torneko’s Mystery Dungeon is BACK (It’s Time For A REAL Roguelike!)
- Next: The Portopia Serial Murder Case Announced (The Mother of All Adventure Games is BACK!)
- Kojima’s Physint Switches From Sony to Microsoft (Old Sony is Dead, Just Accept It)
- Why is Final Fantasy VII LIKE THIS? (This Segment Was A Mistake…)
- A Whole Bunch of Steam Achievements Leaked (Because That’s How Modern Game Dev Works!)
Rundown (1/18/2026) The 108 Genres of People
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: The 108 Genres of People
- Japan’s Game Preservation Society Goes International! (And the importance of Charitable Organizations)
- Facebooks Shuts Down Armature, Sanzaru, and Twisted Pixel (Facebook Buying Oculus Shot VR in the Legs…)
- Help! I’m Turning Into A Mermaid! Came Out Last Week (It’s A TSF Visual Novel!)
- New World Will Be Dead In A Year (Amazon Gaming Has Been A Huge Failure…)
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy – Route Reviews
Special Defense Unit! Best in the world! Indestructible and undefeated! New lose! Never yield! Special Defense Unit… Fight on!
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Rundown (9/21/2025) The Right To Self-Murk!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Right To Self-Murk!
- Chat-a-lie The Talk-A-Lot (Natalie Has Been Too Busy Talking to Friends to Write)
- Learn About Sound Novels, Please! (Another Bowl of Lentils Banger Just Dropped)
- Microsoft Raises Xbox Prices Again (Divest From These Genocide Enabling Bastards!)
Rundown (8/17/2025) Natalie Got A Switch 2!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie Got A Switch 2!
- An Alt Girl For Skoof Review (Because A Reader Gave Me A Copy)
- Natalie Rambles About Japanese to English Localization (Because I Felt Like It!)
- I Also Played The Adventures of Elliot Demo (It’s Alright, But Needs Some Tweaking)
Rundown (6/01/2025) Press-Switch Is on an Indefinite Hiatus
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Press-Switch Is on an Indefinite Hiatus
- TF Artists Launch A Comic Storefront (A BSB NZFW, GTG, & JN Joint!)
- I Just Learned Front Mission 3: Remake Was Announced (Forever Entertainment Makes Me Pine for Ports, Not Remakes)
- Pokémon Legends Z-A Is Launching October 16th (Welp, Guess I GOTTA Buy A Nintendo Game Again!)
- Every Issue of Game Informer Has Been Archived (And You Can Freely Read Them on Their Website)
Rundown (5/25/2025) Natalie.TF Hit 2 Million Lifetime Views!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie.TF Hit 2 Million Lifetime Views!
- Power to the Payment Processors (The Biggest Winner In Modern Gaming)
- Fortnite’s Back on The Apple App Store! (The Epic v. Apple Battle Has Finally Ended)
- Scroll to Infinity & Natalie’s Horse-Blinders (Akumako Explains Why Natalie’s a Dumb-Dumb)
- Shuten Order Formally Announced (Too Kyo Games X Neilo Multi-Genre VN Joint)
Class of ‘09: The Flip Side Review
BECOME A FOOT WHORE!
DISCOVER THE PEDOPHILE GOLDMINE!
DIE YOUNG AND LEAVE A GORGEOUS CORPSE!
WATCH YOUR BEST FRIEND FUCK YOUR DAD!
WORK A SHIT RETAIL JOB AND GET A DUI!
CATCH A FUCKLO ON DA FLIP SIDE!
Rundown (5/12/2024) Sprite Smarter, Sprite Sharder
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Sprite Smarter, Sprite Sharder
- 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 Roundhouse…)
- 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)
My Mad Scientist Roommate Turned Me Into Her Personal Robotic Battle Maiden?!? Review
The Lachlanverse Episode III: Axon in Ashes My Mad Scientist Roommate Turned Me Into Her Personal Robotic Battle Maiden?!?
Rundown (10/08/2023) If You Don’t Like ‘Em, Kill ‘Em!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: If You Don’t Like ‘Em, Kill ‘Em!
- TSF Showcase 2023-31 Crossed Signals by Cinnamon Switch
- Bury The 3DS and Wii U Before the Switch 2 is Even Announced (3DS and Wii U Online Services Will End in April 2024)
- How The Frick is Epic Games In Trouble? (Epic Games Announces Pricing Changes Amid Financial Problems)
Rundown (7/16/2023) Falling Down The Helly Tree!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Falling Down The Helly Tree!
- Microsoft Beat the FTC! (Judge Denies FTC Injunction Against Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard)
- Tencent Continues to Consume! (Tencent Bought Western Support Studio Lucid Games)
- Unsurprising But Sad, Official Game Preservation SUCKS! (87% of Games Released Before 2010 are Not Reasonably Available)
- Physical Games Are Not True Preservation + A Limited Run Games Summary (Limited Run Games’ Announcement Showcase Rundown Intro)
- Shantae’s Lost Chapter Has Been Revived! (After 19 Years, WayFroward is Finishing An Abandoned GBA Game!)
- Natalie Rambles About Clock Tower (Clock Tower (1995) is Getting Localized)
- The Lean, Green, Meme Machine is Back, Bay-Bee! (Gex Trilogy Announced)
- Get Pink, Toss Pigs, Help Dwarves! (Tomba! Is Coming to Modern Platforms)
- Shitposters Extraordinaire Are Making a Zelda CD-i Spiritual Successor (Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore Announced)
- The Koikatsu Devs Are Gonna Die! (Illusion Adult Games, Developers of Koikatsu, Are Shutting Down)
- Review Delays!!! (But I’ll Have Something Else Instead)
Class of ‘09: The Re-Up Review
STEAL YOUR MOM’S DRUGS AND WATCH HER DIE!
SAVE A LESBIAN FROM WHITE TERRORISTS!
MAKE A SUICIDE PACT WITH AN ALT CHICK!
GO HOMELESS AND EXPOSE PEDOPHILES!
SELL CRACK FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE!
GET SHOT BY A MALL COP!
Rundown (4/30/2023) TSF Visual Novel Fiesta!
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: TSF Review Plans & Scheduled Hopes
- NetEase Expands With Ease (NetEase Opens A New Studio in Barcelona and Seattle)
- Cygames Expands Beyond The Cyber (Cygames Established Cygames America and Cygames Europe)
- The Unionization Wave Continues! (Sega of America Establishes Union)
- For Validity to Exist, Invalidity Must Also Exist (Natalie Complains About Moral Subjectivity)
- Nintendo Hates Nintendo, So I Hate Them (Nintendo Destroyed A Prolific Fan Site)
- Natalie is Going to Sell Her Old Video Games (And Natalie.TF Readers Could Get a 15% Discount)
- BONUS: SECRET NATALIE LORE
Cellular Shift Version 0.6.6 Review
Rydawg’s Bangin’ Summer or: With the Power of Koikatsu and Science, We Shall Become as Gods!
(more…)Rundown (12/11/2022) Hormonal Hiatus
This Week’s Topics:
- The acquisition of the originator of visual novels
- Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Yuji Naka’s return to jail
- Nancai Banco’s trademark oopsies
- The Game Awards’ announcements (a 3,000 word ramble)
Rundown (12/04/2022) Hello and Welcome to Natalie Dot TF
This Week’s Topics:
- A recap of the happenings here at the brand new Natalie.TF
- Musings about visual novel presentation
- Trickles of gaming news before The Game Awards next week
Press-Switch Version 0.6a Review
♫My body is across an ocean! My body is beyond the sea! I’m no good at astral projection! So bring back my body to me! Bring back! Bring back! Bring back my body to me!♫
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