Show Notes
Hi Smooches! Today we have a special guest, Katie, who recommended the game Arcade Spirits to us, about the visual novel and other romance-themed games. If you played The Sims just to get them to “woo-hoo!” your wallet might feel lighter after this episode. We talk console games, freemium phone games, and choose-your-own-adventure books. And Meg gives us a quiz to find a paranormal paramour.
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All the games Katie mentioned (and links to their official websites)
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (sequel) http://www.arcadespirits.com/newchallengers/
Katawa Shoujo https://www.katawa-shoujo.com/
Dream Daddy https://www.gamegrumps.com/dreamdaddy/
Coffee Talk https://www.togeproductions.com/project/coffee-talk/
Florence https://annapurnainteractive.com/games/florence
Life Is Strange (entire series) https://lifeisstrange.square-enix-games.com/en-us/
NeoCab https://neocabgame.com/
To be played/on deck: Vampire the Masquerade: Coteries… and Shadows of New York https://www.worldofdarkness.com/products/video-games; When the Past Was Around https://www.togeproductions.com/project/when-the-past-was-around/; Clannad https://store.steampowered.com/app/324160/CLANNAD/
Game centered on two characters' romance that Katie mentioned later that “may very well make you bawl your eyes out (I binge-played it with my partner on a snow day and OOF)”: To the Moon
Games Liz Mentioned
Lovelink https://www.lovelinkgame.com/
Episode https://www.episodeinteractive.com/
Excellent Episode stories by user Piccalilly: Reign, Counting Sheep, Competitive Edge, Think Twice
Switchcraft https://www.wooga.com/games/switchcraft
Books Mentioned
Fertile In My Ex-Boyfriend’s Dungeon by Amanda Clover https://amzn.to/3DQu2R3
Pretty Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pretty-little-mistakes-heather-mcelhatton/1128004534
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