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  • May 2026
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October 6, 2026

Developed by Arc System Works and Unite Plus, Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow is a new “Tactical Timeline RPG.” Surrounding the release of Qliphah has been the negative reception towards its truncated story and experimental battle system, a discourse that was perhaps foretold by the game’s initial…

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September 30, 2026

Preface: This review is based on the PSP version of Elminage II which was released in 2009. The game was later ported with additional features twice: first in 2010 for the Nintendo DS and then once more in 2017 for the Nintendo 3DS. The Elminage franchise are Wizardry games in all but name. While…

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September 18, 2026

During the first half of the 1980s, while the erogē genre was still very much in the process of developing, by 1985, a few patterns had begun to emerge. First, considering that the figure of the lolita had started to become popular across anime, games, and manga, and that Sofurin had yet to be…

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