News by Matt S. A Kickstarter campaign for Idol Manager launched on the 28th, seeking funding to create and release an indie simulation game heavily inspired by Japanese idol culture from a small American indie developer. The project was seeking a humble $5,000 to get it over the line. Within…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Vocaloid fans wept tears of joy upon hearing Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone was set for a localisation. The series takes user-generated songs and dance numbers and makes them the backdrop of a delightfully addictive rhythm game. Though the dancing and singing virtual idol,…
Read MoreIt took a while for the Japanese developers to really start jumping on board with the PlayStation 4, with the first year of the console’s existence being marked very heavily with games from western developers, but only a few notable examples from Japan. Now, though, after a truly spectacular couple…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. When my musical instructor suggested that my classmates and I practice our Solfège for the sake of keeping our singing voices continuously tempered and prepared, I never thought that my soothing, celestial-kisses-to-the-ear baritone could be used to save the world from evil because, well, reality kind…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s safe to say that idol management games are an untapped niche in the west. They’re hardly mainstream in their homeland of Japan either, but releases such as the Idolmaster series in Japan have kept the genre alive and well. Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection is an…
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