General News V: The Empire Strikes Back?

[Stranger]

UK judges quietly declare text chat can be obscene
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08..._legal_status/

people in the UK might wish to read the above article. Basically, if you have a private online chat with someone and the chat is deemed as "obscene", then you are in trouble.

so guys from the UK, you might wish to be careful discussing your sexual fantasies online, especially if it contained lolis

There could be no sensible reason for the legislature having excluded otherwise obscene material from the scope of the legislation, merely because it was likely to be read by, and therefore liable to deprave and corrupt, only one person...

[VDZ]

The Never7 full patch has been out for a while, in case anyone missed it.

[Stranger]

Doki fansub group have released their first VN translation.

Tomoyo After – English Patch v1
http://doki.co/2012/09/22/tomoyo-aft...lish-patch-v1/

in other news:
Watch Phantom of Inferno’s Brand New Opening Video On Xbox 360
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/21...o-on-xbox-360/

Chaos;Head Noah And Love Chu Chu! Opening Movies For PlayStation 3
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/21...playstation-3/

[Stranger]

Ask John: Is Adult Anime Dead in America?
http://www.animenation.net/blog/2012...ad-in-america/

Question:
Is less hentai anime being released in the west? It seems like less original hentai anime has been coming out on DVD and most of them have been rereleases and license rescues.

an interesting post to read, even though it is not directly related to the forum!

[Stranger]

Must have missed this bit of news, but Aks Systems is bringing Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi to the west, which is a PSP otome game
http://hakuoki.com/warriors/news/

also new eroge bundles are out:
Crescendo / Target: Pheromone Bundle Pack
Idols Galore / Slave Pageant Bundle Pack
Absolute Obedience / Enzai Bundle Pack
Amorous Professor Cherry / I'm Gonna Nurse You (1 and 2) Bundle Pack

[Stranger]

Aksys Games to release their another otome VN, Sweet Fuse: At Your Side
http://www.aksysgames.com/2013/02/14...-at-your-side/

Story Summary

Saki Inafune, niece to legendary game developer Keiji Inafune, can’t wait to visit her uncle’s new theme park. She’s been invited to the opening day ceremonies, and is looking forward to a day of fun and excitement when suddenly Count Hogstein—a villain as corpulent and cliché as he is evil—blows up the Ferris wheel, takes the park management hostage, and declares the beginning of a deadly series of games.

Desperate to save her uncle, Saki volunteers to be one of the participants in Hogstein’s games, and finds herself thrust into the midst of excitement very different from what she’d expected when she woke up that morning. She’ll need all of her cunning, determination, and exceptional insight to get herself and her fellow participants—all available bachelors—out alive and maybe, with a little luck, find love along the way.

[sanahtlig]

Minna Daisuki Kozukuri Banchou by Anastasia appears to have been stealth translated, although the patch is still difficult to locate. I couldn't find any information linking the release to Seiha.
http://vndb.org/v496

Hey, is that really allowed? I mean posting that second link.

And in other news, Da Capo 3 fan translation has been given the C&D treatment, check fuwanovel for more details.

[sanahtlig]

I didn't see anything in the rules about not posting links to downloads that infringe on copyrights. But it's just there as evidence for a release that was hard to track down. A moderator is free to remove it once the release is verified.

[Pirkaf]

It sure should not be OK to post links to a site with links to pirated games from Mangagamer. Besides, the patch can be "difficult to locate" only for someone who doesn't know how use Google..

[Ae772]

Originally Posted by sanahtlig

I didn't see anything in the rules about not posting links to downloads that infringe on copyrights. But it's just there as evidence for a release that was hard to track down. A moderator is free to remove it once the release is verified.

Keep discussions (relatively) legal. Specifically, posting ways to obtain warez, etc. will not be tolerated. Note that you can discuss things like the effect of warez on the market and such.

Warez: Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law.

Real convenient to "not see" something clearly written in the rules.

There's no real reason to post the second link either. The fact that it's listed as English on VNDB is proof enough. Unless you don't feel like VNDB is a reputable source, in which case every single release in its database should be posted with a corresponding link to pirate the full copy of the game for "proof".

[Stranger]

Record of Agarest War Is Coming To PC
Read more at http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/03...zBzPIMpHIPR.99

The release will be a port of the Xbox 360 version and will be released on Steam (now under the Greenlight section awaiting approval). The PC release won't have any extras over the Xbox version; it would also be released worldwide.

[sanahtlig]

Originally Posted by Ae772

There's no real reason to post the second link either. The fact that it's listed as English on VNDB is proof enough. Unless you don't feel like VNDB is a reputable source, in which case every single release in its database should be posted with a corresponding link to pirate the full copy of the game for "proof".

VNDB is not a primary source, and is less well curated even than Wikipedia--which shouldn't be cited as a source either. With no fan translator claiming responsibility for the translation, and the patch itself nowhere to be found at the time of writing, linking to a working copy of the translated game was a reasonable way to demonstrate that this wasn't simply a rumor. But thank you for pointing out my oversight; I removed the link accordingly.

Originally Posted by Stranger

Record of Agarest War Is Coming To PC[/url]

Aaaand Greenlit. Also it's apparently in Top 50 of Greenlight titles.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/136433118/1366014710

[Stranger]

Just came across a VN listing on JList called If My Heart Had Wings ~ Kono Oosora ni Tsubasa wo Hirogete ( http://www.jlist.com/product/KONOSORA ) which is being released by a new VN translation company called MoeNovel ( http://moenovel.com/imh/ )

For some reason, they opted to have an ESRP rating for their official release... and they got a 'Teen' rating :-(

Edit: Just found a thread on JAST USA forum discussing the release ( http://www.jastusa.com/forums/viewto...?f=14&t=251931 ) the speculation is that the VN have been censored (removing adult contents) to get the 'All-ages' version.