Monday, March 24, 2014

Forest Visual Novel Review

 No Spoilers Here

This is an 18+ Novel. My post does not have any adult content but the novel itself does. If you are not over 18 wait until you are old enough before you look at this one. Go and play outside with your friends or take a look at some of the all ages novels or anime out there.
 
Initial Impressions: If you are like most people you are probably asking yourself what the heck is Forest? Don’t worry though if you are because I had no idea Forest even existed until a friend of mine recommended it. Even then, my initial impression of Forest was actually confusion as it seemed like a very strange Alice in Wonderland interpretation. This initial impression was not that far off and as the novel continued it actually got weirder and even more difficult to understand. It really was not until halfway through, as well as a few drinks later that I finally began to partially understand this novel. That being said I really enjoyed this VN and even now I still cannot completely understand it but I will do my best to try right here and now.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Umineko Points Of Interest

MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD!!! DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ AT LEAST EPISODES 1-4 OF UMINEKO!!!  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

What follows is essentially just a list of what was going through my mind as I read through the first 4 episodes of Umineko.  As you will notice, my points of interest start out as just simple observations and then over time progress into full blown theories as I try to understand the novel more and more.  I personally found coming up with these theories on my own to be the most enjoyable part of the novel up to this point so here they are for anyone that might be interested.   Also, if you are interested in an actual review of episode 4 instead of a list of ideas here is my article where I put my thoughts and feelings together up to that point: Umineko Episode 4 Personal Review