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The Western visual novel is a growing genre that adds a literary approach to gaming. What Is a Visual Novel? Most visual novels feature branching narrative structures, where player decisions dictate how the games storyline will advance. Some even use complex gameplay mechanics, such as puzzles, role-playing statistics, and combat sequences. Today, visual novels are highly popular with both Western and Eastern gamers. However, the genre itself has a long historymuch of which predates the Wests interest in the format....

Spoilers for the latest episode ofGame of Thronesbelow WINNERS 1. Daenerys Targaryen Ad content continues below Queen D had to remind yall. Unburnt is thrown in her long title for a reason, dont you forget it. Sansa Stark Sansa is not taking orders from anyone anymore, shes giving them. Littlefinger continues to operate. Ramsay Bolton This scuzz bucket ends up in the winners bracket again, but Im not happy about it....

AMC’s Preacher is a darkly funny ode to the source material. Here’s our review… Preacheris one of those comic book properties that really sizzles on the page. Its panels brim with the kind of excessive violence and profanity that would make Quentin Tarantino proud. Like those titles,Preacherhad a gritty sensibility that didnt exactly lend itself to episodic television. Not for lack of trying over the years, though. Sure, I was skeptical at first, even though Im a fan of their movie work overall....

The forces of good, evil and more evil band together to take on The Darkness. Is it going to be enough? Supernatural: Season 11 Episode 22 I spoke too soon at the end of the last review. This was not the season finale. It seems CW shows are trending towards longer than the typical 22-episode season these days. Sam and Dean as impromptu Dr. Phils gave me the giggles. Is this really how were ending this season, you guys?...

Take a few months off. Elizabeth, on the other hand, has kept her shit together. Its easy to get an audience to empathize with a character when theyre vulnerable like Philip. Its harder when theyre strong. I didnt understand Elizabeths steely resolve. I admired her for it; but I still didnt get it. After Munchkins, I get it. Munchkins is yet another phenomenal episode in a phenomenal season. One of Elizabeths finest hours as a character comes at the end of Muchkins....

The hugely successful game becomes a movie and its not just the birds who are angry. They are here to take over our society and steal our most precious belongings, as it were. Donald Trump will probably love this picture. The Angry Birds Movieis in theaters on Friday (May 20).

Have you seenthe teaser trailer(more teaser than trailer) for the upcomingStar TrekTV show from CBS All-Access? (Specifically: new crews, new villains, new heroes, new worlds.) Star Trekhas traditionally been a storytelling franchise that pushes the narrative boundaries of what has come before. Will the newStar TrekTV series return to this commitment to new-ness? The lack of new-ness in the Star Trek films. Enter theStar Trekrebootfilm franchise. Theyre relatively good at being an action adventure story, but theyre not veryStarTrek....

This article contains spoilers forX-Men: Apocalypse. After all,Apocalypsehad loads of characters and continent-swapping action. We pondered where the new movie leaves theX-Menfranchise at large, and how it teases potential spin-offs. The spoilers begin after our trusty spoiler squirrel, Daphne… For now, though, Havok is dead until proven otherwise. The fate of Ben Hardys Angel is a bit less obvious. The main X-Men team have rarely looked this strong at the end of a movie....

Contains spoilers for Bates Motel seasons 1-4. Im talking, of course, aboutHannibal. Ad content continues below Its not thatBates Motelis bad television. Coming into Bates Motel, we knew where it would go. But the brilliance ofBates Motel, for all its flaws, was how it got to that point. What will happen to Romero? How will Dylan react when he finds out about Norma, and will he suspect the truth? How long can Norman keep his fantasy world under wraps?...

The villains in films like Spectre and Captain America: Civil War are masters of misdirection. We look at a prevalent blockbuster trend. This article originally appeared onDen of Geek UK. The revelation placed Blofeld back at the top of the tree as the franchises uber-villain and Bonds arch-nemesis. Vengeance against the man who killed my father isnt simply a reward for my patience, Talia says. These scheming orchestrators have also been working overtime in 2016s big superhero movies....

Still want Arrested Development Season 5? Try Lady Dynamite Season 1. The other comedian replies Look at that brick wall, Louies gonna shit. Ad content continues below Meta and self-referential humor is nothing new to the television landscape at this point. The first is how relentless and damn near reckless it is with its meta humor. To watchLady Dynamiteis to almost passively participate in its creation. Characters constantly break the fourth wall....

Im in my thirties and I dress terribly, which is how being a writer works. Normally for interviews like this, youre not allowed to take part unless youve seen the film. That left time for anArrowquestion though, and Im reliably informed that you lot loveArrow. Heres how Den of Geeks conversation with Stephen Amell went. Ad content continues below Have you seen the finished film yet? I think Im gonna see it tonight, actually....

After a wait that felt longer than winter itself,Game of Thronesseason six has finally arrived. Specifically, you may turn to Telltale Games officialGame of Thronesadaptation, and thats a fine choice. The Telltale game is a fine choice, but not the best one. Martins world fans of this franchise could once only dream about. Ad content continues below But do you want to know the really funny part? These games didnt even start off asGame of Thronestitles....