The Broadcast Club | A Visual Novel Podcast

Hey, folks! Back again after some delays due to real life shenanigans (I moved back to America!) but we're hoping to get back on a regular schedule very shortly here. Our guest this episode is noted Umineko enthusiast, ctom42. Despite the episode title, we strove to avoid explicit spoilers as much as possible, so that this episode would be safe to listen to for everyone! Also, we’re looking for more shill segments! If you’d like to raise awareness about your favorite visual novel, just drop us a line on Reddit. Topics Covered00:00 - Introductions and Topic 00:16 - ctom42 Guest Introduction 00:52 - Endings and Potential Impact on Enjoyment of VN as a whole 11:37 - Notably Exceptional or Terrible Endings in VNs 35:02 - Types of Endings We want to see in VNs 43:43 - News 1:03:24 - Shill 1:07:05 - Closing

Hey, folks! With a repeat guest for the first time, we bring back Cornetto Man to discuss Untranslated Visual Novels! Topics Covered0:00 – Host and Topic Intro 0:16 – Guest Introduction and Interview 2:27 - Why read Untranslated VNs? Benefits you may not know about? 14:20 - Recommendations for starter/lesser known VNs to try out or ones to avoid starting out? 33:04 - Tips for getting into untranslated visual novels/learning Japanese? 46:27 - News 1:18:27 - Shill Segement w/Da_Techpriest 1:20:52 - Closing

Hey, folks! This time we invite the president of SolPress, Xeviax [https://twitter.com/xeviax], to talk about Visual Novel Romance! Topics Covered0:00 – Host and Topic Intro 0:16 - Guest Introduction and Interview 1:45 - Romance Execution in Visual Novels vs Other Media 10:16 - Romance that sticks out in certain VNs or Genres 32:54 - Interesting Romance Concepts that are rarely or never done 45:58 - News 1:08:02 - Shill Segment ft. lvl_0 1:11:13 - Closing

Hey, folks! Holy shit, we're back again after a massive break due to RL business on all three of our ends. We're hoping to get back into a more regular schedule again so expect more frequent updates! This month we talk about music. Topics Covered0:00 – Host and Topic Intro 0:40 – Importance of Music in VNs 11:48 - Different kinds of music in VNs 18:57 - Fan favorite VN soundtracks 29:59 News (almost half a year worth, not including anything from the last 4 weeks) 1:09:42 Shill Segment ft. Bazett 1:12:30 Closing

Hey, folks! Back for our (almost) one year anniversary! This month we talk about piracy in the visual novel community and how it has affected the medium to date. Topics Covered0:00 - Host and Topic Intro 0:54 - When/If should people Ever pirate visual novels? 18:50 - How much piracy affect the market? Positivley or Negatively? 31:52 - Ways VN Community/Companies could prevent piracy 42:18 - News 1:02:08 - Shill segment ft. Rallina v2 1:05:51 - Closing