
Three quarters of eroge users are pirates, with otaku as dishonest and opportunistic as normal people, says a source privy to industry insiders.
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Japanese web MMO sim “Destare” has earnt itself notoriety for some unusually cheeky plagiarism – rather than go the trouble of making their own backdrops, the designers opted to sneakily take screenshots of Oblivion and use those in the hopes nobody would notice.
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Maniacal devotion to MMORPG powergaming is exemplified by this player of top asteroid mining simulator Eve Online – careful arrangement of his computers allows him to simultaneously control 12 accounts at once, an impressive if profoundly dubious feat.
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A series of subtle changes discretely introduced to Valve’s acclaimed behavioral enrichment simulator Portal, including a new ending, have ignited a frenzy of speculation about what the changes might mean.
Fans speculate the clues unlocked in the new so-called “transmission received” achievement quests point to information on a possible sequel to their beloved game.
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A senior Square Enix employee is being reported as publically saying that Final Fantasy XI will terminate in 2010, to be replaced by Final Fantasy XIV.
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A ranking of the most pirated games of 2009 provides a measure of popularity of sorts, and seems to demonstrate that the misgivings publishers have about piracy rates on the PC are not all froth after all.
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Leading western RPG developer Bioware has criticised Japanese-style RPGs for a “lack of evolution,” and excessively linear stories.
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A list of the most disappointing games of 2009 which has begun circulating provides some uncontroversial choices, with the disastrous King of Fighters 12 port heading the list…
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Left 4 Dead developer Valve has condemned the PS3 and scotched any notion that the series will be appearing on the PS3, saying the Xbox 360 community is “head and shoulders above the PS3.”
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NEC’s PC-9801 personal computer system dominated the Japanese computer market for much of the 80s and 90s, and the platform soon spawned the nascent market for “dating simulators,” or rather visual novels and eroge, which despite the handicaps of low resolution and as few as 8 colours soon evolved into a vibrant artistic medium.
The Vippers share some of their favourite erotic illustrations of the era below:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Oct 29, 2009 14:51 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Bioware, Censorship, Eroge, PC Gaming, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360, Yaoi, Yuri


Bioware’s flagship title Dragon Age: Origins is attracting attention not only for the usual epic fantasy RPG hacking and slashing, but also for its story, which happens to be packed full of all kinds of romantic options, including actual sex scenes…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Jul 21, 2009 02:17 JST
- Tags: Capcom, Image Gallery, Mods, Nude Filter, Oppai, Oshiri, PC Gaming, Street Fighter


The PC version of Street Fighter 4 has stimulated a huge variety of erotic mods, with Cammy and Chun-Li the most amenable to modification, particularly in light of Cammy’s skin-tight bodysuit.
A variety of them can be seen below:
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