It’s hard to believe, but Novel Not New had its sixth anniversary in 2023! When I started the show with Em and Six at the tail end of 2017, it
It all comes down to this: Best Game. Game of the Year. Call it what you like. We play a lot of games, and every year we make ourselves pick
When Scanline Media started, we wanted to focus on games. But over the years, from doing weekly anime podcasts and where our general interests as a site went, anime and
In our longest category, we decided to let 2023 sing it’s heart out. These tracks, be them anime OP or standalone songs, struck a chord with us. The Nominees Are:Iron
Instrumental tracks have often gotten the short end of the stick in our Gimmick Awards, and it’s high time we changed that. These tracks backed some unforgettable moments or created
In a tumultuous year, these five games gave Jennifer some peace of mind.
Every year, we fight over fighting games. We’re enthusiastic about the genre (that’s an understatement) and it’s a delight to see the new ideas and spins on characters that surface
Most fictional writing runs on characters, and it is to these characters that fandoms attach themselves. It’s these personalities, and often their visual designs as well, that people find so
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.
I am open to other perspectives, but a lot of the love of games to me is down to how it feels to hit a button. When the jump feels