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I think tomorrow is going to be a very good day. I start my Life Drawing class. Up until now, I've only been messing around with drawing (which is my excuse for my crappy art).

Although I like anime, I also complain about the oversaturation of anime and the anime influence. However, this journal isn't about my distaste for low quality anime and such, at least not directly. Today, I want to discuss hentai, games that is.

The game that is currently taking up all of my free time is Family Project.
It's a game where you build a "pretend" family with some other interesting personalities. Early in the game, you lose your house and end up living with other people who also don't have homes for one reason or another. At first, everyone is a stranger, but as they build relationships and learn about each other, they develop bonds.
Story and character-wise, it is quite good. It's extremely funny at times and depressingly truthful at others.

Problematically, it appeals to only a small niche of gamers because it's a Japanese hentai game, with English subtitles. It is unfortunate that some people don't like hentai games, either because they have to read or they're against the sexual content, (although they have no issues with idiotically watching mindless generic anime). Admittedly, there are a lot of bad hentai games which focus primarily on the sex, (which to me, isn't as bad as many "new" animes which focus on reusing cliched plots and character-types from older animes).
However, I would like people to keep an open mind. Even I know that the encompassing wave of garbage that is considered Japan's finest anime and sub-culture is not going to suddenly cease.

One last shocking revelation, some hentai games are better than the majority of other "popular" video games on PC or consoles. In fact, without the sex, I think they could be top sellers. I once saw a poll that read: "Has a game ever made you cry?" Most gamers might answer no. Probably the most shocking scene they have seen in a game is Aeris' death or Zack's heroic defending of Cloud. However, I challenge any gamer to play through Kana: Immouto, knowing fully well that your sister is probably going to die from her illness before it's over, and stay emotionally unaffected.

I am studying to be a game artist/ designer. One day, in the future, after I'm successful in the game industry, I hope someone asks me what games influenced me the most. I'll proudly answer, Kana: Immouto, Crescendo, Yume Miru Kusuri and Family Project.

I got a new game today.

Happy 4th of July everyone!
Have a good time and don't do anything dangerous!