The New Leaf Journal

Tipping over Thanksgiving.

Where the literal interpretation of a visual novel heroine’s white hair and red eyes is the correct interpretation.

Reviewing a 2006 doujin visual novel translation where the “Bells in the darkness that ensnare Heaven’s silver light”

A post on the meaning of the “BUY” button in the e-book context.

I explain how to take a Windows installer for an ONScripter game, extract the contents of the .exe, and then run the game itself natively on Linux using the correct ONScripter-EN bui

A niche guide for the five Linux-users who want to run old ONScripter-En visual novels.

The first Veterans Day proclamation.

On an ill-fated attempt to bring gambling to the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Illustrating (literally) the “knuckle method” for remembering how many days are in each month.

A comprehensive history of the 1999 settlement between Nintendo and the New York State Attorney General.

Questioning the decision to bring back a few dangerous mini games from the original Mario Party.

Of all the Halloween decorations to miss until November 1, a 12-foot witch would not have been my guess.