Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels
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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels
@sayitinred.bsky.social
Join Sara and Runa each month for critical reads, unhinged discussions, fandom histories, and a lot of screaming about Visual and Kinetic novels!
Hosted by @runa-liore.itch.io and @dollsncrafts.bsky.social
Also worth noting that now, in early October, @spacecolonystudios.bsky.social's Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is on sale on steam as well as many of the other Visual Novels we've covered in the past, in case you're looking for a VN to get cozy with this spooky season!
Say it in Red Episode 69: Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog - Say It In Red
[Ship's Log, 26th September, Stellar Year 892]Your transport ship, already late in its departure due to congestion around the ports on Ganymede, alerts you to yet another delay. It seems that a cargo ...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hello and welcome! We're glad to hear you're enjoying it ☺️

We do in fact have plans to cover the entire Zero Escape series! I won't be soon, but it's a series that's really important to us both and we absolutely want to do a few episodes on it.
August 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Finally, Sara talks about Good Lord! Everyone at the Reunion for my Religious All-Girls School Is a Trans Man... And They're Hot?!

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Good Lord! Everyone at the Reunion For My Religious All-Girls School Is a Trans Man... And They're Hot?! on Steam
Are you really the only woman at the ten year reunion for your religious all-girls high school?! Catch up with your old graduating class and maybe learn a thing or two about yourself in a hilarious we...
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June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Then, we return to the familiar comfort of Yuri & Horror @4nokivn.bsky.social's The Final Prize is Soup, a beautiful & captivating game in which two women compete in terrifying ordeals to win a chance at escaping the afterlife (Or flirt with the judge ;D)

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The Final Prize is Soup on Steam
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
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June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Next, we talk about Death and our flirtations with him in @twoandahalfstudios.com 's A Date With Death, which has some exceptionally fun and varied character creation and customization options (And also a very fun Grim Reaper). twoandahalfstudios.itch.io/a-date-with-...
A Date with Death by Two and a Half Studios
Enter a week long bet against the Grim Reaper to keep your soul... and maybe fall in love along the way?
twoandahalfstudios.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
After that, we dive into @nthcircle.bsky.social 's Spooktober entry from last year, Märchen Line! It's so cool to join the front lines as a soldier killing crab aliens, and this game is an incredible ride from start to finish (and start again, it's great on replay!)
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Märchen Line by Nth Circle
Dystopian Far-Future Military Dating Sim.
nthcircle.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And then, Neurokino Retrograde.
A Domino Club game about a woman trying to communicate with her ex who came back... different, after a transport mission to one of the Moons of Saturn. Evocative and overflowing with style.

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Neurokino Retrograde by DOMINO CLUB, communistsister, cecile richard
SEEK MEANING FROM MEMORY
dominoclub.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
After that, we talk about @bagenzos.house's A Circle of Charity. Incredible, painful, and with an incredible sense of visual design.

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A Circle of Charity by Bagenzo
old memories rot away
bagenzo.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Next, we cover the short but delightful game, her tears were my light from NomnomNami - Yuri about Time, Space, the Void, and using Renpy's rollback feature as a narrative mechanic

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her tears were my light by NomnomNami
a love story between time and space
nomnomnami.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Then, we look at @bkomei.bsky.social 's Threads of Magic, a delightful game about creating magical outfits for new magical girls (and boys and nonbinaries)

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Threads of Magic by bkomei
A casual, narrative peek into the life of a tailor creating costumes for queer magical girls and boys.
bkomei.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We also talk about the Trans Joy Jam (itch.io/jam/trans-jo...) and we can always use more Trans Joy like Spring in Her Step from a talented team including @ironnorivn.bsky.social, @amarvelous.bsky.social, @gemmysystem.itch.io, and more!

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Spring in Her Step by Gemmy, amarvelous, Ironnori
Change is scary, but she'll choose to bloom anyway.
gemmysystem.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Next up, surprising no one - it's More Doomed Yuri in @feverfiction.bsky.social 's Our Bad Ending

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Our Bad Ending by FEVERFICTION
A girl’s dark, romantic desire for her best friend and the spiral of pursuing a doomed love.
feverfiction.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM