2024) Sprite Smarter, Sprite Sharder

Post published:05/12/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:92 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

Rundown Preamble Ramble: Sprite Smarter, Sprite Sharder
TSF Showcase 2024-19 Change Ring by Kawaii Tsun’aho
TSF Showcase 2024-19.1 Change Ring the Manga by Kawaii Tsun’aho and MPZ
Student Transfer V8 is Coming Soon! (The Murder Route is Finally Getting Replaced!)
re:Dreamer is Back, Bay-Bee! (re:Dreamer Version 0.18.0 Releases After 7 Month Delay)
Microsoft Murders Arkane Austin and Tango GameWorks (Technically They Also Killed Alpha Dog and Consolidated Roundhouse…)
Another AI Generated Image Musing (No, I’m Not Going to Become An AI Pundit)
Yes, Nintendo Switch 2 is Happening, But You Gotta Wait! (The Switch-2.0-Roadmap)
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Announced (Better Than Nothing, Worse Than You’d Expect)

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Rundown (5/05/2024) Natalie & Cassie Preserved An Anime Soundtrack!

Post published:05/05/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:63 mins read
Post comments:11 Comments

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Rundown (4/28/2024) The Masturbation Conundrum

Post published:04/28/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:132 mins read
Post comments:19 Comments

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Rundown (4/21/2024) Always Four Years Behind…

Post published:04/21/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:112 mins read
Post comments:15 Comments

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Rundown (4/14/2024) The Enigmatic Children

Post published:04/14/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:70 mins read
Post comments:10 Comments

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Rundown (4/07/2024) Artificially Difficult Taxation

Post published:04/07/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:67 mins read
Post comments:5 Comments

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TSF Showcase – Q1 2024 Compilation

Post published:04/01/2024
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:260 mins read
Post comments:9 Comments

A compilation of TSF Showcases released on Natalie.TF from January to March 2024!

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Rundown (3/31/2024) Revenge of Editing Hell

Post published:03/31/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:40 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

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Rundown (3/24/2024) Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Has Been Drafted!

Post published:03/24/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:60 mins read
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Rundown (3/17/2024) Fatigue Leaves The Body Erotic

Post published:03/17/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:50 mins read
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Rundown (3/10/2024) Wack-Ass Work Shifts

Post published:03/10/2024
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Reading time:46 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

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Rundown (3/03/2024) Life Might Be a Waste of Time but It’s Nice!

Post published:03/03/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:73 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

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Palworld (Early Access) Review

Post published:02/28/2024
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:29 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

Hand in hand, we’ll venture worth and pal around in this brave new world!

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Rundown (2/25/2024) First Place, Second Place, Third Place, THE VOID!!!

Post published:02/25/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:55 mins read
Post comments:6 Comments

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Rundown (2/18/2024) Xbox Is Not Dead, Y’All Lied To Me!

Post published:02/18/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:34 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

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Rundown (2/11/2024) The Alleged End of Xbox

Post published:02/11/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:50 mins read
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Rundown (2/04/2024) Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Is Delayed Again!

Post published:02/04/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:61 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

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Rundown (1/28/2024) Palling Around in Palworld

Post published:01/28/2024
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Reading time:52 mins read
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Rundown (1/21/2024) Natalie the Pokémaniac is Hungry for Souls!

Post published:01/21/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:60 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

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Rundown (1/14/2024) Natalie’s Sexual Binary

Post published:01/14/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:62 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

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Rundown (1/07/2024) The Co-Op Conundrum

Post published:01/07/2024
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:24 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

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TSF Showcase – 2023 Compilation Part 3

Post published:01/03/2024
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:173 mins read
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A compilation of TSF Showcases released on Natalie.TF from October to December 2023!

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TSF Showcase – 2023 Compilation Part 2

Post published:01/02/2024
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:170 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

A compilation of TSF Showcases released on Natalie.TF from July to October 2023!

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TSF Showcase – 2023 Compilation Part 1

Post published:01/01/2024
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:174 mins read
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A compilation of TSF Showcases released on Natalie.TF from January to June 2023!

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Rundown (12/31/2023) Christmas with Judas

Post published:12/31/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:42 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

A review of a non-TSF manga that Cassie SAID was TSF!
A triple-decker TSF Showcase as a holiday treat
One of the biggest games ever got its source code leaked

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Natalie Rambles About 2023

Post published:12/27/2023
Post category:Rambles
Reading time:181 mins read
Post comments:6 Comments

IBNTEVI RJI SETLMIDD UG TIEKORP EMS IZYITOIMVI TI;NOTRJ!!!

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Rundown (12/24/2023) How to Do Time Management?!?

Post published:12/24/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:52 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

Musings about my perpetual inefficiency
A fun TSF romcom canceled before its prime
A TSF novella that is worse than my shit
What TimeSplitters 4 (2021) could have been…
The second biggest gaming leak of the year
Pontificating the Posse Logs

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Natalie & Cassie Ramble About The Star Wars Nonology

Post published:12/20/2023
Post category:Rambles
Reading time:168 mins read
Post comments:6 Comments

A long time ago, in a Discord channel closer than you may think…

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Rundown (12/17/2023) Year-End Hustle & Bustle

Post published:12/17/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:40 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

A reminder of what you can expect from Natalie.TF for the rest of the year
A Trans wish fulfillment manga to help the medicine go down
The burning, glorious, corpse of a canceled manga
Natalie’s burning hatred of We and Us
The Last of Us Online’s cancellation!

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My Mad Scientist Roommate Turned Me Into Her Personal Robotic Battle Maiden?!? Review

Post published:12/14/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:36 mins read
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The Lachlanverse Episode III: ~~Axon in Ashes~~ My Mad Scientist Roommate Turned Me Into Her Personal Robotic Battle Maiden?!?

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Rundown (12/10/2023) Good Night Gamindustri, See Ya Next Year!

Post published:12/10/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:86 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

A rain themed TSF manga
The prelude for the biggest entertainment launch of all time
The 21st Annual Spike Video Game Awards Rundown
A call to download everything you love
A pronoun predicament

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The Press-Switch Controversy of December 2023

Post published:12/09/2023
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:10 mins read
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Because who else is going to report on this…

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Rundown (12/03/2023) Yo! NTF Cribz

Post published:12/03/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:41 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

A tour of my new house!
Hot-blooded dudes becoming hot-blooded gals
An impending lack of content
The re:Death of TimeSplitters
A call to un-service the latest Final Fantasy game
Natalie Harasses Akumako

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Dragalia Lost V3 Re;Works – A Mock Design Document

Post published:11/30/2023
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:4 mins read
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After over 250 hours of production, this 800 page design document is done!

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Rundown (11/26/2023) The Quest for a Dream TF Metroidvania

Post published:11/26/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:33 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

First impressions of the latest professional-grade TSF game
A Natalie.TF exclusive first look at a translation of a 31-year-old TSF comic
A nothingburger acquisition
A pleasant Indonesian acquisition
Nat & Akumako discuss a weird hentai trope

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Rundown (11/19/2023) So Long Old Home! + The Big Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Update

Post published:11/19/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:49 mins read
Post comments:6 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Saying goodbye to my childhood home
The much-needed update on Verde’s Doohickey 2.0
A possession fiesta for all the boys and one girl
A slightly squirrelly acquisition
NetEase’s 11th new studio
Meandering musings of a controversial topic
Oh shit, Class of ’09 really blew up
The Last of Us is back…

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TSF Series #018: Dæmon;Heäd

Post published:11/18/2023
Post category:TSF Series
Reading time:132 mins read
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From the lingering remnants of bloodied cardboard, and manifested through a successive generation of delusions.

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Rundown (11/12/2023) Dragalia Lost V3 Re;Works is Done!

Post published:11/12/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:29 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

The next big Natalie.TF project is DONE!
An unfinished TSF game from 2007
A film announcement that people have wanted for 30 years
Musing about the inevitable release of an industry shaking title
A surprise hardware stealth drop

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Rundown (11/05/2023) re:Dreamer Isekai Ver. Alternative/If…

Post published:11/05/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:55 mins read
Post comments:5 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

A re:turn to re:Dreamer for side content
An email-based TSF story from 2002
A triple dose of acquisitions
NetEase is back with their tenth new studio since 2020
Another re:turn of an older Sonic style
A 3.5-hour-long animated fan film

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Natalie & Cassie Ramble About The Jurassic Park Hexalogy

Post published:10/31/2023
Post category:Rambles
Reading time:75 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

♫Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur!♫

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Rundown (10/29/2023) Horror Is Not Niche!

Post published:10/29/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:53 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie FINALLY acknowledges the spooky month
A Natalie.TF exclusive* look at the next next great TF visual novel!
Another unhinged Pokémon tangent
Bop-Louie ‘n’ da Boyz are BACK!

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Rundown (10/22/2023) Natalie is a Homeowner

Post published:10/22/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:46 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie bought REAL property!
A Fictionmania flashback
A game design tangent
The return of a niche DS adventure game series
A Pokémon tangent

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Rundown (10/15/2023) Akumu Kojou: Tax Tax Panic!

Post published:10/15/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:48 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

Natalie bitching about her job
A double dose of TSF coolsies
The end of the biggest gaming acquisition
A premonition of a dead internet
The Downfall of Unity: Part III
The slick and svelte NEW PS5

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Mega Man X DiVE Offline Review

Post published:10/11/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:82 mins read
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Setting the (low) standard for offline gacha games!

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Rundown (10/08/2023) If You Don’t Like ‘Em, Kill ‘Em!

Post published:10/08/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:46 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie’s keeping it RADICAL!
A Natalie.TF exclusive* look at the next great TF visual novel!
The 3DS and Wii U get even deader!
Epic’s ‘financial troubles’

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Rundown (10/01/2023) How Are ‘Real’ Video Games Profitable?

Post published:10/01/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:54 mins read
Post comments:8 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie asks how games are supposed to make money for prices so low
A Super Smash swap comic
The end of a Platinum era
A sequel to one of Natalie’s favorite exploration-driven action platformers
Sony’s latest mega-hack
Sony’s status quo non-shake-up
Epic spits out Bandcamp like a stale pretzel
Ownership or possession – the real media debate

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TSF Series #017: Cassandra – The Cuddly Demon Empress

Post published:09/27/2023
Post category:TSF Series
Reading time:260 mins read
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From the wishes of a kyuubi cutie, but executed by a psycho bitch! It is Venturers of Radiant: The Next Dimension!

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Rundown (9/24/2023) Ai’s Time Warp and Premise Predicament

Post published:09/24/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:85 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie’s Oshi no Ko lukewarm take
A body swapping rental service that would destroy society
The BIG Xbox FTC leak
Some inane Japanese gaming minutia

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Rundown (9/17/2023) Natalie is a TOS Violation

Post published:09/17/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:114 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Why Natalie cannot be trusted on any major platform
A wackadoo TSF manga from my magic bag
TF trials and tribulations
The inevitable death of Mario Kart 9 (or 13)
Embracer’s quest to liquidate
Unity’s endeavor to make things worse for everyone
A definitional diatribe only Natalie cares about
Another Nintendo Direct rundown
A half-assed State of Play rundown
Wizardry Re;Birth

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Rundown (9/10/2023) Money! Money! Money! Is What I Need!

Post published:09/10/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:48 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

Deliberations of dochy
A potential king
Tencent’s continued consumption
Vampires X the walking simulator guys
An unfocused ramble on… display technology?
Another farewell to 𝕏

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