- We're making a *Mute plushie, too! - 3 February 2024
Don’t call her gossipy or judgmental—Mute’s just diligent in her job as a security AI who needs to keep on top of everything. Over the centuries, she’s been through many different incarnations, as the namesake of Mute Security Systems fulfills her job title of Keeping the Mugunghwa Safe Since 2390, but this version of her is the cutest yet as she performs an all new mission: keeping watch over your own desk. Is it also the softest and most huggable version of her yet? Well… you’ll never find out, okay? She’d never want that! She’s never secretly longed for that even a little bit! Don't even think about it! ...well, maybe it would be okay if you gave her just a little bit of a squeeze. You can preorder her here right now! I've been looking forward to announcing this for so long, we actually designed her around the same time as the *Hyun-ae plushie, but of COURSE I needed to have her be a…
- We're making a *Hyun-ae plushie! - 5 September 2023
In the year 4989, *Hyun-ae finally escaped from the wreck of the Mugunghwa in the care of her dear space investigator. Now she's ready to make the jump from the starship computer desktop to your own actual IRL desktop, thanks to her brand new cyborg body with super-advanced huggable "plushie" technology to help as your sidekick in whatever new investigations come your way... or to watch carefully over any cakes you end up baking. You can preorder her here right now! I'm really excited about this one! In collaboration with Makeship, we're making a super cute plushie version of *Hyun-ae from Analogue: A Hate Story. My personal rule with merch has always been "I wouldn't ever sell something I wouldn't be excited to have myself," so we worked closely together to make sure she looked perfect. I'm really happy with how she's turned out! The way Makeship works is that they take crowdfunded pre…
- The best stories in PC gaming - 23 February 2018
A look at some our recent Game of the Year winners—Spelunky, Metal Gear Solid V, Dishonored 2—suggests that baked-in narratives are less important to us than personal stories plotted by physics and AI. That's broadly true, but not to the total exclusion of videogame storytelling, of characters and dialogue and, to give an overarching definition of what we mean by 'story' in this case, 'sequences of events which may be influenced by the player but are not authored by them.' The setting, the conflict, the reasons characters act (through us) and the consequences for those characters. You know, stories .  Some say games are bad vehicles for this kind of storytelling , full stop. Others argue that while the stories in games are often bad, it's the fault of the storytellers, not the medium. And yet another camp argues that games are the greates…
- New translation - 4 December 2014
Available in English, Korean, and now Japanese! 日本語版をリリースした！
- New translation - 4 December 2014
Available in English, Korean, and now Japanese! 日本語版をリリースした！
- Valentine's Day Daily Deal, up to 85% off select games - 14 February 2014
Today's Deal: Save up to 85% on select games ! Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time.
- Analogue: A Hate Story creator announces Ladykiller in a Bind - 3 January 2014
It's a good thing the internet doesn't have a word limit, because Analogue: A Hate Story creator Christine Love has announced My Twin Brother Made Me Crossdress As Him And Now I Have To Deal With A Geeky Stalker And A Domme Beauty Who Want Me In A Bind!! Or, to give it its much-needed abridged title, Ladykiller in a Bind. Described as an "erotic visual novel about social manipulation and girls tying up other girls", the game will explore relationships in a way that highlights the importance of (kinky) sex. Speaking to Polygon, Love expressed a desire for a more honest treatment of dating sim mechanics. "Really, dating sims are inherently about manipulating other people pick the right dialogue choices based off what you think they expect, learn about their interests so you can give them perfectly tuned gifts, make decisions based off whether you'll impress them or not but like to pass it…
- Now Available - Hate Plus, 10% off! - 20 August 2013
Hate Plus is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off*! Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own. Analogue players can pick up where their finished save files left off, and new players can start fresh in Hate Plus. A dark visual novel about transhumanism, cosplay, cake-baking, and the slow patriarchal erosion of freedoms taken for granted. *Offer ends August 26th at 10AM Pacific time
- Love It Up: Hate Plus To Release Aug 19th - 1 August 2013
“Christine Love!” I would say, breathlessly, as I caught up with the prolific visual novel writer on her morning jog (possibly?), “You’re releasing Hate Plus your sequel to the phenomenal visual novel Analogue: A Hate Story soon, and I’m so excited!” “Oh Cara,” she’d say, brushing pink fronds of hair from her face as she effortlessly kept pace, “I know you’re so very excited. Thank you for the nice coverage of my games on RPS, by the way, you are the best website, and also Cara, you are the best writer. Alec understood my games, but honestly, I feel like you understand me .” “Oh Christine!” I would say. “I do understand you! Your games are so intelligent and well-written and…” HEY. YOU. GET OUT OF MY DREAMS. This ain’t no eroge. (more…)
- Analogue: An Even More Hateful Story – Hate Plus - 9 April 2013
When Christine Love writes, you should probably listen. She’s proven incredibly capable of spinning choice-powered yarns around love and hate, weaving in themes of misogyny, history, the ramifications of technology, and many more with a deft, personal hand. Seriously, if you’re not convinced, go read Kieron (pre-vengeful virtual ghost state) and Alec’s respective write-ups of Digital: A Love Story and Analogue: A Hate Story . Then join me after the break for the first details on There’s Not A Pre-Subtitle This Time: Hate Plus . (more…)
- How Women Could Easily Lose All Their Rights, As Told By A Game - 23 August 2012
Imagine waking up to a world where people think less of you for reading or writing. Or one where it's not likely that you'd learn how to read or write at all, and if you did, you'd have to get rid of the evidence—erase the data, destroy the letters. Imagine not having much control over the affairs of your life, from what you are allowed to say, to where you are able to go, or how you are able to live, to who you'd be allowed to marry. Imagine trying to rebel against this reality...and having your tongue cut out for it. Now imagine all of this happening during a time when we've perfected space travel and cryogenic stasis. Is that possible? Can we waltz into the future without carrying ‘progress' there with us? Won't technology pave the way for a better tomorrow; isn't this the promise found at the nucleus of science? Christine Love, developer behind Analogue: A Hate Story and curre…
- Daily Deal - Analogue: A Hate Story, 40% off! - 28 June 2012
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- Unravel Society's Disaster in Analogue: A Hate Story - 16 May 2012
It's the far future. You're a salvager, and you've been notified that a derelict, ancient 25th-century colony ship, one of the generation ships Earth sent out eons before you were born, has been found drifting aimlessly in space. Your task is to dig through all of the log files you can turn up on board the long-abandoned Mugunghwa and find out just what happened to the ship, its passengers, and its crew in centuries long gone, and why it never reached its destination. Welcome to Analogue: A Hate Story . Designer Christine Love's third game, following Digital: A Love Story and Don't take it personally babe, it just ain't your story , takes her trademark puzzle of storytelling out of its roots in the almost-past and near-present, and brings it far into the future by plumbing humanity's past. The game is a mystery, told in a series of one-sided point-and-click conversations with the ship-b…
- Now Available - Analogue: A Hate Story - 27 April 2012
Analogue: A Hate Story is now available on Steam! Uncover the mystery of what happened to the final generation aboard the generation ship Mugunghwa by reading through its dead crew's logs, with the help of a spunky AI sidekick! Two pursuable characters. Five endings. A dark visual novel that further extends the non-linear style of Digital: A Love Story in a mystery featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, and cosplay. Welcome to the future.
