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Every year starting around April, things begin to quiet down a lot where I live. Thus it’s a good time to start taking it easy and getting into the routine of daily life now that the year has left its “new car smell” phase and entered maturity. I often like reviewing things I’ve mentioned on my blog a long time ago that I feel is still relevant to check out today as well as introduce newer visitors some cool stuff they surely missed out on. Most visitors statistically don’t check anything I’ve written about older than a year ago, so it’s a good opportunity to dust off some recommendations I’ve made previously that are still awesome and alive today.

As a brief reminder all of my previously endorsed YouTube channels over the years are conveniently referenced on The List.

Let’s start off with some heavy hitters in the Urbex / Dead Mall scene. I’m am absolute sucker for urban decay the world over, and naturally as an American I find my local hometown ruins to be some of the best out there. It’s because there’s always a stereotype that America is the land of plenty and prosperity, often times seen as some sort of beacon of salvation to foreigners. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of opportunity here if you look for it, but that doesn’t mean everything and anything works out for the best. We have a lot of abandoned large public spaces that were the byproduct of wishful thinking and hubris. Making things even more surreal is that all of these projects usually involve heavy government oversight and millions of dollars only to ultimately fail. Regardless of the history of any particular location, those with cameras and boots on the ground can tell us a story through words or visuals by documenting the last days of life and the current ruins remaining. Shopping centers (or malls) are particularly fascinating to me since they embody capitalism and free markets as a whole. And often when they fail, the community around them suffer greatly as well.

I have suggested many a website over the years, and this one in particular doesn’t need a lengthy introduction or description. As a youngster I use to go to my local bookstores and check out the clearance section for photo books of various topics. Often times I would run across nature encyclopedias or fine art books from the great painters of our time. However, once in a while I would get lucky and see some contemporary works that always brought a smile to my face with how creative and ingenious they were with the subject material, and thus began a very minor hobby of mine enjoying photography as art. MiNiMiAM is one of many galleries I hope to bring to all of you in future updates of simple (yet creative) photography art.

Some mainstream gaming stuff to balance out the update, Everspace 2 is a space simulator / RPG game that’s been in development for a very long time. April marks the game’s departure from early access and thus 1.0 will be ready to jump into with the polish expected of it. I’ve been following development of the game for quite some time now, but understand that the space genre is really niche and not everyone’s cup of tea. Still if you find yourself lacking anything to play in April and are looking for something unique in the AA / AAA category, then be on the lookout for reviews of the game.

Princess and Conquest was (and is) one of my current most recommended NSFW / Lewd games out there at the moment. It’s leaving early access this month in April, finally approaching release 1.0 after a very long time in development and fulfilling a lot of community requests as well as continuing to squash a lot of bugs with each content update. More importantly this game completely gets my recommendation of being unapologetically lewd, but a GAME FIRST and the adult stuff a close 2nd. For those that like cute pixel art and actually want a game to play, consider picking it up on either itch.io or Steam.

Scarlet Maiden is not an older recommendation, but a completely brand new one on my site. The only reason why I never mentioned it in past updates was because it was still a little light on content upon release, however the reception of the game has been overwhelming positive. Alongside Princess and Conquest, April might be a really good month for “games first, lewd a close second” types of players like myself and I hope you feel the same way too. The above video is actually hosted on YouTube, but it might be age restricted in your region. If you can’t view the video, you can still find a lot of content about the game by searching on Google or the Steam page for it. Just a heads up that the Steam page does require login to view the game information since it’s obviously made for adults.

Our artist of the month is Monobe, someone who isn’t afraid to draw what they like! If you like their works, I highly suggest you checkout their pixivFANBOX to access more of their content and support them as well. That wraps up April’s blog update for now. May’s update may include more old things if nothing new crosses my desk. In any case take care and see you next month!