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Space Colony Studios @spacecolonystudios.bsky.social · 4d

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog has been covered by many incredible podcasts and we're honoured to add Say it in Red to that list! Thank you, Runa and Sara! It's a great episode of a great podcast!

Even if you're sick of hearing about Gun-Dog (how could you be?) check out all the other episodes!

Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · 5d

Dear Listeners,

Do you remember what happened to you 5 years ago? You couldn't forget if you wanted. Watching, staring, trapped and helpless before the vastness of space...

Listen to Say it in Red Episode 69: Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
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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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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · 5d

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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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · 5d

Dear Listeners,

Do you remember what happened to you 5 years ago? You couldn't forget if you wanted. Watching, staring, trapped and helpless before the vastness of space...

Listen to Say it in Red Episode 69: Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

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 ...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · 29d

Dear Listeners,

How lovely to see you today, we're so glad you could make it here to our quiet parlor. Please, come in - would you like some hot cocoa? Tea? A haircut? Makeover? Gentle Interrogation?

September's Bonus Episode on ASMR is now available!

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Say it in Red Bonus Episode: ASMR | SayItInRed

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Aug 12

Dear Listeners,

Bakushin. Bakushin Bakushin Bakushin. Bakushin Bakushin Bakushin.
Bakushin.
Bakushin.
Baku... Shin, Shin.

Our latest Bonus Episode on the little known stat builder/raising sim Uma Musume is now available!

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Aug 11

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.

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jul 28

Dear Listeners,

Our schedule for the rest of 2025 is now available for all to see.

Join us in August for Life After Magic, September for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog, Iwakura Aria in October, Arcueid's route in the Tsukihime Remake in November, and our sixth Indie VN Compilation ep in December!

Say it in Red Episode schedule for May through December, 2025
May 30th - Misericorde, volumes 1 & 2
June 27th - Indie VN Compilation Track vol. 5
July 25th - uuultraC
August 29th - Life After Magic
September 26th - Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
October 31st - Iwakura Aria
November 28th - Tsukihime Remake ~ A Piece of Blue Glass Moon (Arcueid Route)
December 26th - Indie VN Compilation Track vol. 6

Support us at patreon.com/SayItInRed

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Sara | dollsncrafts @dollsncrafts.bsky.social · Jul 25

What's that, you haven't heard of uuultraC? Well, let us tell you all about it!

Cover image of uuultraC with it's initial protagonist, Kagome Shoutarou, balanced on top of household items, including toy figurines of the superhero Icarus and a dinosaur-esque Kaiju

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jul 25

SIRENS BLARE!
A HERO ARRIVES!
FIGHT! FIGHT THE EVIL KAIJU! FIGHT! PROTECT THE INNOCENT! And then... will the world accept us? When we've destroyed the lives of those we deem monstrous?

Say it in Red Episode 67: uuultraC is now available!
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Say it in Red Episode 67: uuultraC - Say It In Red

A NEW ERA OF HEROES!A WORLD EMBATTLED!THE PASSION OF RIVALRY AND HEATED DRAMA BETWEEN MEN!The sirens sing like soft jazz pumped through shopping mall speakers. Children look on, their eyes gleaming wi...

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SuperBiasedGary @superbiasedgary.itch.io · Jul 24

The second most sacred is playing your friend's VN, giving it a rating and then cajoling your friends to do the same.

Benn {Moth Flamist} Ends @bennends.itch.io · Jul 9

making a visual novel is one of the most sacred acts a human can perform

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jul 8

Dear Listeners,

Our latest bonus episode is out! Knives Out, that is - Listen along as Runa talks about watching Knives Out for the very first time in 2025 while Sara discusses the lens of the camera, her own experience with the film, and the construction of Mystery

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 27

Say it in Red Episode 66: Indie VN Compilation Track vol.5 is now available! In this episode, we talk about a LOT of excellent indie VNs and you should check them all out! You can find a list of them all in our description, but let's also give them all a shout!

www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

Say it in Red Episode 66: Indie VN Compilation Track - Vol.5 - Say It In Red

Locally produced, hand-crafted, small batch, non-GMO, organic (or maybe silicon-based?) foods are often touted as the pinnacle of health and nutrition. So, please enjoy this selection of small indie v...

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

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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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

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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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

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

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

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!)
nthcircle.itch.io/marchenline

Märchen Line by Nth Circle

Dystopian Far-Future Military Dating Sim.

nthcircle.itch.io

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

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.

dominoclub.itch.io/neurokino-re...

Neurokino Retrograde by DOMINO CLUB, communistsister, cecile richard

SEEK MEANING FROM MEMORY

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

After that, we talk about @bagenzos.house's A Circle of Charity. Incredible, painful, and with an incredible sense of visual design.

bagenzo.itch.io/charity

A Circle of Charity by Bagenzo

old memories rot away

bagenzo.itch.io

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

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

nomnomnami.itch.io/her-tears-we...

her tears were my light by NomnomNami

a love story between time and space

nomnomnami.itch.io

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

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)

bkomei.itch.io/threads-of-m...

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

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

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!

gemmysystem.itch.io/spring-in-he...

Spring in Her Step by Gemmy, amarvelous, Ironnori

Change is scary, but she'll choose to bloom anyway.

gemmysystem.itch.io

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

Next up, surprising no one - it's More Doomed Yuri in @feverfiction.bsky.social 's Our Bad Ending

feverfiction.itch.io/our-bad-ending

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

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 28

First up!

You like yuri, right? Yuri is great. You know what else is great? That's right, period pieces full of cannibalism.

yurinationrise.itch.io/comme-tu-veu...

Comme Tu Veux Demo by yurinationrise

doomed yuri in 1960s Vietnam

yurinationrise.itch.io

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 27

Say it in Red Episode 66: Indie VN Compilation Track vol.5 is now available! In this episode, we talk about a LOT of excellent indie VNs and you should check them all out! You can find a list of them all in our description, but let's also give them all a shout!

www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

Say it in Red Episode 66: Indie VN Compilation Track - Vol.5 - Say It In Red

Locally produced, hand-crafted, small batch, non-GMO, organic (or maybe silicon-based?) foods are often touted as the pinnacle of health and nutrition. So, please enjoy this selection of small indie v...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Say it in Red - A Podcast about Visual Novels @sayitinred.bsky.social · Jun 27

Dear Listeners,

Today we want to talk about fresh, crisp, hand-crafted, nutritional, artisan grown, and maybe organic (or silicon-based since they run on computers?) Visual Novels.

Say it in Red Episode 66: Indie VN Compilation Track vol.5 Is now available!

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