Our 6th Indie VN Compilation episode is out now! In this episode we talk about NINE indie games, some of which are short enough to play within a single sitting while still packing a huge punch. So, if you're having a relaxing New Year's Day, why not curl up with one of these games? For example...

Dear Listeners, Happy New Year! Even in this year of 2025, Indie Visual Novels continue to be a source of joy, delight, catharsis, resilience, terror, and excitement. We'll see you in 2026, and in the meantime Say it in Red Episode 72 is now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

Dear Listeners, On account of Holiday Travel Time Plans (https) we'll be recording and releasing our next episode a bit later than anticipated. That also means, however, that you have more time to tell us about the Indie VNs you've played this year! Open to all Listeners until Friday December 26th!

Dear Listeners, There's still a bit of time to tell us about an Indie VN you've played and enjoyed! You can write or record a voice memo and send it to us on our patreon at patreon.com/sayitinred - open to all listeners! www.patreon.com/posts/indie-...

Dear Readers, Say it in Red has been covering Visual Novels since late 2020. It's now the final month of 2025. How many years is that? The answer may surprise you, alongside our latest bonus episode in which we pit every* VN Protagonist against each other! www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...

The Black Friday Sale on our webstore has started! Get 15% off everything, including keychains, mini prints, acrylic standees, and more until December~ p.s. if you're a Kickstarter backer and want to bundle items together to save on shipping, DM us on Kickstarter! ko-fi.com/crystalgamew...

The House in Fata Morgana physical deluxe edition is on sale on MangaGamer for $29.96: www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?a... Includes game disc, 4-disc soundtrack, and Steam key card. First print edition without the physical soundtrack is on sale for $18.71: www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?a...

It takes a lot to make a visual novel—especially one with as killer a style as @nthcircle.bsky.social 's of the Devil. This month I interviewed some of the team to talk about their game dev process, how they approach designing visual novels & more! Read it here: arimiadev.com/developer-in...

Ever wondered about our game jam process? What the first pitches for "of the Devil" were like? The connection between Jetstream Sam and Emma Rockford? Thanks to Arimia, you don't have to wonder anymore~!

Dear Listeners, Thank you for your patience. The Vampire Princess will see you now. Say it in Red Episode 71: Tsukihime ~A Piece of Blue Glass Moon~ Arcueid Route is now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

Dear Listeners, Due to a brief bout of illness, thankfully now subsiding, our next episode's release will be delayed by a couple of days. We're hoping to have the next episode on Aruceid's Route of the Tsukihime Remake released by this Sunday, and apologies for the delay!

Listen to us do the work of unpacking this one for you 🙃

Dear Listeners, While you may be able to turn your creative hobby into another job, consider this: That hobby might also get you hired as a maid by a shady rich guy whose daughter might be a vampire? Say it in Red Episode 70: Iwakura Aria is now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

Dear Listeners, Happy October, once again. This month, join us and our returning guests, Raven and KT Kelly, as we discuss the Umineko stage play adaptations of the Umineko Question Arcs. www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...

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!

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...

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! www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...

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! www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...

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!

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

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

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

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 www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...

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 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...

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

Dear Listeners, You have just two more days to send us your indie VN recommendations (or just tell us how much you loved an Indie VN you've played!) we'll be gathering out submissions to go into our next episode so head over to patreon.com/sayitinred for more details!

Patreon is raising the percentage it takes from new creators (again), from 8% to 10%, on August 4. People with existing Patreon pages get grandfathered into the old rate. If you're thinking about making a page, best to do it and publish it now.

Dear Readers, June is the rainy season, so why not embrace the call of summer by picking up your trowel, pulling on your overalls, and sitting down to play some Farm Sims? Our June Bonus episode is now available for all patrons over at www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...

If you want to celebrate pride month, why not check out my queer vampire visual novel about thirsting for the taste of another's blood. superbiasedgary.itch.io/sink-your-te...

And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol’n forth of Holy Writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil. - Shakespeare's Richard III: Act 1, Scene 3. Say it in Red Episode 65: Misericorde Volumes 1 & 2 are now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol’n forth of Holy Writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil. - Shakespeare's Richard III: Act 1, Scene 3. Say it in Red Episode 65: Misericorde Volumes 1 & 2 are now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

Dear Listeners, "One Hundred" seems to be a popular number among gamers lately, so what better time to release our next bonus episode: Introducing Sara to the 100 Girlfriends who Really Really Really Really Really Love you. Join us over on our patreon to see it! www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...

Dear Listeners, Our new Schedule is available! In May we'll be talking about Misericorde vol 1 & 2, followed by our next Indie VN Compilation episode in June, and then heading into the heat of summer with uuultraC in July! And of course, our full 2025 schedule is up at patreon.com/sayitinred !

GOOD MORNING The Crips for eSims for Gaza Itch Bundle is live! itch.io/b/2965/crips... 200+ video games, TTRPGs, zines, comics, & more $16+ to support Palestinians surviving occupation! On sale April 28-May 20 🇵🇸✊❤️ SPREAD THE WORD!

Dear Listeners, You've sent us a wonderful stack of questions and in our latest episode, we answer as many as we possibly can (And also rank Cu's Aura and Spandex outfit) Say it in Red Episode 64: Fate/Stay Night Q&A is now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

We're recording our Q&A episode tomorrow, so now is your last chance to get in questions about Fate/Stay Night, our thoughts on characters or plots or magical powers, ask about our ideal routes, or make us create a tier list of noble phantasms! All of this is possible until tomorrow morning!

Dear Listeners, In April, we'll be recording a big Fate/Stay Night Q&A Episode! Listeners can send in their questions starting now, and we'll answer as many of them as we can on air next month, so send us your F/SN questions any time before Saturday, April 19th! forms.gle/iRbuz854jzC2...

WE DID IT. WE MADE IT TO HEAVEN'S FEEL. THE BEST PART OF FATE/STAY NIGHT and the whole reason i wanted to DO this series. enjoy the episode <3

Dear Listeners, What sort of nightmares do you have? For example, have you ever been afraid of Girls drinking each other's blood in a homoerotic manner? No? Say it in Red Episode 63 - Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel is now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

Dear Listeners, From now until the second week of June, you can send us an audio clip or write in to tell us about an Indie VN you've played and enjoyed! We'll be putting as many of them as we can into our June episode and submissions are open to all Patrons! www.patreon.com/posts/submis...

✨🌷Little Goody Two Shoes is 40% OFF🌷✨ On Nintendo Switch — don't miss it! ⏰ Spring is almost here and so is the best time of year to play #LGTS! 🌷Grab it below! www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/little-goody-two-shoes-switch/?srsltid=AfmBOopFJEOD2jMjg_vPaLfot7WHql3we_1iEVIZEyUzcxvT8M-QakO-

Dear Listeners, In April, we'll be recording a big Fate/Stay Night Q&A Episode! Listeners can send in their questions starting now, and we'll answer as many of them as we can on air next month, so send us your F/SN questions any time before Saturday, April 19th! forms.gle/iRbuz854jzC2...

steam is having a visual novel sale, so here's a thread on games i really like from the genre: store.steampowered.com/category/vis... any game that is japanese or chinese-only will be noted:

SeaBed - one of my favorite visual novels, i once described it as a "mystery in search of a mystery". it's about two women who lived all their lives together until it is no more. it explores grief, death, and imagination in very beautiful ways: store.steampowered.com/app/583090/S...

com__et is 60% off in the Steam Visual Novel fest, go pick it up! If you already have it, cajole your friends into buying it at the highest discount yet. store.steampowered.com/app/2604450/...

Dear Listeners, Rejoice! The struggle for the Holy Grail has now begun! Or you know we could hang out. Maybe we just hang out with King Arthur and Cú Chulainn. Say it in Red Episode 61: Fate/Stay Night - Fate Route is now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

Dear Listeners, As promised and threatened, you can now listen, at your own peril, to a special Fate/Stay Night Spoilercast episode on our Patreon! Listen to Runa and MK talk about the Fate route of Fate/Stay Night without holding back! Spoilers abound! www.patreon.com/posts/say-it...

Dear Listeners, Have you ever wanted to say something to your younger self? Words of encouragement? Life Advice? Credible Death Threats? Say it in Red Episode 62: Fate/Stay Night - Unlimited Blade Works is now available! www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...

and now it is time for fate to get good. mostly. sort of. i'm biased because i love archer.