Sep 29, 2026 · 1 hr 53 min · 11 segments
What happens when a psychologist decides to make a visual novel? This week Dax and Quincy talk with Aaryn - the developer of the visual novel "Straight!?" and talk about identity, self-discovery, and…
yeah um no because for me personally it was you know i i try and find some good visual novels because sometimes you're like you know this is going to be really bad and quince he'll be annoyed because it might ruin a potential brand deal in the future but it's like going on men.com You know the plot is going to be absolutely shit, but the porn is sometimes decent.
So you're like, all right, we'll have a look around.
But there is the odd occasion where you're like, oh shit, it's the diamond in the rough.
It's got really good plot and the porn is also decent.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, and that seems very American anyways.
When I've talked to people from around the world, obviously through this game, because I wouldn't have had as much exposure, I guess, otherwise.
But America is very credit-driven anyway.
We don't buy things that we can pay for.
We buy things that we're going to pay interest on over decades.
We buy things ahead of time based on credit.
And then... use interest to, to purchase things.
Um, and it seems like the bulk of the rest of the world's like, don't buy shit until you can afford it.
Um,
yeah,
it's definitely like American companies like pushing credit cards on the rest of the world.
Yeah.
It's also weird that you guys can't do bank transfers.
That always like, that strikes me as just really fucking weird.
Yeah.
I can just log into my banking app and send you 20 quid.
Yeah.
yeah um no because for me personally it was you know i i try and find some good visual novels because sometimes you're like you know this is going to be really bad and quince he'll be annoyed because it might ruin a potential brand deal in the future but it's like going on men.com You know the plot is going to be absolutely shit, but the porn is sometimes decent.
So you're like, all right, we'll have a look around.
But there is the odd occasion where you're like, oh shit, it's the diamond in the rough.
It's got really good plot and the porn is also decent.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, and that seems very American anyways.
When I've talked to people from around the world, obviously through this game, because I wouldn't have had as much exposure, I guess, otherwise.
But America is very credit-driven anyway.
We don't buy things that we can pay for.
We buy things that we're going to pay interest on over decades.
We buy things ahead of time based on credit.
And then... use interest to, to purchase things.
Um, and it seems like the bulk of the rest of the world's like, don't buy shit until you can afford it.
Um,
yeah,
it's definitely like American companies like pushing credit cards on the rest of the world.
Yeah.
It's also weird that you guys can't do bank transfers.
That always like, that strikes me as just really fucking weird.
Yeah.
I can just log into my banking app and send you 20 quid.
Yeah.
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