It's been years since anyone last heard from Kikiyama. But halfway through making this podcast, something happened. And so, this means a brief update, an interlude, and a change of direction...

Yume Nikki wasn't released with much fanfare. Just a post on a Japanese forum, on a Sunday evening, in the summer of 2004. That's almost 14 years ago. So what happened between then and now? And what happened to the game's enigmatic creator?

In 2004, someone releases a weird video game about dreams. It’s just a small, amateur game, made with software designed for hobbyists, and barely anyone notices it when it’s first released. But over the years, it develops a huge and passionate fan base. So what’s the deal with Yume Nikki?