It is often said that every critic has their whipping boy: an artist or writer that they just can’t stand. The reasons for this dislike can be for the quality of their work or just a general disgust for their personality, but usually the critic does it in the face of a fandom he or she may feel said artist doesn’t deserve. Nostalgia Critic has Michael Bay, Linkara has Rob Liefeld and even in this budding genre your intrepid host is close to the edge of having a ‘Whipping Boy’ of his own.
I’ve never met Lexington Alexander (Real Name?): the mind behind Red Panda Games and the Obscure Indie review site. For all I know, he is one of the nicest guys on the face of the planet and there are hundreds of people who will model their children after him. But when it comes to visual novels, the man is a Grade-A Schlock Artist. Everything he has made has not only been bad, it has been insultingly bad. From the exploitation of child molestation in The Host Holic to the gleefully misanthropic Nowhere Safe series, there is nothing redeeming about anything under the Red Panda label and the good Lord knows I’ve tried to find it.
With my biases in mind, let’s do our best to have a fair look at his latest work Last On Mars…but if the past is any indication we won’t be here long.
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