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Friday, September 12, 2025

Poll Result: Patrons' Choice Topic for September 2025

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Every month Phantom River Stone holds a poll among our patrons to choose a topic for the blog in the coming month. After tallying the votes ...

Scenes from Kyoto: Temple Garden Features & Pink Telephone

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A few pictures from a recent visit to the scenic city of Kyoto which had strong vibes of Ryo's hometown. Temple Garden Koi fish swim laz...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Kawabata's Renders, Final Part: Locations and Promo Renders

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Welcome to the fourth and final part of our review of the art renders shared by AM2 developer Hideki Kawabata (previous parts:  Part One , P...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Hideki Kawabata's Renders, Part 3 - Unused and Future Characters

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Welcome to Part Three of our review of the art renders shared by AM2 developer Hideki Kawabata (previous parts can be found here: Part One ...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Hideki Kawabata's Renders, Part 2 - Shenmue I Characters Deep Dive

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In this continuation of our review of the renders by AM2 developer Hideki Kawabata (if you haven't yet read the introductory post, go h...
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Monday, August 11, 2025

Poll Result: Patrons' Choice Topic for August 2025

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Every month Phantom River Stone holds a poll among our patrons to choose a topic for the blog in the coming month. After tallying the votes ...
Monday, August 4, 2025

An Archive Unearthed: Hideki Kawabata's 3D Renders, Part 1

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Earlier in the year, a discovery was made of a stash of online Shenmue content: an archive containing over 120 3D rendered images from the d...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Weekly AM2 Volume 14 - Shenmue Theme Ringtone #3 | 14th March 2000

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Vol. 14: 14th March 2000 Hello, Takuan here! Last week, the main image on the Shenmue.com homepage was changed to one featuring Ryo and Guiz...