The founder of VNDB, Yorhel, passed away on March 17th. I can say with certainty that the otaku community would not be what it is today without his effort to catalog and organize novel games into a large database, allowing fans to be able to research their favorite writers, studios, and more. 私は日本語を勉強 as a direct result of this website existing, and I imagine many others also have undertaken this journey as well after visiting this website for a while. I hope the moderation team is able to keep it going - a site like this that isn't trying to sell you something, but purely exists for the fans, by the fans, is rare indeed these days. He will be dearly missed.
https://vndb.org/t24787