This weekend was July 4, Independence Day. It's America's biggest national holiday. And it's got me thinking about American games — namely, as this post title indicates, what makes American games "American"?

According to job feelers extended by Square Enix, the company has designs on building a brand new development studio in the United States, specifically Los Angeles, California. The solicitation for developers notes that the new Square Enix team will be working on "an action-oriented original IP game" with the Xbox 360…