Dragon Quest Monsters

A demo of Capcom's Monster Hunter 4 on the 3DS was up for play at the Tokyo Game Show, and here's how the 15-minute…

Click, kill, loot, level up. Click, kill, loot, level up. Loot, sell, re-equip. Rinse, repeat. Your weapons get more…

Here's to the world map. Here's to those goofy, disproportionate, inelegant pieces of virtual parchment that we've…

In Japan, Dragon Quest is the unquestioned king of RPGs: Even the Final Fantasy series comes in a distant second.…

If you buy the argument that there are people who make real video games and there are people who make things that…

You know how people like to use the word "rehash" to describe games? "Oh, that Call of Duty 44 is such a rehash."…

There are times, when playing a game, that the hours just sail past. The player becomes completely immersed in the…

The last new Ultima game to see daylight was Lord of Ultima, a browser strategy game more or less totally unrelated…

The Nintendo 3DS upgrade, the 3DS XL ("3DS LL" in Japan) will be hitting stores in Japan later this month and in the…

Why do people like Japanese role-playing games? What is a Japanese role-playing game? Why the hell do I write a…