Japanese Puzzle

By now you’ve almost certainly read Chris Kohler’s well-reasoned take on the 30 games that should be on the rumored…

Following yesterday evening’s news that the next game in the Professor Layton series will hit Japan on July 20,…

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, a remaster of the first two games in the Zero Escape trilogy, were released today on…

Hail, ye Nintendo faithful! Loyal folk that you are, a Wii U rests beneath your TV. The console never quite hit its…

In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, twenty four Japanese game companies were polled about the Nintendo Switch.…

It’s tough making games in China. Not only do you have to fight against the stereotypes of Chinese culture…

For the 11th year in a row, I’ve tallied a list of all the games I started and/or finished in the previous year.…

This is a Mario game, but it’s not a Mario video game. It’s a ball puzzle/game/thing I got for my kid for Christmas,…

Over the decades, Japanese developers have churned out a mind-boggling number of video games. Some are good, and…

Dedicated handheld consoles have taken some beatings over the years—thanks, Steve Jobs—but as 2016 comes to a close,…