Mother Is Gone

Over the years, there have been many games released in Japan only. Of these, a small number have gone on to become…

Warren Spector, one of the most respected game designers out there and the lead creator of the revered Deus Ex, did…

Anime director Satoshi Kon passed away on August 24th, 2010 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier the…

In 2007 Japanese director Miike Takashi made a live-action film adaptation of the first game in the Yakuza series: Ya…

Every Friday afternoon, the staff of Xseed Games have a meeting. They sit in a conference room, break out the booze,…

As a writer, it's my job to put things together, to construct a narrative out of disparate pieces. As human beings…

Names such as Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto are longtime punching bags in an often-clueless discussion of…

Far Cry 3 does a lot of things right. It's fun to play, the island setting is beautiful, sneaking around is a lot of…

"Necessity is the mother of invention," the old saying goes. If you've got a problem that must be solved but no…

When I think about all the role-playing games released in Japan that never make their way to U.S. shores, I like to…