Mother of Monsters

When you think of Pocket Monster cards, you probably don't think misty-eyed family memories. Look at these three…

The Tokyo-based Japan Studio, responsible for PlayStation 2 classics such as Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and the Ape…

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A good video game can get a lot of mileage out of its premise. Lots of games sell themselves on some sort of…

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Japanese nerd heroine, Shoko Nakagawa, loves Pokémon. And for good reason. Pocket Monsters gave her a reason to…

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Here at Random Encounters, we spend a lot of time talking about big JRPGs—the Final Fantasys, the Dragon Quests, the …