Out of Ore

Let's be candid. As a licensed sports video game, when your series hasn't been on shelves in three years—a gap not…

OK, let's get something straight first. Many of you know I live in the Eugene, Ore. area. Longtime readers remember…

Before the 128-bit era, many Japanese games, especially RPGs, never left Japanese shores. But over the years, many…

Walk Over My Corpse (Ore no Shikabane wo Koeteyuke) is one of the great Japanese RPGs of the PS1 era that was…

My worst year on earth may well have been 2005. I had gone from a blood-and-guts newspaper writer to headcount hire…

There's a reason coaches throw batting practice behind a screen: As the pitcher, you are first in line against a…

Most games concerned with keeping their heroes undetected create a reliance on a few familiar mechanics. Sticking…

Noboru Aoi was not happy with Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai ("There's No Way My Sister Is That Cute").…

Sports video games must license everything. League symbols, player likenesses, individual events, even certain…

Freakin' nothin' for me, it looks like.