RPG in a Box

In December of 1999, at the tender age of eleven, I received Donkey Kong 64. It was a birthday gift from my parents…

By the time it was Final Fantasy VII’s turn on the Summer Games Done Quick schedule, the trio of runners were…

In 2012, as work on Mass Effect 3 came to a close, a small group of top BioWare employees huddled to talk about the…

For a few hours one morning, I repeatedly failed to defeat Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga’s final boss, Cackletta. I…

The Super Nintendo is certainly a contender for the world’s most beloved console. The 16-bit juggernaut has a…

One day in the late 1990s, Myria walked into the Irvine High School computer room and spotted a boy playing Final…

SNES Classic wishlists? So two thousand and late: I’m gonna scoop everybody and write the 30 games I want to see on…

If you’re one of the many JRPG fans upset that Sega gave up on proper Phantasy Star games after the Genesis, here is…

Getting into Dungeons & Dragons can be intimidating. You need maybe three or four other nerds to play with, some…

From puzzlers to JRPGs to, uh, more puzzlers, this was a good year for video games. And my top 10 list will probably…