Square Brain

As a JRPG fan, I've always had a hard time accepting that what Japan wants is often drastically different than what…

In the back of the Los Angeles Convention Center this week, on a massive screen that seemed more suited for a movie…

There's a little dead pixel on the top of my DS Lite. It hangs out on the bottom of the screen, green and dull,…

A beautiful city with a seamy underbelly. A girl in danger. Weird magic. Beheadings. Junk food. Am I talking about…

Japan loves foreign products—Apple, BMW, and even Red Wings shoes are popular here. Yet, there's the Xbox 360.…

My Apple iPad 2. Crisp display with a density of 132 ppi. Reacts to multi-touch gestures. Contains accelerometer,…

I've been writing for Kotaku, off and on, since 2007. I've been reading it longer than that. One of the accounts I…

Early last year, seventy French university students sat down in a room. A group of scientists told the students they…

Sure, 2012 was a year rife with disappointments. But it was also filled with surprises of the best sort. Since we…

While I love LEGO in general, the Hero Factory lines and Bionicle before it never appealed to me. I'm a brick man.…