Wonder Boy in Monster World

It’s been a wonderful year for video games both big and small. The games that appealed to me most were games that…

After a tremendous 2017, Japanese role-playing games were due for some regression, and that’s exactly what happened…

While I spent a sizable chunk of 2018 in a hospital, I did manage to squeeze in time with some very good games.

I spent an hour and a half tackling a single platforming sequence in Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. Not an…

In another reality, one where companies like Nintendo and Sony actually cared about preserving their old games and…

There’s a new Star Wars out, have you seen it yet? It’s more likely than ever that the answer is “no.” Solo: A Star…

In the mid-nineties, at the approach of the millennium, the creators of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest combined…

Joakim Sandberg spent seven years making the huge, colorful, beautiful, 2D action-adventure game Iconoclasts. I…

You’re at a social gathering and the people you’re with start talking about games. Games you’ve never played. You…

In the first few minutes of Final Fantasy VI, just when you think you’ve got a sense of the game’s rhythm,…