Word Monsters

I've always been quite sensitive to certain types of friction. (I considered writing that sentence 10 different…

My oldest son is seven years old. When he was born, I named him a geeky middle name for one reason: To fulfill his…

Like waves crashing against a cliff face, video games are slowly eating away at the foundations of the English…

The most common email response I received to my previous column ("Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore") was a perplexed…

I've lived in Japan for a long time. When I first came here, I liked living here. Now, I don't. I haven't changed.…

There have been some good Star Trek games over the years, yes. But you know what? There hasn't been a really great…

If you love Super Street Fighter IV's Juri as much as Crecente did, then you'll be pleased to know that SOTA toys is…

The Crystal Chronicles continue on the Wii with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, the…

Well, I've played twenty-five hours of Final Fantasy XIII in the past few days, and the one thing I can say with…

You press a button; a character on the television screen jumps. You press the same button again, while the on-screen…