JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Dating Sim Lets You Kiss A JoJo

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is one of the most influential mangas of all time. References to it show up in dozens of anime, and Hirohiko Araki, the manga’s author, has even shown his work in the Louvre. Despite all these accolades, you’ve never been able to kiss any of the characters, until now. Joestar Struck is…

Is Squall Really Dead? Final Fantasy Producer Addresses The Series’ Biggest Fan Theories

Was Aeris ever going to come back to life? Are Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VII set in the same world? Is Gogo actually Daryl? Thanks to Yoshinori Kitase, we now have the answers to all of these questions. And they’re mostly “No.” Kitase, whose résumé is far too long to list in one…

Jesus Kicks Ass In New 2D Fighting Game

Jesus died for your sins. Now he’s gonna kick your ass. Fight of Gods is an early-access fighting game that looks hilariously bad. Just look at this launch trailer, which features the likes of fighters such as Buddha, Moses, Anubis, and Zeus going toe-to-toe with one another: My favorite part is watching supposedly peaceful deities…

Knack II Is Actually Pretty Good

Words I didn’t expect to type in 2017: I really like the new Knack. So much for the running joke that this PlayStation 4 exclusive is a sequel that no one wanted. Good thing we got it. Knack II is the follow-up to a mediocre PS4 launch game and is testament to the value of…

I Wrote A Book About How Video Games Are Made, And It’s Out Today

If you are interested in hearing the stories behind games like Uncharted 4, Star Wars 1313, Shovel Knight, and Dragon Age: Inquisition, then I sure do have the book for you! Starting today, you can get your hands on Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, which is available in physical, digital, and audiobook forms. It’s a book…

Apple Pie Oreos Don’t Taste Quite Like Apple Pie, But Yum

Due to a rapid-fire barrage of novel new flavors, Snacktaku has instituted a temporary moratorium on Oreo videos. But then they had to go and drag apple pie into this. Fine, Nabisco, but you’re not getting a video. Let’s talk Apple Pie Oreos. With Snacktaku threatening to morph into Oreotaku, I’ve been doing my very…

How To Spot Fake Japanese Figures

Fakes are a problem in the world of collectibles. That’s why Japanese figure company Good Smile has acustomer support page dedicated entirely to spotting pirated goods. The page updates on a regular basis, showing recent phoney items and how customers can spot them. The differences are sometimes small but noticeable. Other times, they’re big and…

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Hold My Droid

Lim Chuan Shin is a freelance artist from Malaysia who has worked on games like Street Fighter V and Agents of Mayhem You can see more of Shin’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…

Why Wario And Waluigi Don’t Have Girlfriends

If Mario has Peach, why doesn’t Wario have…I dunno, Meach? It’s a fair question, and one that I’d never known the answer to (if in fact there ever was an answer). I do now, though, thanks to the unearthing of an old Nintendo Power interview by the excellent Supper Mario Broth Back in 2000, the…

Fans Bring Classic Lord Of The Rings Game Into The HD Era

Once upon a time, EA had the rights to the Lord of the Rings (film) series, and they made a bunch of games. Many of them were surprisingly good, like Return of the King, but two in particular stood out: the Battle for Middle Earth RTS games. They were very good, combining powerful hero units…

Pyre‘s Composer On The Challenges Of Creating His Most Diverse Game Soundtrack Yet

Bastion and Transistor are complicated games with emotional depth. Supergiant Games’ latest, Pyre, follows its predecessors—this time with a focus on existential questions of freedom, religion anddogs with mustaches. Accompanying the games are equally as complex and gorgeously arranged music by composer Darren Korb. As the audio director and composer for the now eight year…

The Fake Sega CD Exclusives We Never Knew We Needed

Anyone up for a game of Cool Spot Buries the Bodies or Don’t Make the Dog Happy? The Sega CD is often cited as one of Sega’s first big missteps on their slow spiral out of the console market. The system was criticized for featuring far too many Genesis ports and Full Motion Video (FMV)…

Meet Final Fantasy XII‘s Most Obnoxious Family

Final Fantasy XII’s gorgeous locales are filled with vast deserts that host blinding sandstorms. Its jungles are shrouded in mist and mystery. The game’s ruins are beautiful even when the undead rise from the trap-laden ground. Then there’s that damned family hanging out in the aerodomes. They can die by firaga. After letting Final Fantasy…

Gaming’s Weirdest Mashups That Worked Surprising Well

Titles like Puyo Puyo Tetris and Street Fighter X Tekken prove that bringing two successful franchises together can yield a match made in heaven. But every now and then two brazenly different intellectual properties form an unholy union that manages to get things right. The somewhat surprising success ofMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo…

Last Day of June Is Beautiful, Touching, And Emotionally Draining

2013 was a trying year. That August, two months after losing my job, death took my favorite uncle. Weeks later on Labor day, it came for my mild-mannered orange tabby. I think about mortality often, more so as my parents grow older. Given these thoughts, playing Last Day of June was more difficult than I…