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Twenty years ago this month Square released Chrono Cross, a big, beautiful mess of a game bursting at the seams with…
Jul 1
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The live album of last year’s Chrono Cross live tour is available now on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play. I’ve been listening and it’s just beautiful, a stellar live rendition of one of the all-time great game soundtracks, performed by composer Yasunori Mitsuda and his hand-picked band.
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Nov 30
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When I was younger, dropping hundreds of hours on a RPG was no problem. It was actually something I was proud of. I…
Nov 29 2019
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In many ways, the reason Chrono Cross is one of the most underrated JRPGs in gaming is because of the comparisons to…
Sep 11 2019
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I’m playing Greedfall right now and enjoying myself in spite of some misgivings. One thing I miss at the moment—and…
Aug 24 2019
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There are great sequels. And then there are all the crappy ones that seem like little more than cynical cash grabs.…
Jul 24 2019
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Video game music rules. Sometimes, it is legitimately great. Since the start of 2019, Twitter account 140 Seconds VGM
Mar 19 2019
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One of the greatest things about the 1999 PlayStation role-playing game Chrono Cross is its soundtrack. Composer…
Aug 27 2018
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When not creating delightful video games, Owlboy creator Simon Stafsnes Andersen likes to create mock trailers for…
May 30 2016
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In the last couple of years, I’ve developed a strange relationship with JRPGs. I found myself tiring of their…
Jan 5 2015
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Last month master pianist/composer Sonya Belousova charmed us with on the spot arrangements of classic Nintendo…
Dec 22 2014
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This weekend Square Enix announced downloadable songs from non-Final Fantasy games coming to the latest iteration of …
Aug 12 2013
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Ah, Chrono Cross. A game with a uniquely beautiful soundtrack.
May 10 2013
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Feb 20 2013
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Cyborgs in fiction are always associated with free will, morality, the importance of being human or the limits of…
Aug 27 2012
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What would you do if a powerful magician could make exact doll duplicates of everyone you know? Yeah, that's what…
May 15 2012
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It's almost hard to believe that Diablo III is actually out. Blizzard's action-roleplaying game has been delayed so…
Apr 2 2012
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Canadian figure skater Kevin Reynolds competed at the Four Continents Championships in Colorado early last month.…
Feb 29 2012
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Leigh Alexander
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Japanese RPGs used to be a lot more controversial. Or maybe it was just because I was a teenager during the genre's…
Feb 16 2012
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Leigh Alexander
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I think I know part of the reason Chrono Cross is less acknowledged than its predecessor, Chrono Trigger. It's…