I've written before about how RPGs parallel football in many ways, and how the ebb and flow of an NFL game mirrors…
Suikoden is a video game series about destiny. About fate. About people who fight against near-insurmountable odds…
While in Seattle a few weeks ago for PAX Prime, I went out to dinner with a few game designers and Kotaku…
When I think about all the role-playing games released in Japan that never make their way to U.S. shores, I like to…
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Think about the last game you spent serious time playing. Visualize everything. Imagine how it looked, how it…
I watch a lot of football. I play a lot of RPGs. And I've always had this theory that they're not all that…
I am not a game designer. I have made games before, but they were not very good. My talents lie elsewhere. So when I…
You ever get to that point in a Japanese role-playing game? You know. The point where you want to turn it off.
As you read this, I am wandering around Seattle for PAX Prime, playing games and talking to people and crafting…
Pickings are slim for JRPG fans this fall. Xenoblade and The Last Story have both come and gone, and while our…
Here's to the world map. Here's to those goofy, disproportionate, inelegant pieces of virtual parchment that we've…
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Like much of America, I saw The Dark Knight Rises last weekend. Like much of America, I left the theater completely…
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Here's a new trailer for Sol Trigger an upcoming RPG that will be out in Japan this October. It's made by a bunch of…
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Thirty minutes. That's all I need. Thirty minutes to decide whether or not a role-playing game is worth playing.
We spend a lot of time watching video game characters talk.
When I was a kid, I used to spend almost every summer at day camp. I'd ride the bus up across the Tappan Zee Bridge…