If you've played Final Fantasy VI, you've probably seen some weird glitches.
There are a lot of disgruntled gamers out there.
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Nintendo has an annoying tendency to keep games all to themselves. Over the past few years, the Japanese company has…
Unless you're a huge fan of dubstep and Michael Bay movies, you probably weren't too excited after this year's E3…
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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.
The other day on Twitter, fellow Kotaku writer Kate Cox mentioned she had just finished Xenogears, Square's classic…
We spend a lot of time watching video game characters talk.
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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…
Today seems like the perfect day to reminisce about Earthbound, a Japanese role-playing game that is best described…
There's this idea floating around. I'm sure you've heard it. It comes in many forms, most of them obnoxious.
Because I will be off in Boston for PAX East during tomorrow's edition of Random Encounters—and because it lands…
Feeling screwed? If you're an American fan of Japanese games, you certainly should be. Publishers in the East have…
We play video games for a number of reasons. Sometimes we need to kill time on the subway. Sometimes we want to…
Kickstarter is now officially a thing.
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Once upon a time there was a role-playing game. It had cool graphics and a fast-paced battle system. It was filled…