Okay. You've never played a JRPG before. You have no idea what a chocobo is. You've always thought Final Fantasy was…
Every once in a while, someone must stand up and ask the Essential Question Of Our Time: are JRPGs dead?
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When I was a kid, I sometimes took weekend trips to my grandparents' house in Queens. I told my parents it was to…
For as long as there have been RPGs, there have been people making fun of RPG tropes. The Internet is sprinkled with…
I've been playing a lot of Threes lately—to the point where every time I close my eyes I just see numbers sliding…
In 2003, two companies named Square and Enix merged, and everything went crazy. It was one of those Transformative…
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There are a lot of big, highly-anticipated games coming out next year: Watch Dogs, Titanfall, Dragon Age Inquisition.…
From Ni no Kuni to Pokémon, we're talking all things JRPG on today's Very Special Edition of Random Encounters slash…
Hey Squall, did you hear? Your game's on Steam now.
Hi folks! No Random Encounters today—I'm off for Thanksgiving—but you can talk about all things JRPG right here. I'll start things off with a poll: What's the best Dragon Quest? I think DQVIII gets my vote.
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One of this generation's most controversial JRPG trends might also turn out to be its best.
A few years ago, I spent a weekend cranking through season 1 of 24. I don't regret this. Binge-watching is a…