This week, we've finally reached Dragon Quest VIII! It's the next-to-last main entry game I have left to play. I'll admit, I've taken it much slower with this game for a number of reasons. (1) I'm almost to the end of playing all the mainline DQ games this year, and…

This week, I'm continuing my adventures in Astoltia, the world of Dragon Quest X! You can read the first post in this series by clicking here. And if you're in the U.S. and want to play a trial version of the game for free, without a VPN, you can click…

Hey everybody! So here's the deal: I've been working on a Dragon Quest book for a while now. Part of it is my own thoughts on the series, along with some stuff pulled from this site and the Dragon Quest FM podcast. And part of it is reflections and interviews…

It's a secret to absolutely no one, but I really love Dragon Quest 11 S. Even when I first played the vanilla version, I fell in love with DQ11 almost instantly. There are plenty of reasons to love the game, and I've tried to narrow down the best ones –…

Finding Tockles to give you Pastwords that you use at the Altar of Ages in Tickington to visit old DQ games is one of the best parts about DQXI S.

Since beginning my self-proclaimed Dragon Quest Quest, I haven't really played any other games that involved a major amount of time. Sure, I played the first of the new Spyro Reignited Trilogy and ran around the Kanto region in Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!  But those were both remakes of games I…

This week, we're moving to Dragon Quest III: Seeds of Salvation! Just like with the first two entries in the series, I played this version on my phone. I was excited to finally get to DQ3 because it seemed to a be a fan favorite, and a lot of people…

Last week, I talked about my early impressions of Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation and the fairytale influence in much of the game. I also talked briefly about a gorgeous giant bird you can ride, and all the towns that mirror places in our own world. But now,…

Now that we've gotten three of our five key emblems, it's time to go get a fourth. This time, let's head to the dwarf town Gakuto Gatara. It looks like a mining town with some Aztec art influences. There's a brief scene about a hoarder named Dustan who might have…

Here, I've counted down my personal Top Ten Vocations in Dragon Quest VII, as well as giving short explanations of each one. Also, as a side note, please know I'm referring to the 3DS version of the game.