Xenogears was ahead of its time in a lot of ways; crucially, that its development cycle reads like that of a modern Kickstarter-funded game.
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (Video Game Review)
Quick View Release Date: September 20, 2019 Price: $49.99 Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and up) System(s): Nintendo Switch/Playstation 4/Steam What's It All About? Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a sprawling masterpiece about a boy named Oliver, who's swept into...
Dragon Quest FM, Episode 34: Dragon Quest IX Deep Dive (Episode Five): Let’s Talk About Co-Op Mode and a Possible Remake
This week, we reach our fifth and final episode in our Dragon Quest IX Deep Dive! We start off the episode by discussing our recent fun times with co-op mode over the holidays, including some legacy boss maps, random grottos, and exploring the Tower of Nod. After...
Dragon Quest FM, Episode 33: Dragon Quest IX Deep Dive (Episode Four): Let's Talk About the Gittish Empire, Grottos, and Our Favorite Games of the Year!
Welcome to the fourth episode in our deep dive of Dragon Quest IX! In this episode we talk about the Gortress and all the Gittish Empire goodness we loved. Then we discuss grottos, treasure maps, and a bunch of the online stuff IX used to offer. It's officially the...
Star Ocean: First Departure R (Video Game Review)
Quick View Release Date: December 5, 2019 Price: $20.99 Rating: T (Teen) Platforms: Nintendo Switch/Playstation 4 What's It All About? Star Ocean: First Departure R is a Switch/PS4 remake of a PSP remake of a Super Famicom game. The story follows a small group of...
[Keywords] A Certain Scientific Railgun and Designated Protagonists
Stock characters are, generally, delightful. The exception tends to be protagonists, and for all I love anime, it suffers a lot from lead characters being the flattest members of their casts.