Game over: press X to correct and re-exist

When filling out introductory blurbs, I always found the “describe yourself” column difficult–something that makes me want to get my genes sequenced and then cop out the entire section by sticking the genome in. Well, all except for the “hobbies”

Six Games We Won't See at E3

…But we wish we would. It’s a sad fact that some franchises go before their time. Some squeeze out one sad, disappointing game and get scrapped, throwing their potential out the window. Others get milked, find a healthy, happy place

The way to strength is death

What makes a good sequel? It’s a question that every developer and every publisher ask themselves more often than they should. What makes a game a good game in a series? A careful balance of the core aspects of the

How to Fix the JRPG

Anyone who has played Final Fantasy XIII probably recognizes it as Square Enix’s attempt to fix what is largely a stale, dying genre. Sure, there have been bright spots, but for the most part the genre is going the way