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One Of Japan’s Weirdest Games Brought To Life

PlayStation 2 title Super Galdelic Hour is nuts. It features females dressed as animals on a game show playing whack-a-mole with giant suckers and throwing pies in each others’ faces. You cannot take enough acid to reproduce a game like this, let alone the colour palette.

October 11, 2011
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Final Fantasy XIII-2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution And More Coming To New York Comic-Con

Comics aren’t the centrepiece of comic-cons anymore. For better or worse, the nerd gatherings that bear that nomenclature feature all sorts of pop culture, but I guess “culture-con” doesn’t roll off the tongue quite so appealingly.

June 9, 2011
In Real Life

The Sights And People Of E3 2011′s South Hall

I’ll E3 this: It’s colourful. We did a few laps to see the big dogs: Square Enix, Activision, Ubisoft, Konami, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft… Robot Entertainment. (I can’t help it. Orcs Must Die looks really fun!) Photos by our fearless photog, Isaac Viel.

April 2, 2011
News

Dungeon Siege III Or DIablo III?

With Blizzard reluctant to nail down the release of Diablo III, Dungeon Siege III is increasingly looking like the computer game that will be satisfying my clicky dungeon brawler itch this (northern) spring.

February 1, 2011
In Real Life

Before There Was Dragon Quest, There Were Dirty Games

Enix, which joined with Square to form Square Enix in 2003, is beloved in Japan for its Dragon Quest games. Children and adults alike adore DQ. Enix’s earliest games, however, are anything but wholesome.

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Final Fantasy Studio Invites Creepy Leering

Square Enix, the Tokyo-based game company behind Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, is launching a pink web promotion for its massively multiplayer online game Fantasy Earth: Zero, complete with suggestive YouTube clips of ladies eating corn flakes and exercising in a low-cut dress.

January 31, 2011
In Real Life

Dragon Quest VI Arrives Too Late For Gaming Grandmother

In 1995, Enix America closed, throwing plans for an English release of Dragon Quest VI into doubt. “I may not live long enough to see Dragon Quest VI,” wrote one fan. She wasn’t exaggerating. She was 76 at the time.

October 22, 2010

Review: Final Fantasy XIV

Forget Cloud, Squall, Tidus and Lightning; in Square Enix’s second massively multiplayer Final Fantasy game, you are the hero. And so is everybody else.

September 23, 2010
In Real Life

Unboxing The Fancy Edition Of Final Fantasy XIV

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Today is the official launch day for Final Fantasy XIV Collector’s Edition purchasers, and since we technically count in that group, we’re giving folks who opted to purchase the normal edition a glimpse of what they’re missing.

February 20, 2010
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Does Just Cause 2 Even Need A Story?

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When you can tie a man to the back of a fighter jet and take to the sky with him screaming behind you, does your game really need a plot?

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