jrpg
Hands On
Nostalgia Preview: The Winds Of Staying The Same
10:00AM AJ Glasser | Nostalgia is a DS role playing game that hearkens back not only to when Final Fantasy VII’s graphics were next-generation, but to an era of steam and airships that never quite existed. More »
Regulars
LunchTimeWaster: Turn-Based Battle
12:00PM Owen Good | This flash-game parody of JRPGs perfectly nails every device, trope, conceit and theme of the genre. Hang in there – even if the odds seem ridiculous, someone shows up to give you 200 gold to buy the JRPG sword. More »
Culture
Listen To The JRPG Soundtrack Of The JRPG That Doesn’t Exist
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | JRPGs are a predictable bunch. Spiky-haired youths, big swords, doe-eyed ladies and comic relief that’s either an ethnic minority or a robot. You’ve seen one, you’ve seen ‘em all. Their soundtracks are no different. More »
‘To Do: Finish Any Game’
7:30AM Maggie Greene | Tom Endo has a nice essay up over the Escapist on the issue of finishing games (or not finishing games, as the case may be). “What other medium,” he queries, “allows us to be so blithely indifferent to its consumption?”. I certainly have a somewhat appalling stack of partially finished games, some of which have been languishing for years. Do games in their current format simply not fit comfortably into the flow of many people’s lives?: More »
