In Real Life

Traditional Japanese Art Makes For Beautiful Games

While playing the remake of classic JRPG Walk Over My Corpse on the PSP, I couldn’t help but be dazzled by its traditional Japanese “Sumi-e” art style. Sumi-e, for those of you who don’t know, is a kind of painting where an artist uses nothing but black ink, brush and rice paper to create a watercolour of the “soul” of its subject.


January 10, 2012
PlayStation

The PS Vita’s Best-Looking Game Gets A New Heroine, Multiple Endings

Sumioni — a wonderful, upcoming PS Vita game — is getting a new female character, a princess named Mitsuhime. You must rescue her!


September 19, 2011
PlayStation

This Game Knocked My Socks Off At The Tokyo Game Show

Sumioni, aka “Ink Demon”, is a stunner. Looks can be deceiving, and looks aren’t everything. Thankfully, Sumioni‘s beauty is more than skin deep.


PlayStation

Let’s Watch The Most Beautiful PS Vita Game Of TGS

Sumioni is one of the most striking and arresting games I’ve seen in a long, long time.


September 8, 2011
PlayStation

A Grab Bag Of PS Vita Game Trailers

Yesterday, a slew of new PS Vita titles leaked from Japanese game mag Famitsu. Today, three of those games have trailers, providing a look at what players can expect.


September 7, 2011
PlayStation

Handful Of New PS Vita Games Leak Out

At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, there will be around 40 PS Vita games. Forty. And the machine isn’t even out! Some of the games have already been revealed. Some haven’t.