My favourite character in Shin Megami Tensei IV didn’t make the front cover of the North American release. She’s not one of the samurai warriors tasked with keeping the world’s demons in check. She’s not technically even a real person, much less a she. Her name is Burroughs, and she’s…
In recent years, the Shin Megami Tensei series has found new life in the West thanks to the popularity of spinoff titles Persona 3 and Persona 4. But now, after a decade since the release of the third game in the core series, comes Shin Megami Tensei IV.
Like a lot of gamers out there, I take a lot of pride in my skill at video games — perhaps too much. At this point in my life, I’ve been playing video games for close to two and a half decades. Somewhere in my late teens, I decided that…