Proving further that the R18+ rating is a complete farce in Australia, the Classification Board has seen fit to ban the release of Saint’s Row IV. The game was Refused Classification (RC), meaning that retailers cannot sell the product, on the basis that interactive, visual depictions of implied sexual violence…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…
Read MoreIt initially struck me as a little strange that the first PlayStation Vita port of GUST’s superb Arland trilogy in the Atelier series is the second one. Atelier Rorona came first and yet Totori is what we’re now taking with us on commutes around the world. Once I started playing…
Read MoreToday’s nasty little surprise that a near-innocent JRPG has been slapped with an R18+ rating by the Australian Classification Board is further proof that Australia is in many ways the poster-boy of western hypocrisy with regards to sex and violence. I’ve written about this topic in the past and that…
Read MoreLike most other Australians I cheered a little bit (ok, a lot) when Australia finally emerged from the media dark ages and realised that sometimes, just sometimes, adults like to play games too. By that I mean we have finally got the R18+ rating. Games can finally be classified as…
Read MoreAn interesting find, but it looks like Tecmo Koei is going to publish the PlayStation Vita port of Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland Plus. All of the DLC characters from the original Atelier Totori and a new dungeon called Orthogalaxen will be included with the game. Also interesting, it…
Read MoreAtelier Totori: Perhaps the most highly-regarded GUST game yet In late 2011, Tecmo Koei acquired a niche RPG developer with a very committed fan base. That developer is, of course, GUST. Despite having a very small team, this Nagano-based developer is responsible for one of the most popular JRPG series…
Read MoreAtelier Totori Plus is going to be great. There’s no doubt in my mind that GUST is going to port one of the best PS3 JRPGs to the Vita just perfectly. And the trailer below is backing me up. Totori might “just” be a port, but portable Atelier games in…
Read MoreWe have a few people here who are fans of the Atelier series, and a modified version of Atelier Totori has been announced for the PlayStation Vita. It will arrive in Japan this November and is said to include new types of items, recipes and equipment. While this release has…
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