List by Harvard L. As the gaming medium ages and becomes into its own, it starts to develop the ability to make serious statements about society in the same way that novels and films do. This week, let’s take a look at the complex relationship between games and feminism. Does…
Read MoreExplainer by Matt S. Last week I took a look at three of the key defining features that I felt characterised a good rhythm game. Perhaps surprisingly, none of those features was the music itself. I’m going to do something similar this week in looking at the JRPG genre, because…
Read MoreGame theory by Matt S. In my last art game canon piece I wrote about Nier, which is the game that I would argue has the most valuable, expressive, successful narrative that has been presented in such a way that only games, as non-linear experiences, could achieve. This time around…
Read MoreFun by Matt S. There’s a popular personality test out there that breaks people down into one of sixteen different personality types, based on how they respond to a wide range of different questions. It’s actually a good quiz to do, and does offer some interesting insights into your character…
Read MoreThanks to one of my eagle-eyed Twitter buddies (@JRPGdotmoe), I now know that there’s a figurine coming for my favourite costume from Persona 4: Dancing All Night. Related reading: An in-depth feature on the harem costume; its history and why it’s so popular with Japanese game developers. Most of you…
Read MoreYou could be forgiven for thinking that Persona 4 and a rhythm game should not go well together. After all, the original game was a narrative-heavy JRPG, which meant combat, action, and lots (and lots) of dialogue. And it would only make logical sense that the foundation that original game…
Read MoreAs an Australian, I like to think I’m fairly resilient to the heat. After all, in Australian summers, the temperature lifts to over 40 degree Celsius regularly enough, and sits in the high thirties for most of it. It’s not exactly the Middle East, but it’s warm enough. But Japan…
Read MorePersona 4: Dancing All Night is surely – surely! – our most anticipated PlayStation Vita game on the horizon. And now Atlus has announced something that will surely – surely! – make it a day one purchase. Related reading: The Persona 4: Dancing All Night swimsuit costume trailer. For the…
Read MoreScrew it. It’s been a long week, and after a few beers on a Friday evening all I can think about is which characters I wouldn’t say no to existing in the real world. But let’s intellectualise things just a little. While I believe that the “hottest characters” lists are…
Read MoreAtlus has released a new, one minute trailer to show off a little more of Risette in the upcoming Persona 4: Dancing All Night. The game is already available in Japan, and has been met with some quite positive review scores – Famitsu’s critics scored it 8/8/8 and 9 for…
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