The philosophy behind the most brilliant JRPG you haven’t played

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Interview by Matt S.  Yamanaka Takuya is the perfect example of the benefit of having the director of a video game come from outside of game development. Young for a game director, and appearing more like an indie rock musician than game developer (which is amusing, because he shares a…

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On making the game to celebrate 20 years of Atelier

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Interview by Matt S. Atelier is special to me. I discovered it relatively late – Atelier Rorona on the Sony PlayStation 3 was my first (and I am ever so happy that I’ll have that particular title on my Nintendo Switch soon enough), but I fell in love with the…

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All about Tokyo Game Show, women in history games, and Telltale’s demise (Digitally Uploaded 2018, Episode #35)

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We’re back! After a week’s hiatus so Matt could attend Tokyo Game Show, we’re now back to chat about all the great (and not such great stuff) that happened in the last week. First we chat about TGS, and then the sad news about Telltale Games, before moving on to…

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Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain is absolutely sublime

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Preview by Matt S.  D3 Publisher isn’t exactly known for high standards with its games. Whether you enjoy School Girl/ Zombie Hunter, Onechanbara and Bullet Girls Phantasia or not (for what it’s worth, I find them to be brilliantly entertaining), you would never suggest that they set some kind of…

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