Review
Weapon Shop de Omasse picks apart videogame conventions
Begin your quest, noble store clerk.
RPG
News
Costume Quest 2 to make Halloween more whimsically endearing
Costume Quest was a sleeper of an RPG which traded in charm. And the second game in the series, announced yesterday, promises to be adorable too. And really how could it not be, with Tim Schafer and crew making a game about tikes trick-or-treating? This one is definitely filed under the “kids friend
News
Shin Megami Tensei comes to iOS March 18th, makes waiting for Persona 5 almost bearable
Persona 5 may seem like an eternity or two away, but Atlus feels your pain. So they’re bringing a port of the original Shin Megami Tensei to iOS on March 18th, which kinda makes up for things. You can think of SMT as Persona’s cigarette-smoking older sister. The difference between the two franchises
News
Nova-111 is a turn-based RPG that happens in real-time. Wait, what?
Nova-111 looks like a valiant stab at solving the dilemma RPGs have faced ever since D&D hit the computer screen 30-some years ago: turn-based or real-time? Turn-based systems allow players sufficient time to strategize, but real-time just feels more alive. But it turns out you don’t have to commit
Article
How do you make an RPG after Dark Souls?
In the wake of the Souls games, designers rethink a genre.
Feature
How Tales of Game’s invented the massive Hoopz Barkley SaGa
Warning: This interview is canon.
News
Pillars of Eternity’s druid cats are coming next winter
Obsidian’s dark-fantasy Kickstarter project Pillars of Eternity is looking fittingly dark and fantastic. Today, we got word that the anticipated RPG that follows in Neverwinter Nights footsteps will be coming in Winter 2014. This had me super-excited, until it dawned on me that Winter 2014 actually
News
Hey Denver, playing Pokemon probably wasn’t the best way to prepare for the Super Bowl
As you know, the Denver Broncos just suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in Super Bowl history. Things turned ugly quickly and stayed that way. The Broncos couldn’t match the Seahawks’ intensity and didn’t seem particularly inspired to be playing in the biggest sports game of the year. One
Review
Desktop Dungeons brings the metagame full circle
Do we always need progress?
Article
The charm of making worlds in The Strange
Designers Monte Cook and Bruce Cordell want to take you places in their new game “The Strange“—their worlds, your own, and those of your favorite films, books, and video games.
Article
The JRPG may be exactly what gaming needs
Gather your shurikens–we’re headed for the ’90s.
Review
Do videogame plumbers dream of electric pipes?
How Mario & Luigi: Dream Team connects humor and dream logic.