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A Better Classification System for RPGs

The labels JRPG and Western RPG are commonly used genre labels that don’t do a lot of good in actually telling anyone what the game in question is like because there is so

Ni no Kuni AI

Ni no Kuni has horrendous ally AI. Or to put it more succinctly, Ni no Kuni has horrendous AI for the systems it uses. In Ni no Kuni, your characters tend to have

On Repetition and Different Perspectives

So last night, I got the true ending in Chie’s story mode in Persona 4 Arena. For those unfamiliar with the game, P4A has quite the complicated unlock system for the story mode.

2013 looks like a good year for the JRPG

2012 had some quality JRPGs – Persona 4 Golden is fantastic & I enjoyed both Tales of Graces F & Final Fantasy XIII-2 – but it was lacking in quantity. A large part

On Game Conventions

I’ve been to three major game conventions (some multiple times) so I thought I’d take today to talk a little about each. E3 – If you’re a gamer thinking it’d be really cool

On Episodic RPGs

With the recent news that The Walking Dead game has sold over 8.5 million episodes, episodic gaming is back in the spotlight. In this article, I’d like to explore how episodic RPGs could