Metal Max Xeno: Reborn Impression
Metal Max Xeno has been reborn, like a battered phoenix from the ashes of mediocrity. The question is, should it have stayed where it was?
Summer in Mara Impression
We’re nearing the height of summer, and there’s nowhere to go. Thankfully, a studio named Chibig is willing to provide a seasonal outlet for our seaside dreams with Summer in Mara. Let Koa be your inner child for a while.
Alder’s Blood Impression
In this time of darkness, disease, and uncertainty, many people need a game to lighten the soul, show them a spot of happiness, and generally be a bright and positive thing. This is not that game. But for those who like their fantasy to be dark, grisly, and macabre, we may have the game for you here.
Looking Back at Final Fantasy X
Quarantine and self-isolation have given us plenty of time to follow our hobbies. Possibly too much time. But nobody ever said that it was time that must be spent on the new, after all. Old games need love, too, and they always have things for us to ponder.
Tales of Innocence Review
Another review gets checked off Gaijin’s New Year’s resolutions list. How does this innocent little game fare against the roar of the tempest, the warmth of hearts, and the croaking of frogs?
Squaresoft and Enix of Japan Announce End to Long-Running April Fools Joke
In a press conference at 12:00pm, JST, Squaresoft and Enix of Japan have announced an end to their long-running April Fools joke.
Looking Back at the Final Fantasy Adventure
The role-playing genre has come a long way in the past thirty years, and yet it’s always interesting to look back at games of yore and see what they did right, what they did wrong, and what they could have done better. Today we look at the first Mana game, Final Fantasy Adventure.
Hero Must Die, Again, in This Impression
For most games, ‘Happily Ever After’ is the end of the story. For this one, it’s the whole point of the experience. But will it truly be a ‘happy’ ending, or will the hero expire first?
Magical Houshin Review
We all have backlogs, games that have sat on dusty shelves for months or years, waiting for their time to play. Are they worth the wait? Not always, but they make for good New Year’s resolutions.
What It Will Take for Me to Give the Metal Max Xeno Remake a Passing Grade
Around the middle of last summer, I wrote an impression for an upcoming release, and it was the hardest thing not to damn the game...
Blazer Drive Review
This year, Gaijin’s resolution is to get through that backlog of game reviews that he’s been sitting on since before the site upgrade. Here’s the first to arrive off the old typewriter.
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Review
We’re halfway through October, and it’s time to get classically spooky with a look back at the Castlevania games. Or at least one in particular. What secrets will be revealed in the full moon’s light? Possibly not good ones.
Ni no Kuni Movie Review
Sometimes it may seem as if Japan is another world, but what would another world be to the Japanese? Enter Ni no Kuni, a vast, Technicolor realm where anything seems possible, and familiar faces show up in the oddest of places.
Dragon Quest: Your Story Movie Review
Japanese gaming culture is different. That’s a given. But since it gives us theatrical releases of video game films, who cares? Let’s see what we’re missing.
(Quite) A Few Thoughts on SaGa Scarlet Grace
SaGa Scarlet Grace is coming west! Fans of the series know what to expect — or do they? It’s said that the more things change, the more they stay the same, but for a series with such a history as a collection of oddities, it pays to know what you’re getting into.
Pages Torn from an Ichor-Soaked Game Review
A strange and eldritch letter is found, seeped with fluids best left unknown. What outrageous piece of code has thus defiled the mind of one of this site’s bold writers and left behind such pieces that, were they placed as jigsaw sets, would show the holes wherein exist dark horrors no light may resist.
Nelke and the Legendary Alchemists Impression
For its 20th Anniversary special, Gust’s Atelier series provides something which, while a little different, still hews close to the things that made it all great in the first place.
Mage’s Initiation: Reign of the Elements Impression
Michael Baker takes a look at the newest adventure-RPG from Himalaya Studios. Given his experiences with the genre, will he… Hey! He likes it! Hey, Mikey!
Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption Review
It’s September, and that means it’s back-to-school season! So be sure to pick up all the essentials, like hinge grease, grappling hooks, and lock picks… Oh? What sort of school do you go to then?
Metal Max Xeno Impression
In the heavy, grim, metal, dark future of humanity, the only thing a guy can trust is his tank. So get the sand out of those treads and apply it to yourself, because you’ll need all the grit you can muster to survive.
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