(Fleshing out an old story here, so apologies if you've heard parts of it before. Some of it is new, though.)Dragon Quest V is out in English this week, and I feel like I have to blog about it. (Yes, I know I haven't properly blogged in months, but thankfully it's because work has been keeping me very busy. More on that later.) Apologies for the ( Read more... )

My game backlog is stressing me out. How pathetic is this? I need to do something about it, but I'm not sure what. I probably have over 100 games on my shelf that I've never even touched; I tried making a list of just the ones I'd really like to play through someday, and even that turned out to be 34 games deep. Too many! Who has time for this crap ( Read more... )

After three long, looooong months in Shanghai on business, I'm finally back! I landed in Tokyo this past Saturday night, spent a couple of days at home with my friends, then hopped on a plane to the US for a two-week break ( Read more... )

Hells yes. This is my copy of Tales of the Abyss, signed by none other than Yoshito Higuchi, director of Tales of Symphonia and chief director of Tales of the Abyss and the upcoming Tales of Vesperia:


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Something tells me this is going to be hot:


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I spent most of my free gaming time these past six weeks playing through the new DS remake of Dragon Quest IV, and late last night, I finally completed it. I mean, really completed it. As in ( Read more... )

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You guys get most of the good stuff first, but every now and then it pays to live here in Tokyo. :D


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