"YIIK", for all of its shortcomings, strives towards a uniquely personal vision. It abides by JRPG conventions in order to defy them.
It’s never a good sign when a game makes you say “Was that it?” Forgotton Anne, developed by ThroughLine Games, does so often. As a narrative adventure...
Game development is tough. It requires discipline, organization, and plain hard work. Devs often find themselves running against the clock, needing more time than initially planned...
For the longest time, going to conventions was a far-off dream. I’d look enviously at photos of PAX and E3, wishing I could be in the...
Tucked inside a hotel ballroom two blocks away from PAX, the Seattle Indies Expo nevertheless attracted an impressive crowd. This annual celebration indies and the Pacific...
Indies littered the floors and halls of PAX West 2018. They once again confirmed that while AAA may have the money, indies have the heart.
Earlier this week, CD Projekt Red publicly revealed gameplay footage of their upcoming RPG, Cyberpunk 2077, for the first time. The Twitch stream clocked in nearly 300,000...
Batten down the hatches and rev up those engines: Treadnauts has launched on consoles! Fans of Smash Bros. and Gunbound will feel right at home in...
In the time since Final Fantasy’s release, the JRPG formula has seen countless iterations. Developers big and small have tackled the genre, expanding and experimenting on...
The original Final Fantasy set the JRPG standard: heroes of good unite to combat the forces of evil. The NES’ limitations necessitated a simplistic approach, but there’s...
