I really wish I lived in Los Angeles, San Diego or Indianapolis, because there’s an incredibly nifty concert going to stop by there– Video Games Live: Bonus Round, a video game concert!! More »

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The writer responsible for crafting some of the best stories in video game history (Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger), Masato Kato, sent out a tweet yesterday claiming, “With the iPad going on sale, the age of Nintendo is over.” I don’t know what these ex-Square employees have been drinking lately, but whatever it is, the major side effect seems to be spewing nonsense. More »

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This week Nintendo releases the next chapter in The Legend of Zelda series (Spirit Tracks). On his neverending quest to save the princess, Link has made use of many forms of transportation including but not limited to: a horse, a magical talking boat, a flying chicken, a hookshot, a magical mask and now with the newest release, a cute little train. None of the above can hang with these vehicles. More »

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In honor of “FlauntMe’s” launch, I figured we could sit down together and have a little chat about the four titles I think deserve a next gen face lift. More »

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From Rekuru:

This console generation, home to high definition gaming and wii-mote waggling, genres like shooters have seen an explosion of interest with games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Gears of War, Resistance: Fall of Man, Killzone 2, Halo 3, and much more. While that’s all well and good for shooter fans, there are some gamers that have been all but left in the cold. Let’s face it, not everyone enjoys shooting things in the face. What about RPG (that’s role playing games for the uninitiated) enthusiasts? This generation, there has been very little in the way of RPG’s and while the future release of Final Fantasy XIII may help change that much like it’s predecessor VII did for the Playstation, it still doesn’t change the fact that there is a major RPG drought at the moment. What’s a gamer to do? Enter the Nintendo DS. More »

The prospect of ATB (Active Time Battle) in most Role Playing Games in the modern era of gaming is slowly becoming a rarity. In the olden days of role playing (think SNES people), games like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, and The Legend of Gaia were all ATB, no questions asked. The fact that ATB could become as extinct as the dinosaurs (or kindness) is a sad thing to think about. I’m going to do a rundown of why ATB is so entertaining and why, in some instances, it takes more skill than a normal free range RPG . More »

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