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While I’m recognized (and often reviled) for my love of first-person shooters and Japanese role-playing games, sporadically I find satisfaction in unexpected pursuits. One of those unanticipated pastimes is the time management simulation, where a ...

Recently, a friend expressed a sentiment that I hear with worrisome frequency: a mounting indifference toward the fantasy role-playing genre. When pressed for further insight he explained, “I’m just tired of the same clichéd RPG ...

SeanNOLA’s Take: I live in a neighborhood of hipsters.  For those who are not familiar, let me shed some light on the subject: hipsters are kids who subsist entirely on what they perceive as “irony.” ...

In the interest of full disclosure, a declaration needs to be issued: I am a Splinter Cell fanatic. I have purchased every Sam Fisher game on release day, and feverishly played each until the final ...

Despite the latest Wii iteration selling over a million copies in Japan, the Monster Hunter series has never found widespread acceptance on American shores. This week, Capcom hopes to remedy that oversight with the third ...

After the critical success of Trace Memory (aka Another Code: Two Memories) and Hotel Dusk: Room 215, gamers might be expecting superiority from Cing’s next DS adventure title. After all, each of the Japanese developer’s ...

With MamaNOLA in town, Sean goes on hiatus this week, compelling DesertEagle and TideGear to forge ahead valiantly. Without our beloved Monster Hunter, the duo channels their feminine side, discussing the merits of Sally’s Salon ...

Although 1993’s Samurai Shodown wasn’t the first weapons-based fighter in a post-Street Fighter II landscape, it was one of the more successful entries in the genre. Many appreciated the game’s variable cadence which skillfully emulated ...

Launch day Wii purchasers will likely recall Red Steel, one of the leading (along with Call of Duty 3) first-person shooters for Nintendo’s fledgling system. Like other euphoric gamers at the console’s coronation, I purchased ...

Astute readers may be familiar with the Bright Dawn Treatment Center, either from the unsavory depiction of the mental health facility in Dementium 2, or via the multitude of rumors revolving around the staff’s dishonorable ...