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A Quarter Century of Chasing a High
I opened up Twitter and saw Yasumi Matsuno had tweeted something about Tactics Ogre. Then it clicked – today is the 25th anniversary of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together releasing in Japan on the Super Famicom. It struck me just how young not only I was, but video games in general were, when it […]
ROWYCO 10 – Star Fox (SNES)
Jason Arriola and Dominic Chavez get back to a slightly less ambitious project. This episode, we’re talkin’ Star Fox’s hit-or-miss soundtrack. Rather than cover any low points, we stick to highlighting what we feel are strongest compositions in the game. This wasn’t Hajime Hirasawa’s only work. It was not only the first major work he […]
GAJ Game Club – Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together – Part 1
It’s been a long time coming, but the first part of our Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Game Club is finally here. Jason Arriola is joined by Joshua Carpenter and Johnatan Stringer from RPGamer (that’s R-P-Gamer, not R-P-G-Gamer) to discuss Jason’s favorite game at great length. In the first part of this episode, they cover […]
Dragon Quest III at 30
Today is the 30th anniversary of Dragon Quest III’s Japanese release. DQIII cemented the series as a cultural touchstone and something more than a fad. Lines snaked around blocks, kids played truant and the game became a national talking point. On the whole, the Dragon Quest series is very iterative. Each successive game builds on the […]