Clannad is a famous name in an infamous genre.  The genre, often referred to as “dating sims”, is usually about meeting people (often girls) and trying to develop positive relationships with them while an interesting story unfolds both as a result of your relationships and sometimes simply as a background story to drive the motivation.  [...]

Sony has announced that they releasing a new update (they haven’t said when) that is going to make all future game releases completely region locked.  No more importing unless you own a Japanese PS3. As for the current library of region free games, the developers are allowed to release a patch that makes them region [...]

So, Famitsu has announced that Valkyria Chronicles will be getting a live action movie.  Seriously!  The game with art that is intentionally styled as though it was hand painted is going to become a movie with real people and real-looking scenes.  Unless they plan to filter it to make it look hand painted, but what [...]

3D Dot Game Heroes is an homage to Zelda. In many ways, it’s also a ripoff and a parody. It’s an interesting and entertaining game that is about as niche as they come. This review will attempt to take a relatively objective look at the real quality of the game to see how good it [...]

3D Dot Game Heroes takes the old school Zelda formula, adds in a touch of humor and self-awareness, and spits out an amusing retro styled game that is surprisingly graphically impressive.  You won’t be getting any realism here.  But, take a look at the first dungeon in the game.  Simple, not too hard… but it [...]