Final Fantasy may not have been my first console RPG--that would be the original Dragon Warrior , er, Dragon Quest --but it certainly was t...

I've anxiously awaited the release of the latest entry in Square's oddball RPG series, SaGa , since it was first announced last Sept...

Like most people my age who have enjoyed video games since they were youngsters, I distinctly remember my reaction to Seiken Densetsu 's...

Anyone new to this blog may not yet know this bit of oh-so-interesting news, but I am an absolute  Alien  nut. Both Ridley Scott's 197...

And here I thought this morning's Japanese Nintendo Direct was going to be a dud. Instead, it ended with me adding a bunch of items--...

It's kind of hard to believe in 2014 that there was a time when Westerners had little to no access to Japanese RPGs. A lot of that cha...

Here's a piece of news that should shock no one who has visited this blog on a somewhat regular basis: I've been interested in--some...

On Aug. 3, 1993, one of my favorite games of all time hit store shelves across Japan. The game in question, of course, was  Seiken Densetsu ...

Now that I've broken the ice and written a post about five of the PC Engine games I'm going to attempt to play through one I've ...

I know I've let a number of game-related anniversaries go by without acknowledgement through the years, but I couldn't let that happ...

Did you know that Final Fantasy III will soon see another release? Granted, it's based on the rather underwhelming (in my opinion, of c...

So, over the last month or two I've mentioned quite a few times--or at least I think I have--that I'm slowly but surely working on i...

I may have been tending to my dad (and mom) for the past week or so, but that doesn't mean I've been completely oblivious to the goi...

Game: Final Fantasy VI Genre: RPG Developer: Squaresoft Publisher: Squaresoft System: Super Famicom Release date: 1994 Whenever I...

I have to admit, I've never played Square's  Threads of Fate (aka Dewprism in Japan). Artist Curtis Bathurst's colorful sket...

Game: Final Fantasy V Genre: RPG Developer: Squaresoft Publisher: Squaresoft System: Super Famicom Release date: 1992 ...

I'm sure gamers the world over groaned when they read that Square Enix's first real release for the 3DS-- Bust-a-Move Universe does...

Game:  Final Fantasy Tactics Genre:  Strategy RPG Developer:  Squaresoft Publisher:  Squaresoft System:  PlayStation Release date:  1998 W...

It's a pretty simple plan, really. Step 1: Include video footage of the much-anticipated Dragon Quest X on the main disc (which, in t...

Game: Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon Genre: Roguelike Developer: h.a.n.d. Publisher: Square Enix System: Wii ...