It’s been a long time coming, but Cave has finally begun porting their world-famous danmaku shooters to PC through Steam. Mushihimesama, brought to us through Cave and localization company Degica, marks a significant milestone in the increasing availability of niche Japanese titles on PC. We’ve …Read more »
Square Enix’s mobile gaming division has been the subject of much scorn from press and players alike, primarily for their absurd pricing schemes. It’s hard to justify spending $20-ish for arguably inferior ports of DS titles like Final Fantasy III or The World Ends with …Read more »
There are numerous anime/manga series that are hugely popular in Europe, but not particularly well known in North America. Amongst the series that earn more appreciation across the pond is Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure . Much of Europe loves Araki’s magnum opus, and Araki …Read more »
Junya Inoue is best known for his character designs and artwork for shooters by famed Japanese developer Cave—from DoDonPachi to Deathsmiles —as well as his manga, Otogi Matsuri . We sat down to discuss everything from the beginnings of his storied career in games to …Read more »
I'll confess right now: I never played the original version of Pokémon Gold and Silver , and my reasons for not doing so are phenomenally dumb. I was super pumped for Red and Blue when they came out back in the day, but got hung …Read more »
Cave is a company in Japan well known for one thing: crazy-ass, pink-pixel-barrage-dodging shooting games. Sure, they make cellphone apps and the occasional girlie DS title to pad the pocketbooks (they also developed the Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine MMO), but to fans of the genre, …Read more »
The re-explosion of interest in the roguelike genre as of late, particularly in the West, is quite puzzling to many. In a day and age when even the hardest-edge action games have to hold your hand with tutorials to make sure you know how to …Read more »
Baroque is the sort of game that's dreadfully difficult to review, because it's a game that players will either love to death or absolutely loathe. There really is no middle ground when it comes to something like this, which makes it all the more …Read more »
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Heidi Kemps
