The DS version of Shiren the Wanderer is coming out in the US. If you’re a fan of Rogue-likes (Rogue, Nethack, etc.), and especially if you think most of them are too easy, you will love this game. It is very deep, and pretty, and well-designed, and will make you cry like a little girl. […]

The frequently-brilliant Alex Kierkegaard has written an excellent article on what arcades are really about, what Japanese players understand about them that keeps them in business, and what Western players didn’t understand until it was too late. I’m going to spoil the article by telling you right here that it all revolves around never continuing, […]

A Québécois group called the “Kokoromi Collective” are asking for simple game submissions for a party called gamma 256. No prizes, just the warm fuzzy of a whole party full of French-Canadian hipsters “ooh la la”-ing over your game. What makes this interesting to me is the restrictions; pick-up-and-play mechanics, no audio, playable with a […]