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Category: Games

  • Our Time Capsule

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    On top of these great illustrations (Mother, Dragon Quest) I’ve been sharing by Amelicart, please note that the illustrator has also recently released an art book called Our Time Capsule (Bokura no Taimu Kapuseru). You can order it online here, and they also support overseas orders.

  • Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Illustration

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    I shared an illustration by Amelicart not too long ago — this great homage to Mother — and here’s another fantastic illustration, this time to pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Dragon Quest series (which I’ve recently been playing a lot).

  • Hotel Dusk & Last Window Posters

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    As I just wrote in my Debaser agenda, I’m playing the Last Window, sequel to Hotel Dusk, and the person who got me the copy is UK-based designer Dan Clarke, who also created these two wonderful posters in honor of the games.

  • Miyamoto on Game Design

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    Great little video produced by Vox interviewing Shigeru Miyamoto about game design, and also giving a bit of history on his start.

  • White Owls

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    Some great news today with the announcement that lovable game dev Swery65 (Hidetaka Suehiro) has launched his own development studio, White Owls, with the slogan “From Osaka to all of YOU around the World.” It looks like he’ll be using White Owls to produce more than just games — he mentions a mystery novel here —…

  • Oral History of Final Fantasy VII

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    I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but I’m in awe of the massive oral history of Final Fantasy VII that was published on Polygon last week. It’s pretty fantastic to see this sort of intensely researched piece get made in this day and age of fast content for the web.

  • Retro Gaming Shopping Tips

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    Things have changed a lot when it comes to shopping for classic games in Japan — Akihabara isn’t filled with all the gems you used to find (or at the bargain prices you remember) — and so it’s great to find a post like the one written by Steve Lin, that gives a good idea of…

  • Gravity Cat

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    This is such a fantastic live-action promo video for Gravity Rush 2 (or Gravity Daze 2, as it’s called in Japan).