I finally finished Nanashi no Geemu: Me, the sequel to the original Nameless Game, a series which sets the standard for horror on handheld platforms. This sequel gets a lot of things right–my main complaint with the first game was a general lack of gameplay, and that has been mostly addressed in Me. But some […]
For the first time in four years I’ve written a new feature for this site. This one is called Recursive Unlocking: Analyzing Resident Evil’s Map Design with Data Visualization, and it’s about analyzing the layout of Resident Evil‘s map in order to understand better how it was designed. This analysis is based on a data […]
One of the ancillary benefits to moving is that it gives me an opportunity to reconfigure my home AV setup. I’m sure lots of people dread the process of trying to figure out which cable goes in which port and how to best plug everything into a single wall outlet, but I enjoy it. I’m […]
As you might have been able to tell from my last post, I recently finished Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and it was fantastic. It was fantastic even though it features some of the must frustrating sequences ever in a Silent Hill game, namely the Otherworld chases. But the rest of the game works so well […]
It’s 1:52 AM, I leave for work in less than seven hours, and I just wanted to say: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is the best goddamn Silent Hill game since Silent Hill 2. Wow.
Happy Halloween, everybody. As I mentioned last year, Halloween in Japan just isn’t the same. This year we (and by ‘we’, I mostly mean my three year old daughter) have spent most of the time listening to Disney’s 19-minute “Halloween Street” parade song, which we were unfortunately exposed to at Disneyland a few weeks back. […]
My daughter turns three this week, so we celebrated by visiting Tokyo Disneyland (which, like Tokyo Game Show and the Tokyo International Airport, is not actually in Tokyo). The place was packed with families and couples (the latter of which take total control of the park after nightfall), but otherwise strongly resembled my blurry memories […]
The other day I was in my local BOOKOFF and I ran across a copy of a PSP game called Corpse Party. Actually, the full title per the official site is Corpse Party – Blood Covered… Repeated Fear, which is pretty awkward. But it looked like horror material, and the back of the box made […]
A few weeks ago I completed Alan Wake, and I’ve just now gotten around to posting a review. It’s a good game, though it doesn’t try very hard to be scary and it’s a little conflicted about how it wants you to play, there’s really a lot to like. I was particularly interested in the […]
I’m most of the way through Alan Wake now (at least, I think I am–it’s not supposed to be very long) and so far I’m enjoying it. It’s very different than the Japanese horror games that make up the bulk of this site, and it’s a very nice change of pace. I’ll write more about […]