News & Opinions Please Never Forget How Pokémon GO Made Us All Friends For a Little While In this halcyon era of Pokémon GO, our only divisions are Valor, Mystic, and Instinct. If only it could last. In this halcyon era of Pokémon GO, our only divisions are Valor, Mystic, and Instinct. If only it could last.
News & Opinions Miitomo’s Best Feature: It’s a Positivity Dispenser Nintendo’s social app makes it easy to send and receive compliments, and oh God, does the world ever need it. Nintendo’s social app makes it easy to send and receive compliments, and oh God, does the world ever need it.
Miscellaneous The Early Mana Games Remind Us We’re Not Owed a Happy Ending Final Fantasy Adventure, Adventures of Mana, and Secret of Mana: Shattering your heart since 1991. Final Fantasy Adventure, Adventures of Mana, and Secret of Mana: Shattering your heart since 1991.
Miscellaneous Neko Atsume: Everything I Wrote About Kitty Collector in 2015 Or, “The year I herded cats” Or, “The year I herded cats”
Miscellaneous I Can’t Recommend Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, But I Kind of Want To Final Fantasy IV’s sequel is bad, and yet– Final Fantasy IV’s sequel is bad, and yet–
Miscellaneous Why Games Like Valiant Hearts are Valuable for the Industry A more important question than “Are games art?” is “Can games teach?” A more important question than “Are games art?” is “Can games teach?”
News & Opinions HOLY CATS! Neko Atsume is Now in English! Prepare to kollect kittens. Prepare to kollect kittens.
Miscellaneous Let’s Take a Minute to Appreciate Final Fantasy VII’s Environments Midgar’s a nice place, but you sure wouldn’t want to live there. Midgar’s a nice place, but you sure wouldn’t want to live there.
Miscellaneous Have You Met Professor Layton’s Unhinged Son? “Don’t look so frightened, this is just a passing phase. One of my bad days.” “Don’t look so frightened, this is just a passing phase. One of my bad days.”
News & Opinions Iwata’s Unsung Accomplishment: Standing Firm Against the Mobile Market Iwata fought a hard war, and he held his ground. Iwata fought a hard war, and he held his ground.