I’ve been painfully behind on recent titles from one of my favorite localization houses. NIS America has put out Disgaea 4 and Atelier Totori in the last few months, and I haven’t even touched them. I haven’t played Ar tonelico 3 either. Fortunately, I did get around to playing the PSP title CLADUN X2 after spending a little too much time with my...

I haven’t done a list in awhile, and this is one I’ve been meaning to do for some time. There are loads of games that have great intro sequences. Sometimes it’s because of the music, other times it’s because of the crazy visuals, and still other times it’s because of how well it sets the mood for the coming game. It’s all about...

HALF-MINUTE HERO is a PSP game from Marvelous Entertainment that boils jRPG tropes down into easily digestible chunks. Looting and level grinding are still here, they just take seconds instead of hours. It’s based on the freeware game 30 Second Hero, and playing that gives you a good idea of what to expect from the game’s title mode. When it sticks to...