Tag Archives: Role Playing

By Marshall Lemon Stop me if you’ve heard about this fantasy world before: Elves live in kingdoms among the wilds and are aloof compared to humanity. Dwarves life in mining communities beneath ancient mountains, and frequently bang heads with the elves. Humans are the relatively new race that nobody really …

If you’d like to earn instant acknowledgement from everyone who plays Dark Souls, and confusion or suspicion from everybody else, you’ll want to check out Bandai Namco’s new Dark Souls apparel (opens in new tab). The clothing line features several designs on shirts, hoodies, and hats, and is the big …

Twenty years changes many things, but this much is true: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is the best role-playing game starring a plumber with Boogie Nights facial hair and big ups. Many games have challenged the title held by this collaboration between Nintendo and Squaresoft. Paper Mario …

The Souls games are not usually the type to spell out their story – heck, that’s part of the series’ charm. So it might be a bit surprising that the intro cinematic for Dark Souls 3 (opens in new tab) tells you exactly what you’re up against: those who linked …

If you love the world of Dark Souls (opens in new tab) but you’re not so much a fan of repeatedly dying to its inhabitants, an upcoming Dark Souls comic series published by Titan Comics might be the proverbial campfire you’re looking for. Penned by George Mann (Doctor Who: The …

Merry early Christmas, Kingdom Hearts players! I got you a new trailer from JumpFest 2015 with footage from Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and even some Kingdom Hearts 3 (opens in new tab) gameplay. If you’re wanting tons of footage featuring remastered Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance story and …

How many times have you been up late, browsing the ‘net, only to find yourself tumbling down the rabbit hole of urban legends and complex conspiracies at 2 in the morning? Stories of mysterious videos, aliens encounters, and extremely slender men fill your imagination as night rolls into day. These …

Despite earlier indication that they would be absent from the game, moogles may yet make an appearance in Final Fantasy 15 (opens in new tab). The English (opens in new tab) and Japanese (opens in new tab) Twitter accounts for FF15 have polls asking fans if they’d like to see …

Out of time Note: A earlier version of this article was published in December 2013. By golly, that Metal Gear Solid 5 certainly looks sumptuous now doesn’t it? Even on the old school systems! Who’d have thought that a title as singularly ambitious as this could still appear so sweet, …

For the old school console fan, 2015 is a paradise of fresh delights. Axiom Verge oozes that classic console feeling when it starts up on PlayStation 4. The grinding wub-wub-wub of the distortion field weapon and its glitchy effects warping the blocky environment seem like they were lifted right out …