Oh boy, an inferior mobile port! Since it's for an Apple product, we better get excited.

...why aren't you writing for Jezebel? It fits you a lot better than Kotaku does tbh, and I'm just saying that in a matter-of-fact way.

Eh, you do have a point on the price.

Rule #1 of being a game developer: don't go public.

Not impressed at all. Graphics really clash, UI looks like it could be from a million other games, poor sprite animation, etc. It's another example of a "remaster" where the team has no idea on how to preserve the style of the original, and ends up making it look generic, a pale imitation.

RICCITIELLO RAVIOLI GIVE ME THE FORMUOLI

As a JRPG afficionado, I can say this. Pandora's Tower stands out from the bunch because it has a relationship system that makes the game really unique from both a narrative and gameplay perspective, AND allows for some good heartstring-pulling to boot.

You forgot to mention how versatile the Peep can be - that is, when you throw it in the microwave, it becomes a warm gooey feast to be eaten with a spoon, and is suddenly several times its original size.

So, in other words, since we don't buy a CoD clone reskinned to look like Star Wars, we're not gonna get Battlefront III because "interest isn't sufficient"?

I actually prefer this new design. It defaults to a simple chronological view, rather than the nonsensical "featured story" view that all the other Gawker sites have now, which feature stories prioritized by some secret Masons sorting algorithm.

My big problem with the western-developed JRPGs is that they seem to embrace the archaism of the older ones as a novelty. When will we get some people trying to capture the more daring storytelling of the JRPGs of the late 90's and early 2000's? Those are my favorite, and they're as ignored as ever.

This whole fiasco is going to set an example for gaming history.

A shit-scented rose by any other name...

Un-fucking-believable. This always-online trend has caused nothing but problems since its inception. I can only hope that it eventually reaches a boiling point and backfires.

One thing I do have to say, regardless of the quality of the final product - they REALLY captured the feel of the era flawlessly. I'm a bit of a history buff and I was worried that they'd screw up on nailing American jingoism from the turn of the 20th century, but Ken Levine amazes once again.

Anybody else waiting happily for the day in 2014 when the NFL game rights go up for bid? I really, really hope EA loses them.

Buyer/reader beware! These units, often called "Famiclones" (since they started out as 3rd party NESes) often have problems playing specific cartridges for their respective systems, due to omitting certain quirks or compatibilities from their original hardware. This includes Castlevania 3 (additional sound chip), for…

Bullshit. It's sold horribly and far below the 5 million EA wanted. The bell tolls for Isaac Clarke.

This is the same asshole that drove EGM into the ground, remember.

"And when those companies are publicly traded on the stock market, they're forced to answer to their shareholders. This means that they need to make a lot of money in order to increase the value of the shareholder's stock. Every quarter."