Review: Treasure of the Rudras

By Ginia

In 1996 Squaresoft brought us Treasure of the Rudras, and alas, most of us missed it. It was one of the last titles released on the Super Famicon and it was considered too late in the console’s life cycle to bother with an English translation. By the time that would have been possible, it would more »

MAP Episode 84: The Real News

By Lusipurr
...and this is why we are game journalists.

Produced 2010.09.26 With virtually no gaming industry news to report on, the podcast panel decides to try their hand at the grown-up job of reporting the real news. Now, Lusipurr.com is your home for world news and weather from several days ago!

News: Crappy MMO Week

By Biggs
Animu Michael Jackson

Status Effect: Flaming Hair  Here in America, we love us some dead celebrities. All the power of their glorious name with none of the royalty checks, its win-win! This week, in an interview with USA Today, entertainment firm SEE Virtual Worlds detailed their plans to exploit one of the most exploitable celebrity names of all: more »

Review: Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale

By Ginia

Howdy-do, Lusi-sprites! On the last MAP, we briefly discussed Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale, and the surpriisngly positive feedback it has received from reviewers and the gaming community at large. Overwhelmed by the pure kawaii of the game’s title and description, I hurried to Steam to purchase it and subsequently beat it into the ground. more »

Review: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

By Bup

Nintendo and Level-5 bring players another adventure in the lives of Professor Herschel Layton and Luke with the recent release of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. Unwound Future places players in the shoes of Professor Layton and his assistant Luke as they try to solve the mysteries of a disappearing prime minister and the more »

Editorial: History 101

By SiliconNooB

It is hard to believe that it was but a few short years ago that independent game studios were as common as Tennesseans, churning out as many quality titles as Murfreesboroan fishwives popped out unwanted, unloved babies. It felt like those long days of golden sunshine and innocent laughter, palling about with friends and loved more »

MAP Episode 83: Kotick Strikes Back

By Lusipurr
We will charge them fifteen dollars every time they look at an alt-text message. You will see the charge on your next credit card statement. Mwa ha ha ha ha!

Produced 2010.09.19 Darth Lane uses the force to ensure that the panelists eagerly report on the Tokyo Game Show, show their love for Activision games, and profess their unswerving belief in the right-minded thinking of Emperor Kotick. All hail the GLOBAL ACTIVISION EMPIRE!

News: Tokyo Game Show Explosion

By Biggs
Ewwww, it smells like rice.

If you are entirely oblivious to the world of video game conventions, then you are a moron. Furthermore, you would not know that today begins the third day of the Tokyo Game Show, which will be wrapping up tomorrow.  Unlike this year’s E3 or even the recent Penny Arcade Expo, the amount of news relevant more »