Could the Wii be a haven for Japanese RPGs?

The cost of developing titles for the PS3 is extraordinary, and no developer in Japan worth their salt will bother to even acknowledge the 360. Where does that leave the jRPG developer? With the appearance of games like Arc Rise Fantasia and confirmation that Swords of Legendia is an actual game; combined with all the […]

Now I have competition from my wife

Well, not “competition” in the strictest sense, since I’m actually eager to see her in this particular space, but it appears as though my wife has decided to take up blogging. Now, I won’t be linking to her blog around these parts, as it’s a more personal site for just close friends and family. I […]

Secrets of the 5-year-old’s samurai drawings

So last night, like every Tuesday night, my oldest son and I (and the youngest one, when he was capable of sitting still for more than ten seconds) sat down to watch Nova. This time the episode was Secrets of the Samurai Sword. You can tell that an episode is particularly good when the boy […]

Disconnecting, and it feels so good

Being offline for an entire week has really put a lot of things into perspective. Coming back to a veritable information overload online with over 1,500 unread Google Reader items, I’ve decided that a lot of the noise I listen to runs completely counter to my goals in life. So I’ve decided to make a […]

…aaaaaaand I’m back!

So, what happens when I’m out of the office for an entire week? Oh, nothing much.

Offline for a week

I’m going to be offline all this coming week, from Sunday through about Friday. I’ll be spending some time out at a church camp all week with some high schoolers being a counselor and a speaker, and occasionally playing guitar around a campfire. Naturally, we’ll all be praying for the flood waters to quickly recede […]

Greetings new visitors! (and there’s a lot of you!)

I captured this shot of my blog stats this evening just as it had reset for the 13th. That first jump on the 4th was my first post about Toluu. Most of the traffic that day came from FriendFeed. The second jump was after my follow-up post on Toluu yesterday. Most of that traffic also […]

IowaFlood and Nerdflood: two great floods that flood great together

Apparently there’s some confusion on the internets* about this new website that’s popped up called IowaFlood, and its purported relation to Nerdflood. So, time to clear the air. Here is a detailed side by side comparison of the two sites to give everyone a very clear understanding of what each site provides you, the valued […]

2008: the year of the 360 RPG?

I know that the Wii has some RPGs on the way, but it looks as though 2008 might also be the year that the Xbox 360 gets some quality RPG goodness of its own. Infinite Undiscovery from Square Enix slated to hit the US at the beginning of September. The Last Remnant, also a Square […]