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Found in translation: how Japanese RPGMaker darling Tobira no Densetsu finally opened its gates to English players
Mere weeks after discussing Progenitor, the Japanese RPG scene saw yet another fantranslation effort originally kickstarted by a small group of ardent…
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How I sailed to the Hawaii and met Napoleon, or my 2025 RPG roundup
With 2026 starting out, it’s time to unwind a bit and recount the tale of yet another year spent adventuring in the multiverse of videogame RPGs, almost…
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RPG availability and preservation efforts in 2025, between remasters, remakes and fantranslations
This past year hasn’t just been a treasure trove of interesting videogame RPG releases, but also a landmark of sorts for RPG accessibility and…
Dec 31, 2025
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How Captain Bright became a fan of Ultima and Wizardry: a tale of Gundam easter eggs and cross-media celebrations
It’s the year 87 of the Universal Century, and Captain Bright Noa, a hero of the One-Year War now fighting for the Anti-Earth Union Group, is preparing…
Dec 27, 2025
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Live A Live, Tokita's anthological struggle against Hate
Developer: Squaresoft (Super Famicom original), Historia and Square Enix BD2 (Remake)
Dec 21, 2025
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Community Pom, how a PS1 journey to the moon became my daughter's favorite RPG
Developer: Fill In Café
Dec 14, 2025
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Baldur's Gate's PS1 misadventure and other unlikely RPG ports in the age of hardware separation
Developer: BioWare (PC original), Runecraft (PS1 port)
Dec 7, 2025
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Found in translation: how an humble retrospective kickstarted the English localization of Progenitor, Koei's PC98 space opera
For those writing about videogame history, there is hardly anything better than making their readers invested in games and subgenres they didn’t…
Nov 30, 2025
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How I sailed to the Hawaii and met Napoleon, or my 2025 RPG roundup
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