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Apparently Light Yagami is the main character of WiZman’s World. Continue reading ‘Mass Media 03/04/10’ »

Sex on the beach didn’t live up to the hype.

The drink, that is. Continue reading ‘Mass Media 01/30/10’ »

Mass does not do this update justice. Continue reading ‘Mass Media 12/29/09’ »

The beatings will continue until morale improves. Continue reading ‘Late Night Mass Media 12/15/09’ »

Part of the joy of writing for an RPG-centric website is that I can draw comparisons to some rather eclectic, obscure, and niche material, knowing that the reader will be able to follow my gist. It’s an amazing power, and one that I try to wield judiciously and in the name of good. However, Atelier Annie makes me wish that, rather than your standard RPG fare, my readers were versed in the equally insular world of German boardgames, particularly resource-management-centric, action-limited strategy titles such as Agricola, Stone Age, and Settlers of Catan. I’d probably have a much easier time of describing the cost/reward analyses, transportation efficiency concerns, and development strategies intrinsic to this Gust-developed JRPG. In lieu of such assumption, though, just take my word for it: Atelier Annie is an awesome, horizon-expanding game. Continue reading ‘Atelier Annie – Staff Review’ »

Just wrapping up some media, doing a little housekeeping, trying not to get sucked into trolling Youtube for more Hatsune Miku insanity. Lord knows that juice song is pretty much etched into my skull. Anyway, behold some pretty, pretty Atelier Lina screens and art: Continue reading ‘Atelier Lina Media – 09/28/09’ »

NIS America has announced that it is bringing the next entry in the Atelier series to North America in the fall. Atelier Annie will be the first in the series for the DS, and it will task players with building a resort in three in-game years. There’s also alchemy somewhere. There has been no response to the question of whether a player can crash their resort “The Producers”-style and somehow create gold that way. Time will tell.

The exact release date is not yet known.

Source: Siliconera

Man, Bethesda, it’s not fair. You already got me re-hooked on Oblivion and now Point Lookout is going to pull me back into Fallout 3 and I gotta play it aaaaaaaalllll from the start again, only this time I figured out how to get the script extender working so I can properly mod my guns now and I think I can get the hovercar mod working right this time but there’s just not enough hours in the day and oh i think i just went crosseyed

Anyhoo, in today’s media update: Final Fantasy Legend II DS, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Graces, Atelier Rorona, and Genterprise. Continue reading ‘Mass Media 06/24/09’ »

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Source: Famitsu

In today’s update: Atelier Annie and Mega Man Star Force 3. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork 11/13/08’ »

In today’s update: Phantasy Star Zero, Princess and Knight, Riz-Zoawd, White Knight Chronicles, Tales of Hearts, Avalon Code, Knights in the Nightmare, Atelier Annie, Mega Man Star Force 3, Prinny: Ore ga Shujinko de Iinsuka?, and Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork, Boxart 11/01/08’ »

In today’s update: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII Agito, Final Fantasy XIII Versus, Tales of the World Radiant Mythology 2, Arc Rise Fantasia, World Destruction, Atelier Annie, Cross of Venus, and Zill O’ll ~Infinite Plus~. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork, Boxart 10/24/08’ »

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Source: Game Watch & Dengenki

In the latest issue of Famitsu, Gust has announced a new entry to the Atelier series. Atelier Annie for the Nintendo DS will be released sometime in 2009 in Japan.

Source: Gamekyo

Japan is that country that brought us the idea that several big robots could combine to make a giant robot. Compile Heart’s Agarest Senki staff has taken the idea and applied it to RPGs to form Cross Edge, a PS3 collaboration between Capcom, Namco Bandai, Nippon Ichi, Idea Factory, Gust, and Compile Heart. The team from Compile Heart responsible for Agarest Senki is leading the development. Continue reading ‘Japan Combines Every RPG Ever, Forms Voltron, Taunts English Speakers With Cross Edge’ »