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I’d pay good money to have Aya’s hair. Continue reading ‘Mass Media – Aya’s Hair Edition 08/29/10’ »

Final Fantasy XIV is sucking me in. Continue reading ‘Mass Media 07/02/10’ »

In an interview with Famitsu, four developers of The 3rd Birthday – Yoshinori Kitase, Hajime Tabata, Motomu Toriyama, and Iasmu Kamikokuryo – broke down a few of the more interesting features of the upcoming PSP action RPG. Creative producer Tetsuya Nomura had a few things to say as well, in a separate interview that was otherwise centered around Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Of particular interest are the following bullet points: Continue reading ‘3rd Birthday Developers Interview: Overdive into Clothing Health Meters’ »

Woo. That was a frustrating little head-cold. But now I’m back on my feet, and I have a whole notebook full of scrawled notes and shorthand, which is unfortunate because I don’t read shorthand. Oh, wait… yeah, that was just a coffee stain. Fortunately, it didn’t seep through to the beautiful pages I reserved for our sit-down with director Hajime Tabata and artistic director Isamu Kamikokuryo. You might know them as the creative forces behind Square Enix’s The Third Birthday, the long-awaited next chapter in the Parasite Eve saga. If you don’t, you do now. They answered questions!

Continue reading ‘The Third Birthday (PSP) – Roundtable Interview Recap’ »

It’s Halloween! In the spirit of the spooky holiday, I replayed a PSOne classic; Parasite Eve. Granted this also would’ve worked for Christmas, but what the heck. So without further ado, we present Parasite Eve comics!

In a blast from the past, I spent some time a little while ago replaying Parasite Eve for our yearly Halloween folderol. This was my first playthrough in years, and a number of things surprised me; the prominent placement of the World Trade Towers, for example, and the fact that 1997 is now more than a decade in the past. My friends, I am old. But this playthrough also reminded me of how much fun the PE combat system is. So this week we’ll be taking a look at some of the weapons Aya can use, and how they’ll affect your strategy in battle. Continue reading ‘Strategy Session – Parasite Eve’ »

The latest pages of Famitsu have some details regarding the PSP release of Parasite Eve: the 3rd Birthday. Square Enix is always happy to create new genres, and it seems this game will be a 3D gun action game. Project director Hajime Tabata called the game a “true third person shooter” and said it would be different from Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. Continue reading ‘Parasite Eve 3rd Birthday Details’ »

Square Enix’s DKΣ3713 event has been full of good news for Japanese gamers, and most of it will probably end up as good news for North Americans. The biggest news thus far is that when Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children finally comes to Japanese Blu-Ray in March, it will include a playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII for the PlayStation 3 along with new videos of Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy XIII Agito on the disc. Square Enix has not announced any plans for the North American Blu-Ray release, but those willing to pay import price will be in luck. Japan and North America are in the same region when it comes to movies, and games are region free. Continue reading ‘DKΣ3713 Recap: FFXIII PS3 Demo in Advent Children Blu-Ray, FFXIII Agito and Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday Coming to PSP, Boatload of Trailers’ »