RandomNPC – Video Game RPG Reviews, Editorials, and Features

Heya guys! Weekend update for you, just an appetizer to hold you over in the form of Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance and Arc Rise Fantasia. Now if you’ll excuse me, I just finished Star Ocean: The Last Hope, and I have a lot of pent-up hostility and some long knives that need sharpening. (more…)

Y’know, I just watched the video for Psychobilly Freakout a few minutes ago, and I wanted to somehow incorporate it in this update. Alas, I don’t know how. But Reverend Horton Heat is awesome; this, few can deny. Anyway, some screens and drawings for you people! Diablo III, Dragon Quest IX, Final Fantasy XIII, Infinite Space, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, A Witch’s Tale, Ys I & II Chronicles, Ys Online: Call of Solum, and Ys Seven. (more…)

Rounding out the rest of our post-GDC goodies are some screens and artwork of the following: Aion Tower of Eternity, Growlanser PSP, Class of Heroes, Crimson Gem Saga, and Dragon Quest IX. Check it out: (more…)

Brand new media for you all, hot off the presses and straight from the Game Developer’s Conference, get it all here folks! Gather ’round for some Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Phantasy Star Zero Mini, Harvest Moon: Makiba no Omise, and My World, My Way PSP. At no extra charge we’re throwing in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2, Little King’s Story, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord, Disgaea 2 PSP, and – in a move sure to put fanfic authors out of business (or back to work) – Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Oh, who am I kidding? I… I mean, they are still busy with VII. Anyway… (more…)

In our Odd Couple edition of Mass Media Update, we stuck Puzzle Quest Galactrix and The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf together and took pictures of the results. Sadly, they proved less interesting than the advertisers were counting on. The responsible producers have been sacked. Anyway… (more…)

Got a big hearty media update for you all. Part of this balanced breakfast and a good source of calcium (with milk). This time around: Blood of Bahamut, Alpha Protocol, Crimson Gem Saga, Disgaea 2 PSP, Dokapon Journey, Dragon Quest IX, Lord of Vermillion, A Witch’s Tale, and Ys Online: Call of Solum. (more…)

Assorted odds and ends for your perusal, not the least of which is what Fallout 3‘s text looks like in one of those crazy non-English languages. We also have some Arc Rise Fantasia, Disgaea 2 PSP, and Shining Force Feather. Observe: (more…)

How’s it going, everybody? Got some fresh new screens and arts for you fine folks. Take a gander, won’t you? This time around: Muramasa, Blue Dragon Plus 2, 7th Dragon, Harvest Moon: Makiba no Omise, Dragon Quest IX, White Knight Chronicles, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. (more…)

Fresh out of the barrel, some nifty new screenshots for all of you: Fallout 3: The Pitt, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Dragon Quest IX, 7th Dragon, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Sacred Blaze. Now if you’ll excuse me, your milkshake is unguarded and I have a very long straw. (more…)

Take it slow, boys and girls, we got enough here for everybody and their families. In this update: 7th Dragon, Blood of Bahamut, Destiny Links, Knights in the Nightmare, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Pokemon Platinum, and A Witch’s Tale. (more…)

Screenshots, ahoy!  More walls of text in that made-up language from so-called “Japan” than you can shake a stick at!  For today: Phantom Brave Wii, Dragon Quest IX, and Suikoden Tierkreis. (more…)

Long part of the Fallout lore, the Chinese invasion of Alaska is the setting of the first official downloadable content for Fallout 3. Taking place in a virtual simulation, Operation Anchorage gives this bit of alternate history life of a sort, putting the player in the boots of a US army commando-in-training. The resulting package is an interesting, if somewhat shallow, questline that throws a few neat toys into the mix, but will likely do little more than whet players’ appetites for the meatier expansions to come. (more…)

Some tasty screens for you today: sequels, ports, new games, and crazy artsy stuff. Check it out! For today, Demon’s Souls, Diablo III, Muramasa and The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf. (more…)

Just a couple for now, but more is always on the way. For today: Aion – Tower of Eternity and Avalon Code. (more…)

Say, turn this record over, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet! On this side: 7th Dragon, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Tales of Radiant Mythology 2, Arc Rise Fantasia, Blood of Bahamut, and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. (more…)

Hoooo, but do we have the screens today. Hot off the presses: Phantasy Star 0, Disgaea 2 Portable, Sacred Blaze, Dragon Quest IX, Little King’s Story, 7th Dragon, Phantom Brave Wii, The Pitt DLC for Fallout 3, and Spectrobes: Origins. (more…)

Has it been a full day without something from NISA? Not this time! Got some more juicy Prinny screens, boxart, and artwork for you all. Take a gander, if you will. (more…)

Got some rare things for you today, strangah.  In this update: Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume, Shining Force Feather, Dragon Quest IX, Phantom Brave Wii, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time. (more…)

Back again with still more screens and other goodies. In this episode: Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Mega Man Star Force 3, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, Valkyria Chronicles, Arc Rise Fantasia, and Puzzle Quest Galactrix. (more…)

Once upon a time, there was a rock radio station that, shall we say, presided over my heart – a role that would only be matched by one John Henry Eden a decade later. The station’s life, and death, had a profound impact on how I view the entertainment industry, and has led to a pair of questions about the things I enjoy. As usual, these aren’t questions I know how to answer, but I think they’re important nonetheless. Join me, won’t you? (more…)