Patient Gamers

I just finished it ….I think? Honestly I’m not sure because the game seems to end right in the middle of the story, and it feels weird that the only mention of this I can find is an article from 2014 that casually mentions that the game isn’t yet finished but the creators will surely provide more content soon^[1 “The Squids’ stories are still not complete, so I’m sure The Game Bakers will produce additional and ongoing episodes of our heroes’ misadventures.” ]… and then radio silence for 12 years?! Am I missing something crucial here or is everyone who bought the game somehow ok with the story just flat-out ending the moment it finally picks up some steam?

So I had had these guys on my wishlist for a while. Last December I pulled the trigger on them while on sale. I’ve had a bit of downtime and decided to try them out. They are a Xcom successor, but I had not played the original or the Sid Myer reboot, so I didn’t really know what to expect. The game is really fun. I do like the mechanics of it all and the isometric view. For sure worth getting and has been a fun 20hrs so far.

I’m not going to lie - at first I didn’t expect much from it. Had that title on my “To Do"-list for years but somehow assumed it was just some generic run-off-the-mill fantasy RPG with cute animals and not much else.

These two lengthy Phantasy Star Online developer interviews originally appeared in the PSO Episode 1&2 Setting Materials book.

In these interviews, developers from Nintendo and Intelligent Systems discuss the making of the original Paper Mario, an RPG with a unique papercraft aesthetic.

Peter Molyneux, Google DeepMind’s Richard Evans, and more on the making and legacy of Black & White as it turns 25.