I wouldn't call myself the biggest fan of Hajime Isayama's megahit manga Attack on Titan. That's because I've never actually read it, and only seen Studio Wit's anime series adaptation, which I found great-looking but way too shouty. Thankf...

Fate/Grand Order might be one of the crueler varieties of mobile gacha game, but that hasn't stopped it from achieving some measure of popularity, if the game's latest announcement is to be believed. The FGO website has announced ...

Things change as one gets older, and I’m no exception. As I’ve aged from a fresh-faced, idealistic young nerd into a jaded, wrinkly older nerd, my preferences and tastes have also changed, with one major exception: my love of sp...

This is probably the second time in two years that I can say that it’s been a pretty good year for games and anime, if not necessarily a great year for everything else. That might be true in the broader sense, but despite this more ...

Apparently unsatisfied with consuming battery power of players' phones and the contents of their wallets, the ravening mobage devil that is Fate/Grand Order plans to further devour their whole field of vision, as well, via VR...

I can forgive Fate/Grand Order for not looking completely amazing. I mean, it's meant to be a mobile gambling hellscape, not a triple-A graphical showcase, right? And some of the flashier moments look alright, even, in that 2.5D JRPG s...

If you're one of the poor bastards still playing Fate/Grand Order (Hi there!), you may know that one of the odder things about the game's launch was the decision to duplicate the original Japanese content rollout, putting the NA game y...

Rejoice, fans of faintly furry fantasy fun, because Utawarerumono is back. Again. Three years after releasing two sequels to a fifteen-year-old game, Aquaplus has gone back to the well to remake that same game. The original Utawarerumo...

One of mobile grindfest Fate/Grand Order's big selling points is its lengthy visual novel-style story and deep connections to Fate franchise lore. That much is on the figurative box, but a somewhat unexpected facet of that appeal ...

Satisfying endings aren't an easy thing to create in any medium, much less games. Developers are rarely pushed to provide a truly great ending, especially considering that statistically, only a fraction of players ever even see those ending...

As much as I've enjoyed and admired the games of The Creative Assembly, I can't help but admit that I'm something of a fair-weather Total War fan. With the exception of Shogun 2, the sheer scale of a typical Total War game te...

Think of candidates for the platonic ideal of what you might call a “B-game,” or a “Cult game,” or any number of pop-cultural terms we have for a credible work whose flaws and foibles undermine its chances at wider s...

It was a few months ago at this point, but I remember being rather satisfied with Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy series' third episode, proclaiming it a long-awaited payoff for the slow burn of the previous two installments. Back w...

As a game, Star Trek Online might not quite be the best MMO ever, but as a ball of fan service, it's right there among the best of the best, and that's not a bad thing to be when your thing is Star Trek. Especially these days, wit...

Hoist ye mizzenmasts, Masters, for every Type-Lunatic's favorite mobile grindfest is getting an update! Aniplex have officially announced the release date of Fate/Grand Order's next big story expansion, and it's hitting next week, on Septem...

There’s really only one question that prospective players of Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth need to ask themselves as they consider whether or not to pick up the game, and that is: “Did I play and enjoy Utawarerumono: Mask of De...

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll held its annual Crunchyroll Expo this year, and there was a fair bit of news released for otaku to chew on, particularly ones that are fans of Type-MOON and the Fate franchise. One such announcement ...

When Rock of Ages 2 releases on August 29, it'll be almost exactly six years since Jordan reviewed the first Rock of Ages, way back on my birthday in 2011. Back then, it was a quirky palate cleanser from the almost aggressive weirdness...

Tattoos are cool. I'm too indecisive to get one for myself, but they're fun to look at on other people, and that seems to be what NIS America are going for now that they're localizing Tokyo Tattoo Girls, a new PS Vita and PC game from devel...

Gamescom is kicking off, and right away a new announcement's hitting me like a QAAM locked onto my heart. That's right, I'm talking about the next Ace Combat game, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, and it's full of the loveliest nonsense that I ...

The fact that it took about half a year and three installments for Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series to really take its place in the larger canon of "video games that do more than exist" is a point against Telltale's episodi...

With a new Atlus livestream event comes a raftload of new announcements, and fans of both franchise-milking and Persona won't be disappointed. A 3DS-based sequel to the crossover dungeon-crawler Persona Q was announced, but as of right...

Patapon was one of the old greats of the original PlayStation Portable. Sony's hybrid rhythm-tactical game captured hearts with its unique art style and approach to gameplay, though in truth, its influence didn't stretch too far past t...

In a turn of events that surprised nobody familiar with Persona, Atlus has announced an anime adaptation based on Persona 5 set for next year. As with previous adaptations of Persona 4  and Persona 4 Golden, A-1 Pictures will be h...

Fate/Grand Order is the hot new mobile title on the market, though it's been out in Japan for a while now. Despite an iffy translation and a formidable grind (the version we have is even toned down from how it was at Japanese launch ti...