In this article on KeenGamer, I talk about how I became a freelance journalist. More specifically, I discuss how I began my career, transitioned into the video game journalism field, and started to make money writing about video games. Currently, I’m … Continue reading How to Break Into Video Game Journalism
Based on recent breakthroughs, it is likely that synthetic voices will greatly affect the gaming industry in the near future. Continue reading Synthetic Voices in the Gaming Industry
From Tokyo Game Show 2019, one of my favorite games was The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3. This has been my favorite JRPG series over the past decade and possibly even surpasses Persona 4 in my books. Interestingly, the game … Continue reading The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 Review
In our interview, we discuss what sets Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen apart from other JRPGs, the battle mechanics of the game, and why you should buy it. Continue reading What Sets Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen Apart? — An Interview with the Director
At TGS 2019 I had the pleasure of reviewing a 20-minute demo of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The game had a smaller showing at the Bandai Namco side of the event with only about 8 demo units available. However, it was also one … Continue reading Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot — The Best DBZ Game Ever Made
I was lucky again this year to be at Tokyo Game Show 2019 on the business day for members of the press. The event was amazing as always with incredible booths set up by some of the biggest names in … Continue reading Final Fantasy VII Remake Demos “Sold Out” by 12 pm at TGS 2019
Japan is a country with a high demand for visual novel games that’s unparalleled anywhere else in the world. As a result, they make up a huge part of the video game market in Japan. Often some of the most popular anime and manga, like Steins; Gate or Fate/stay night, are adapted from visual novels and vice versa. But the question is: what are they? Simply put, visual novels are exactly as their title implies: novels presented visually. Instead of the hundreds of pages of text in traditional hardcover and paperback novels, visual novels are presented in digital format and playable on video game … Continue reading Japanese Visual Novels: What They Are, Plus 5 Reading Recommendations (GaijinPot)
