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  • Hotel Dusk & Last Window Posters

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    As I just wrote in my Debaser agenda, I’m playing the Last Window, sequel to Hotel Dusk, and the person who got me the copy is UK-based designer Dan Clarke, who also created these two wonderful posters in honor of the games.

  • Miyamoto on Game Design

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    Great little video produced by Vox interviewing Shigeru Miyamoto about game design, and also giving a bit of history on his start.

  • White Owls

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    Some great news today with the announcement that lovable game dev Swery65 (Hidetaka Suehiro) has launched his own development studio, White Owls, with the slogan “From Osaka to all of YOU around the World.” It looks like he’ll be using White Owls to produce more than just games — he mentions a mystery novel here —…

  • Oral History of Final Fantasy VII

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    I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but I’m in awe of the massive oral history of Final Fantasy VII that was published on Polygon last week. It’s pretty fantastic to see this sort of intensely researched piece get made in this day and age of fast content for the web.

  • Retro Gaming Shopping Tips

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    Things have changed a lot when it comes to shopping for classic games in Japan — Akihabara isn’t filled with all the gems you used to find (or at the bargain prices you remember) — and so it’s great to find a post like the one written by Steve Lin, that gives a good idea of…

  • Gravity Cat

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    This is such a fantastic live-action promo video for Gravity Rush 2 (or Gravity Daze 2, as it’s called in Japan).

  • Interactive Story and Video Game Art

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    A few years ago I had the great pleasure to include game developer and academic Chris Solarski in one of our PechaKucha Night events in Tokyo — where he did this presentation about his book Drawing Basics and Video Game Art. He has a second book out now, Interactive Story and Video Game Art, which…

  • Japan’s Gaming Industry Nengajo 2017

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    As I mentioned when I shared Spoon & Tamago’s post of New Year cards from designers/design units, I was anxiously waiting for Tokyo-based localization crew 8-4 to put up its annual round-up of New Year cards from Japanese game companies, and it’s now up. Pictured, the card that was sent out by 8-4, featuring art…

  • Hidden My Game By Mom 2

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    One of my favorite games from last year was the mobile gem Hidden My Game By Mom — it’s true, just check my favorite media of the year list — and I’m so happy to see that a sequel has just come out. Like the first one, it’s free (with ads), and so no reason…

  • An Interview with George Kamitani

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    James is at it again with yet another great interview for Glixel with one of Japan’s top game creators, this time Vanillaware‘s George Kamitani. Reading it, I’m suddenly in the mood to play Dragon’s Crown and Muramasa on my Vita again.