Patrick Rost



Secret of Mana is a objective treasure that is hard to judge. When I look at it, in any form, on any platform with any graphics, all I see is a beautiful, shining diamond. Gloriously designed, crafted, and reflecting a perfection back at me. When someone not looking through a
by Patrick Rost
I believed that I was about to embark on a terrible journey. I saw on my gaming horizon three things: cats, cute pun based humor, and the internet onomatopoeia “nyan.” Let me tell you folks that I did fear this journey, mightily. An RPG, classic in every sense of the
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Digimon represents the simultaneous best and worst of monster catching and raising games in my view. It is incredibly complex and takes the concept of monster evolution to new and incredibly dynamic places. Along the way, however, you have an infinite sea of cute-faced goober monsters constantly cooing and sad-eyeing
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If anything is romantic in gaming, it is the lover’s loyalty to the classic RPGs. I myself am afflicted by Cupid’s pixelated arrow, and it consequently allows me to love the classics beyond their fair measure. This also drives me to spend countless hours and dollars on old
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I remember the first time I heard about Star Ocean: The Last Hope. I looked at the cover and the logo, blocky and modern, and realized why I had so easily missed the game the first time around. Gone were any easily identifiable cues from the prior release, and Xbox
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Some developers just have the knack for making JRPGs, and Koei Tecmo never fails to impress me time and time again. Each of their JRPG style games have been more addictive than the next, and they are classics despite suffering largely the same drawbacks of story, character design, and general
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Franchise Hockey Manager 4 has arrived, and is every bit as polished and proficient as you would expect for all games in the Out of the Park Developments umbrella. Sports games, or any games that are released as series, are expected to improve version to version to justify buying a
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Of the three Tribunal gods in the Elder Scrolls series, Sotha Sil has always been the most enigmatic. While Vivec and Almalexia are in their respective cities, available for a meeting or brunch, Sotha Sil is the one you can’t just look up and go hang out with. The
by Patrick Rost