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Region Free Consoles Will Benefit Japanfans

Region Free Consoles Will Benefit Japanfans

One of the coolest new features of the next generation of consoles is that they will be region free. There was a time, long ago, where I’d read gaming magazines that would have a section about Japanese releases. Many of these games never made it stateside such as the Playstation 2 Berserk game, based on the hyper violent anime and manga series. In other cases, it was beloved games … [ Read More... ]

Having More Diverse Characters in Video Games Will Make Them Sell Better?

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Tom Abernathy, Microsoft’s narrative designer had started his narrative talk at GDCGame Developers Conference, with a tale about his daughter..

“[My daughter] made it clear that she didn’t like listening to songs that weren’t sung by girls, watching movies without girls, reading books not about girls, and her least favorite thing was when she’d be playing a game and she had to play a guy. Or [ Read More... ]