The Final Fantasy VII Letters, Part 2

Part two in our ongoing retrospective letter series. An index of all letters can be found here....  read more

The Final Fantasy VII Letters, Part 1

Editor's Note: Even among the most rarefied videogames of the last twenty years, Square Enix's 1997 masterpiece Final Fantasy VII stands apart. Widely held to be one of the greatest JRPGs of all time, the lovely and melodramatic saga of Cloud, Tifa, Aeris and Sephiroth has inspired more accolades, retrospectives, musical remixes, remake rumors and frothing fan fiction than perhaps any game ever made....  read more

Beyond Good & Evil HD Review (XBLA)

I don't have much nostalgia for old videogames. While some classics maintain the test of time, most games from my youth no longer hold my interest when put up against more modern titles. Michel Ancel's seminal 2003 classic Beyond Good & Evil may not be ancient, but the industry's evolved a lot since then. So I went into its high-def port with trepidation, expecting yet another fond memory to be dashed. Happily, I found that BG&E was so far ahead of its time that today’s games are still playing catch up....  read more