March 2011
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Gadget ~Past as Future~ is born anew
Originally published in 1997, Gadget ~Past as Future~ has stamped an inimitable hallmark in the history of interactive CD-Rom as one of the most profoundly influential works of digital art whose inscrutability has mystified video game critics, still unable to attain a fitting label with which to categorize it. Consisting of a renovated version of the original 1993 release, entitled Invention,...
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Yutaka Minobe Master Class
Having earned a solid reputation in its genre, the Mugen Kairou series (known as Echochrome in the west) has yet to be recognized for its greater value in the context of videogame history. Firstly, the deeper understanding of this game series is in close connection with an extended tradition of Sony Computer Entertainment / Japan Studio creations that unite a series of highly conceptual...
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Irem halts the production of Zettai Zetsumei Toshi...
Given the recent tragedy that has taken Japan by surprise, irem has decided to stop the production of Zettai Zetsumei 4: Summer Memories which, I recall, was meant to be the fourth episode of a game series based on characters struggling against a series of natural disasters. As the team does present a very precise and humble vindication for the suspension of the game’s production,...
