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Final Fantasy Unlimited (2002)

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Posted on January 25, 2006 by Andy

Final Fantasy Unlimited is based on the Squaresoft’s epic roleplaying series currently now on Playstation 2. The series is up to its twelfth iteration which makes something of a mockery of the finality of its titling. I’ve done my fair share of playing games in the series with Final Fantasy VI, VII, and X under my expanding belt. As each of these games take well over forty hours to complete, doing the maths either makes me crazy or something … (read more)

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Samurai Gun (2004)

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Posted on January 22, 2006 by Andy

Released in 2004, Samurai Gun is an oddity. It eschews the current trend in samurai anime of the historically accurate period detail. Samurai Gun thumbs its nose at its housemates: Peacemaker, Otogi Zoshi and Rurouni Kenshin, preferring to wallow in anachronism. Using the industrial revolution as a jumping off point, Samurai Gun grants itself a lot of latitude with its use technology. Guns aren’t limited to revolvers, there are automatics, the bad guys, the Shogun’s minions use rocket … (read more)

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