When I studied theology in a past life, there was a lot of smoke blown over how society had an “incredulity toward metanarratives.” (Thank you, Jean-François Lyotard). Metanarratives, in which all of ...

The curious RPG Live A Live is a fascinating time capsule of an era when RPGs were still experimenting heavily with structures and ideas, and its long-awaited remake proves that the best, weirdest ...

Prehistory also features a light crafting system for equipment. Nintendo Prehistory is one of the simpler chapters in Live A Live, with a story that doesn’t use any dialogue but rather grunts and ...

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Michael is a writer who loves to game. He also loves to talk about games, which is a real risk for anyone who approaches him. Fortunately, writing is a safe, healthy release of game information. Each ...

The Nintendo Switch got a pair of high-profile role-playing games this month, but they couldn’t be more dissimilar. Live A Live is a remake of an influential 90s game that features retro visuals, turn ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

On the whole, Live A Live is one of the more uniquely structured games that I have played in some time. Rather than centering around a single character, Live A Live focuses on eight different ...

Video games have been around for a long time. Having become a worldwide phenomenon over the past 40 years, it only makes sense that in that amount of time, a game or two misses the North American ...

Live A Live is unlike any JRPG I have ever played. It was way ahead of its time when it was released in Japan for the Super Famicom in 1994, and it’s a shame that the rest of the world didn’t get to ...

Live A Live is the retro remake that is bringing a cult classic officially to Western shores for the very first time. The game kicks off with eight different scenarios for you to play through, each ...

Chris started gaming in the 8-bit era so writing game reviews seemed like a natural choice of activity to protect his brain from further atrophy during his final year in a psychiatric penitentiary.