Sometimes a game is deemed “too weird” to come to American soil. This doesn’t happen all the time and usually when it does, it’s for good reason. I mean, I guess so. All three of the games highlighted here definitely have their quirks, but should still definitely have come to America. Sadly, all three are […]
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The Fantastic World of Japanese Games – Episode 3
January 25th, 2012 
gunsage Far too often a game simply won’t be released in America because…well, it’s predecessor failed. Now for me, this is never acceptable, but I do understand. If a game has a huge following in Japan AND it’s an RPG, but it doesn’t really take off in America, they’re more likely to continue the series in […]
Chrome Games 1 (Creatures and Castles)
January 25th, 2012 Bruce McGee It is time to start bringing you fine readers some Google Chrome games. We have talked about game apps for this web browser several times on Wonderpod. I have since decided to get off my lazy ass and start playing a few to share. The goal being to give you some fun games to waste […]
The Fantastic World of Japanese Games – Episode 2
January 24th, 2012 gunsage When playing Japanese SNES games on an emulator, often there are obvious and not so obvious reasons why a game may not have come out to America. The best way to think about it is was it an RPG, did it have suggestive themes, and did it have any sort of following here in America? […]
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January 23rd, 2012 gunsage People who understand emulation, even to a small degree, know all about the fantastic world of translated games that never left Japan. Most of the time it was for reasons like RPGs not selling well in America at the time, more mature content than they felt an American audience was ready for, or simply having […]
Wonderpod Episode 92
January 6th, 2012 Bruce McGee Wonderpod is alive and well. We all enjoyed our brief hiatus and it shows. The main point of this episode was to make predictions for the coming year. While we accomplished the goal you will notice a theme through out the show. Feel free to look at the hilarious results of said theme at the […]
Stupid Shit Non-Gamers Say About Videogames
January 5th, 2012 gunsage Above: not really a gamer. Playing videogames isn’t quite the same as it used to be, but maybe that’s a good thing. People that don’t game at all that happen to stumble across our hobby seem to mistake videogames for an actual sport, kiddie toy, the devil, or many, many other things. These are things […]
GODDAMMIT…Seiken Densetsu 3
December 6th, 2011 gunsage One of the few Squaresoft games that has never even attempted to be remade is also easily one of the best. Now sure, I could’ve talked about the obvious Terranigma, Mother 3, Wonder Project J, Adventures of Hourai High, or even the Front Mission games that never reached American soil, but instead I’d love to […]
You Love It, I Hate It – Grand Theft Auto 4
December 4th, 2011 gunsage Back in the 90s I played both the original GTA and GTA2 on my PC. They sucked. Imagine Spy Hunter, but being able to turn in all directions, the camera doesn’t adjust, the angle isn’t wide enough to see if you’re going to run into shit, there’s no mini-map, there are lives, and while there […]
Skyrim – Teaching Us How Frail And Weak We Are Through Gaming
When you play an RPG, you’re constantly told that you’re the chosen one, but still made to feel weak, even though you have incredible powers. It’s a constant contradiction. Look, in the Breath of Fire games, you can change into A FUCKING DRAGON, but often there are forces far more powerful than you and your […]