Heisei Gamera Trilogy Panel with Maser Patrol!

Last year at G-Fest 2019 I contributed to a panel with Kevin Derendorf (of Maser Patrol), Jessica Tseang, and Steve Paszinski. It was a great panel going over the three heisei Gamera films, but sadly we forgot to record it. So now that the Arrow set is out, Kevin and I took to Skype to […]

Tokusatsu Artist/Video Game Artist

I tend to use this blog to highlight kaiju/tokusatsu-focused video games in an attempt to showcase the strong variety and quality of kaiju/tokusatsu content out there in the interactive space. I aim to showcase the connection between the video game and tokusatsu worlds and how strong it can sometimes be. And one of the […]

Dawn of the Mosnters – Kaiju Conline Panel + Brand New HD footage!

Hi all, sorry it’s been so long since my last article. I’ve been busy! And I hope you will see why with these two videos. One is the Dawn of the Monsters panel I gave alongside Marty Kugler and Michael Lambert, and the other is an HD direct-feed upload of the new footage! Enjoy! We […]

Kaiju Video Games – History of Rampage (1986)

Genre: Arcade Action Players: 1-3 Release Date: 1986 Platform: Arcade, many others (see below) Director: Brian F Colin Developer: Bally Midway Publisher: Bally Midway Rampage is one of the biggest and most important kaiju video games out there. It’s not simply a notable giant monster game, it’s one of the most important and popular titles […]

NEWS: Kaiju Kickstarter – Kaichu: Kaiju Dating Sim

Sorry for the radio silence recently. I’m working on a few longer articles that are taking more research than expected. However, this new kaiju game popped up and I thought it would be great to shine a little light on it! A brand new Kaiju video game is looking for funding on Kickstarter right now! […]

Ten Games of the Decade

The 2010s were a really important for me as it was the decade where I changed from game player to game maker. Smack dab in the middle of the 2010s I made the switch, after being somewhat fed up with the games I was seeing and a desire to make my own. I don’t really […]

Kaiju Transmission Podcast- Dawn of the Monsters Edition!

I completely forgot to post this earlier, but the lovely folks at the Kaiju Transmissions Podcast had myself and Chris Oglio to talk about Dawn of the Monsters, game development, Seismic, and toy creation! Check it out at the link below and give these good folks a listen. It’s one of my favourite podcasts! You […]

Kaiju Video Games – Gamera: The Time Adventure

Hi all! Today’s post is a bit different than previous ones. In that it’s just a video. As covered in my Kaiju Video Games History Panel, Gamera: The Time Adventure was released in 1995 for the Bandai Playdia and, as mentioned in that panel, no one has uploaded footage of this game. . . Until […]

Action Game Purity and Sin and Punishment: Star Successor

This is a somewhat different entry from my usual video games stuff. Less Kaiju focused and instead focusing on an aspect of action game design in the context of classic Wii game Sin and Punishment: Star Successor. I hope you enjoy it! Ever since the dawn of the home video game system, developers have been […]

Kaiju Video Games – Attack of the Friday Monsters

Attack of the Friday Monsters: A Tokyo Tale (怪獣が出る金曜日) Genre: life simulation Players: 1 Release Date: March 13, 2013 (Japan), July 18 2013 (NA & Europe) Platform: Nintendo 3DS Director: Kaz Ayabe Developer: Millennium Kitchen Publisher: Level-5 This is the fourth part in a series on notable kaiju video games. Giant Japanese-style monsters and games […]