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 […]
Read More Action Game Purity and Sin and Punishment: Star SuccessorAttack 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 […]
Read More Kaiju Video Games – Attack of the Friday MonstersThis is the reason my updates slowed to a crawl. I’ve spent what little free time I’ve had over the last few months assembling this panel attempting to include as many kaiju video games as possible. As I explain in the video, I’m sticking mostly to non-Godzilla and non-Ultraman stuff but that still leaves me […]
Read More Kaiju Video Games History – G-Fest XXVI 2019 PanelHi all, Sorry for the radio silence the past few months. I’ve been working on a few things: Some panels for G-Fest (one of which I will be uploading here shortly!), starting a toy company (seismic toys, check us out at @seismictoys on instagram, facbeook, and twitter!) and a brand new original Kaiju video game from […]
Read More Announcing: Dawn of the Monsters!This is the third part in a series on notable kaiju video games. Giant Japanese-style monsters and games are two of my favourite things in life, so to cross them over like this was only natural. I’m going to highlight classics, hidden gems, and everything inbetween. King of the Monsters 2 (Genesis/Megadrive version) Genre: Fighting […]
Read More Kaiju Video Games – King of the Monsters. . . 3?!Today on April 11, Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain launches on PS4! This is a spinoff from the main line of Earth Defense Force games, which is a series of games about defending the planet from onslaughts of aliens, giant insects and, of utmost interest to us, kaiju. This new title is “designed for a […]
Read More Kaiju Game News – Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain launches today! + A Brief History of Sandlot and Yuke’sThis is the second part in a series on notable kaiju video games. Giant Japanese-style monsters and games are two of my favourite things in life, so to cross them over like this was only natural. I’m going to highlight classics, hidden gems, and everything inbetween. King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing Genre: […]
Read More Kaiju Games Part 2 – King of the Monsters 2: The Next ThingExploring the history of SNK’s King of the Monsters!
Read More Kaiju Video Games: King of the Monsters
