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I'm Josh "unangbangkay" Tolentino, and this is my cry for attention.

I'm also the News EditorJapanator. Come visit, and see me gush about things not directly related to video games. Or not. But hey, diversifying your interest in me is definitely something I would encourage.

As a bit of shameless self-promotion, I also write about games for the California Literary Review.

Here's a personal blog-thing that I write in when I remember to: Death By Eroge!

Below are some of my pre-staff C-blog works. Consider them an origin story of sorts, as proof that you too may one day "go grayscale"!

-Resident Evil 5 isn't racist, just ignorant and unambitious
- Dude, be cool! Don't hate on Final Fantasy so much!
-Don't Blame the Genre, Blame the Game: Why JRPGs Don't Intrinsically Suck
-Thoughts on The Escapist's Piracy Issue
-Sorry Doomsayers, Japan Isn't In (much) Development Danger.
-Can Critics Be Trusted When They Don't Trust Themselves?
-The Colorless Mask: Insult or Insight?
-Your Fate is in the Cards: "The Fool's Journey" in Persona 3
-Persona 3: The Rest of The Fool's Journey
-Thoughts on Piracy: Why My Eyelid is Twitching
-Persona should be called "Pimp-sona" and its heroes are enviable pimptastic jerks
-Truth and Reconciliation: Why Persona 4's ending is super awesome
-You wanna buy some goddamn eroge. DO IT DO IT DO IT

Promoted Musings:

-Playing With Others: Playing Alone, Together
-A Time to Destroy: To Hell With Your Rules, I'm Cheating
-Feel the Hatred: The Quick Time Event
-The Start of the Affair: My Own Mute, My Own Heartstrings
-Good Idea, Bad Idea: Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment
-For Those About To Die: A Letter To The Combine Overwatch
-Other Worlds than These: I Left My Heart in Inaba
-Untapped Potential: Talk to us dirty, Mr. Developer
-The Forgotten: A Storm of Romance Under the Banner of Love

Reviews:

-Overlord 2
-Red Faction: Guerrilla
-inFAMOUS
-Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2
-Demon's Souls
-Valkyria Chronicles
-Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
-Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon
-Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
-Multiwinia
-Crysis Warhead
-The Experiment


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Project Eternity gets funded, makes $3.9 million

And it's over! Obsidian's Project Eternity, the most-funded Kickstarter game project ever, has just finished its Kickstarter, making exactly $3,986,929, falling just $13,071 short of its final stretch goal, "Enhance the ...   more

Project Eternity gets funded, makes $3.9 million photo

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 trailer shows a lot of love

Now, when I say "love" here I don't mean romance scenes or anything like that (though all that incipient facial contact between Sasuke and Naruto could imply a lot), but Cyberconnect2's love for both Naruto and QTEs tha...   more

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 trailer shows a lot of love photo

Gravity Rush wins Game of the Year award, sequel teased

I'm of the view that Gravity Rush is, and remains, one of the best games on the PS Vita, and worth a play, regardless of what you think of it in the end. Jim might not have cared for it, but it seems whoever was in charg...   more

Gravity Rush wins Game of the Year award, sequel teased photo

Review: Way of the Samurai 4

Way of the Samurai 4 is a weird game. This shouldn't surprise, as the whole franchise has rightly earned its reputation for being weird, quirky, and all manner of labels used to identify Japanese games. That said, like i...   more

Review: Way of the Samurai 4 photo

Obsidian countdown reveals Project Eternity Kickstarter

In case you didn't know, Obsidian Entertainment's been running a countdown this week, and now it's up. The result? A Kickstarter project for Project Eternity, a new fantasy RPG from the folks who made Fallout 1 & 2, Plan...   more

Obsidian countdown reveals Project Eternity Kickstarter photo

Champions Online celebrating 3rd birthday with double XP

Perfect World and Cryptic's ree-to-play superhero MMO Champions Online has been around for a while, and by "a while" I mean "approximately three years." And this weekend they're celebrating with a big ol' party and doubl...   more

Champions Online celebrating 3rd birthday with double XP photo

Skinjob: Persona 4 Golden preorders get a cool Vita skin

In case you needed another reason to be hyped up for the North American release of Persona 4 Golden, Atlus have some preorder bonuses in store for fans. They're including a free P4G-themed Vita skin with p...   more

Skinjob: Persona 4 Golden preorders get a cool Vita skin photo

Why we should all care more

Mark Serrels of Kotaku Australia recently posted an opinion piece calling for gamers -- and fans in general -- to "care less" about the media that they consume. Hatred, bile, irrationality, and "the sh*tstorm following negative reviews," he says, is a product of people caring too much about such things. I say that we should care more.   more

Why we should all care more photo

New Star Trek Online update live, brings player starbases

Remember when Cryptic and Perfect World told you about their upcoming "Season 6" update to Star Trek Online? No? Well, it's up now, they've got a trailer to tell you all about it. In case you can't load it, the update's pret...   more

New Star Trek Online update live, brings player starbases photo


New Star Trek Online update live, brings player starbases photo
New Star Trek Online update live, brings player starbases photo
New Star Trek Online update live, brings player starbases photo
New Star Trek Online update live, brings player starbases photo
New Star Trek Online update live, brings player starbases photo
New Star Trek Online update live, brings player starbases photo



Review: Thomas Was Alone

Thomas Was Alone contains a lengthy narrative, a colorful and varied cast, and a story of cooperation, conflict, and epic questing. It meditates on sentience, love, friendship, loss, rivalry, and the basics of beginning ...   more

Review: Thomas Was Alone photo

Rejoice, for the next Total War game is Rome II

Of course, you could opt to not rejoice if you were hoping for The Creative Assembly to return to a less ancient time period for its next Total War title. That said, they were well-served in going back to the series' roots wi...   more

Rejoice, for the next Total War game is Rome II photo

Kickstart the zombie end times: Dead State gets funded

Doublebear Production's zombie RPG Dead State has been in production for quite a while now, but like many other recent indie projects, they recently turned to Kickstarter for a spot of crowd-funding. And now they've got it, ...   more

Kickstart the zombie end times: Dead State gets funded photo

Good news: Valkyria Duel's a new Valkyria Chronicles game

The somewhat less-good news? Valkyria Duel is a free-to-play, browser-based, card-battling strategy game. It'll have base-building elements, territory control, 3D battle scenes (ala Advance Wars), and, of course, a ton of ca...   more

Good news: Valkyria Duel's a new Valkyria Chronicles game photo


Good news: Valkyria Duel's a new Valkyria Chronicles game photo
Good news: Valkyria Duel's a new Valkyria Chronicles game photo
Good news: Valkyria Duel's a new Valkyria Chronicles game photo
Good news: Valkyria Duel's a new Valkyria Chronicles game photo
Good news: Valkyria Duel's a new Valkyria Chronicles game photo
Good news: Valkyria Duel's a new Valkyria Chronicles game photo



Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs teaser toots Inception horn

Now I'm sure that sort of sound effect has been used somewhere else before Inception did it, but right now I can't think of any, and "creepy-fied Inception horn" is the best way to describe the unnerving music backing t...   more

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs teaser toots Inception horn photo

Persona 4 Golden's OP movie is very chipper

Yes, "chipper" is about the best word I can think of to describe intro movie to Persona 4 Golden, animated courtesy of studio Madhouse (Redline). "Cheery" doesn't quite cut it, and "trippy" would put imply that it's difficu...   more

Persona 4 Golden's OP movie is very chipper photo

Persona 4 now getting a novel series

In the years since it hit the PS2, Persona 4 made quite the rounds. There's been a Persona 4 anime, a Persona 4 manga, a Persona 4 fighting game, and soon a Persona 4  portable remake. Now you can add "novel" to that lis...   more

Persona 4 now getting a novel series photo




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