Plus Alpha is a weekly column that explores life in Japan from the perspective of American expatriate and game-industry veteran Jarik Sikat. Having worked in numerous areas of the game industry since 1994, Sikat relocated to Japan in 2010. Most of you know Japan as the land of videogames and …
Read More »High Horse: Save Our Internet
High Horse is a rotating opinion column in which GamesRadar editors and guest writers are invited to express their personal thoughts on games, the people who play them and the industry at large. By now, chances are you’ve heard some of the uproar surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act, or …
Read More »Plus Alpha: 24 hours in Japan
Plus Alpha is a weekly column that explores life in Japan from the perspective of American expatriate and game-industry veteran Jarik Sikat. Having worked in numerous areas of the game industry since 1994, Sikat relocated to Japan in 2010. Think fast: If you had 24 hours in Japan, what do …
Read More »Ask GR Anything: What are the most expensive games in the world?
Ask GR Anything is a weekly Q%26A column that answers questions submitted by readers (as well as questions we’re particularly curious about ourselves). Got a burning question about games or the industry? Ask us in the comments below and you may just get it answered! We’d like to preface this …
Read More »The Top 7 Games that broadened our musical horizons
Game music has been a passion of ours roughly since, oh, 1985, but in the past 10 years, it’s come to mean something more. Don’t get us wrong, we still love the beepatronic music of the 8- and 16-bit periods (and the wave of chiptune artists it inspired), but the …
Read More »Guardian Heroes XBLA remake finally has a trailer
I want to start this news piece with an apology. About two weeks ago a remake was announced for one of the best games Sega ever published, and in the hectic pace of the workday, it didn%26rsquo;t get covered. That changes now! Guardian Heroes is finally getting a much deserved …
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