No Longer Human: Tokyo Babylon 1999

Iida's best material deals with both the innocent and damned finding themselves in hellish circumstances.

Gunparade MarchーThe Year’s Biggest Dark Horse. An Interview with a Video Games Retail Manager

On September 28, 2000, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) released Alfa System's simulation video game, Gunparade March. Given the game's experimental nature and that it was a PlayStation One title being released six months after the PlayStation Two's launch, SCE reportedly had little faith in the game and spent virtually nothing on advertising.

Sega Saturn Magazine: Desire Review

Reviews of the Sega Saturn version of Desire would perhaps unfavorably compare the game to EVE, the latter having the more experimental game mechanics that Kanno would expand upon as his career developed.

Two Seasons, Two Strangers: Crossing Borders, Crossing Language

Together, the three stories form a triptych that inform of not only Li’s creative process—the construction of her inner-world—but also of Li’s own subjectivity—her awkwardness, her wanderlust, and her position on the social margins.

SOLDIERS DesireWing and the Perversion of “Heroes”

Heroes are not guided by destiny and neither are they just born. They are honed like weapons and at other times discarded like playthings.

7: Molmorth no Kihetai and the End of Childhood

Few games truly ask players to think about the consequences of their own actions in relation to time.

Am I Using A.I. to Write? A Response Towards a Concerned Reader

On being a human writer in the age of A.I.

Gunparade March and the JRPG at the Turn of the New Millennium

Here, players can eternally live out their teenage post-apocalyptic fantasy. But, this dream can only last so long and Gunparade seems aware of that. Partake in its social system to learn the truth of the war and see the cracks in the world.