How We Pick Good Browser Games
A look at the hands-on checks we use to find browser games that are fast, clear, free, and worth your time.
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Good Browser Games blog
Notes, guides, and behind-the-scenes stories about games you can play anywhere.
The PS2 JRPG Boom: How the DVD Gave the Genre a Voice
The PlayStation 2 traded the CD for a DVD, and Japanese RPGs gained spoken dialogue, full 3D worlds, and their biggest audience ever. From Final Fantasy X to Persona 3, plus the quiet turn that followed.
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Square bet Final Fantasy VII on a disc instead of a cartridge, and the PlayStation's CD-ROM turned Japanese RPGs into a worldwide genre. A tour of the era's landmark titles, from FF7 to Suikoden II.
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Dark Cloud, Yakuza, and the RPG Ideas That Crossed the Pacific
The line between Japanese and Western RPGs is more porous than it looks. From Final Fantasy VII to Infinite Wealth, the best design ideas kept crossing it in both directions.
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