Before we get started with the review, please allow me to state very clearly that Games Are Evil does not support piracy, and that all games shown in this review were acquired legally. With that little bit of housekeeping out of the way, let’s dive right into the review! Like many of you reading this...

In Japan, Gundam is everywhere.  It’s literally impossible to walk two steps in Tokyo without encountering some sort of franchised product featuring the giant robot-themed series.  There are more Gundam console video games than versions of Madden or Call of Duty (by far), and they continue to sell...

It is with mixed feelings that I write this review.  On one hand, I am thrilled to finally be able to play this game in English courtesy of Nintendo of Europe’s locali(s)ation.  On the other hand, Nintendo of America’s insistence on avoiding the JRPG genre  means that I had to jump through a...

“When death smiles, lolis smile back”…again.  Welcome to Hell’s Merry Christmas. The original DeathSmiles was one of the first games from Japanese developer CAVE to make the trip overseas with a full localization, courtesy of niche publisher Aksys Games.  It was also the first game...

Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta was originally released to Japanese arcades on the NAOMI arcade hardware. Now, this unusual shoot-em-up with a mouthful of a title (translated literally as Little Mamoru Got Cursed!) finally comes to the PS3 with new enhancements to boot. The first disc-release...

One thousand bullets:  not in the game itself, mind you – but on the screen all at once.  Welcome to danmaku. Danmaku, literally meaning “bullet curtain,” is a type of arcade top-down or side-scrolling shoot-em-up that pits a player against wave after wave of screen-filling orbs of doom,...

Repeat after me:  moe. This is not the Simpsons character, nor the member of The Three Stooges.  In Japanese, this word is pronounced “mo-ay,” coming from the word moeru (“to bud” or “to sprout”).  In Japanese otaku culture it refers to a warm, fuzzy feeling one gets...