A new word has been tossed around the gaming industry like a rag doll: Innovation. In the 90s, it was “extreme,” and now it’s “innovative.” What exactly defines innovation anymore?

Localizing the four games that make up Arc the Lad Collection presented a unique set of challenges from that of “normal” game development. The first task to accomplish is to get all of the data files and source code to build so that they match their equivalent files of the Japanese production discs.

After spending many, many hours with Arc the Lad Collection, I must admit that it is probably the greatest thing Working Designs has ever put together for the US market. While Victor may not be technically a developer, he is by far very hands on in all projects that come through Working Designs and is always very interesting to interview.

A long time ago, in Russia far, far away in 1998, a talented animator Alexey Nikanorov wrote a beautiful fairy tale about thrilling adventures of two characters that had slightly strange names – Jazz and Faust. These adventures were taking place in a marvelous world that mixed up Ancient East, and African motifs…

Did you know that the circular-lid insertion on top of your GameCube could be easily removed and replaced? It’s true; soon companies will begin to promote this aesthetic modification en masse. How cool would it be to replace that boring default Nintendo lid insert with a custom-made Sonic the Hedgehog design? Keep an eye out, they’re coming.

Its true, a lot of gamers don’t have access to a large selection of video games at their local rental outlets. So when the corner video store fails us where do out-of-luck gamers turn for their fix of digital entertainment? Enter On-line video game rentals.

Buying the GameCube was an investment. I invested my hard-earned money into a system I thought would provide me with hours of entertainment. I’ve never been a Nintendo fanboy, but a Nintendo loyalist. I’m not so sure anymore.

My name’s Kevin C. Sullivan, and I swear to you I’m not losing my mind. I’ve written for numerous sites before, including the award-winning (well, nominated for sure) myvideogames.com and the winner of My-Mom-Thought-It-Was-A-Good-Site Award, Steam-Works.com.

As you may be aware, Prisoner of War has been in development for about 18 months now. Due to the direction the project has taken, towards a more narrative-led game, the cut-scenes have become an increasingly important part of the game.

Yesterday, Nintendo and Squaresoft, two companies that for years were almost synonomous with each other, have anounced their getting back in the mix again. Later this month, Square will set up a new development house and Nintendo will be giving them the money to do it. Expect games for the GameCube as well as the Game Boy Advance.