Posted By Fusionx on August 25, 2010
Hiromichi Tanaka, via his Twitter account, commented on foreign websites that have recently been talking about the Surplus EXP system (which is being called “fatigue” by many players). It appears that the Final Fantasy XIV Producer is upset that people are creating false statements about the experience penalties that players have been experiencing in phase [...]
Posted By Corinth on May 2, 2010
I’m back! I’ve moved into a brand new apartment that is much nicer than my old place. It’s also not flooded out and molding which is a plus. Sadly, moving meant no Internet access for awhile. I’ve been wondering about what’s been happening in the world of FFXIV and it seems like a ton of [...]
Posted By Fusionx on April 9, 2010
Two articles have recently surfaced in the Japanese Press over the last few days. Unfortunately our trusty translator Corinth is in the process of moving into a new apartment due to some unexpected issues regarding water. I worked a bit with Elmer from ZAM to clean up the images from the Famitsu article and as [...]
Posted By Corinth on September 28, 2009
A surprise interview! GAME Watch got to spend a little bit of time with both Producer Hiromichi Tanaka and Director Nobuaki Komoto at Tokyo Game Show this past week. The two dropped by Makuhari Messe for the interview, which was conducted in the public lobby area. They talked about the trailer and the upcoming beta [...]
Posted By Corinth on September 21, 2009
Now in Tokyo! Very tired but I can’t turn off the computer until I tell you some of the nifty things from this week in the magazines. For example…. where does the music for the trailer come from? Tanaka reveals the answer in the full length version of the interview done with Enterbrain’s Hamamura. And [...]
Posted By Corinth on September 17, 2009
We are now just one week away from Tokyo Game Show, the biggest video game expo of the year in Japan. A trailer will be shown in the Open Mega Theatre but we won’t know until the event starts whether it’s just an old one or not. Japanese fans are likely to feel slighted if [...]
Posted By Corinth on September 11, 2009
For this week’s issue, we’ll have two parts. Today, part 1 with the interesting little bits pulled from Weekly Famitsu.
The other day, Gahoo linked to an article on 1up.com featuring opinions on online gaming from three different Japanese game makers. What was available there was actually just a small portion of a big feature printed [...]




