A lawyer adventure game may not sound like the best idea, but Capcom Japan managed not only to make Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (逆転裁判 蘇る逆転, 2006) successful, they’ve created a franchise out of it. The current sequel count is five, …

Have you ever wanted to know what it feels like to run your own empire? That’s the task you are given in Civilization (1991), a computer game where you are in charge of founding a kingdom, and then guiding-governing-commanding it. …

In some circles, the Dragon Quest series is best known as the progenitor of an urban legend: That the Japanese government outlawed releasing the game on a weekday, because when they did so in 1988, masses of people skipped school …

The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) is probably one of the only adventure games I’ve finished — because it’s actually really witty from beginning to end. For example, the screenshot above is a sword fight scene that is won by …