Author: Danny Russell

  • Tokyo Game Show 2009

    Photos: Joanna Tocher Five in the morning. That’s the time my special lady friend and I got up to make sure we wouldn’t have to queue on the first Press Day of Tokyo Game Show 2009. Admittedly, we arrived at seven in the morning and there wasn’t much of a queue in sight. By eight…

  • Revisiting Termina

    [audio:http://ready-up.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Last-End.mp3] Every year I return to Termina. There’s just something about the world’s inhabitants that transfixes me so much more than any other routine-driven game narrative. Travelling through Yokosuka with Ryo Hazuki comes close, but venturing through Cyrodil or The Wasteland hit nowhere near the mark. While other visitors claim the Groundhog Day-esque factor puts them…