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  • Another Arbitrary 2008 List (Part 1)

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    Michael Lee
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    Everyone and their mom has some “Best of 2008” or “Top 10 Games” list at the end of every year. As one famous writer once said, lists are the lazy journalist’s story. But then again, I may be working too hard. So over the next two weeks as game news slows down, I will present…

  • Design lessons from Chrono Trigger

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    Michael Lee
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    This week sees the release of Chrono Trigger for the DS, an expanded port of the classic SNES RPG. For a game that has garnered a huge amount of critical and fan praise in recent years, outside of the misunderstood Chrono Cross (and a Japanese–only visual novel game) Square has avoided its usual tendencies to…