February 11th, 2012 | MOTHER 1, Uncommon Knowledge | 14 Comments

Pitchfork recently posted a really in-depth analysis of the first MOTHER game – check it out here. Even if you’re not a fan of the first game, some of the info and ideas in here might be new to you, so I’d still recommend reading it! It looks like he played through my MOTHER 1+2 translation and looked up a lot of interview translations I’ve done, so he’s definitely d...Read More »

July 5th, 2009 | EarthBound | 8 Comments

With the U.S. Independence Day festivities still fresh in memory, the 1UP RPG Blog has posted an article titled “Character Building: Ness’s American/Family Ties”. You can read it here. ...Read More »

July 4th, 2009 | EarthBound | 38 Comments

James sent this in a little while back – I’ll just post what he said for simplicity’s sake For my final paper in my Philosophy of Feminism class, I wrote about the overt gender roles presented in EarthBound and what they might point to from a philosophical perspective. I wish I would have had more time to work on it, but it turned out alright as is. I thought you might get a ki...Read More »

July 2nd, 2009 | EarthBound, MOTHER 3 | 11 Comments

Simonbob let me know about an article that went up on Gamasutra today about 20 RPGs that showcase game design essentials. The EarthBound/MOTHER series is included. You can check out that specific part here, and you can check out the full article here. Besides this article, Gamasutra’s a cool site in general, so if you get the chance, browse around at all the other stuff too! ...Read More »

June 30th, 2009 | EarthBound | 6 Comments

A couple folks e-mailed me at the exact same time about an article on a 1UP blog titled “Examining Appearances: Another Look at Earthbound“. Check it out if you’ve got some time. Also, in case you missed it long ago, here’s a 1UP podcast about EarthBound, Itoi, and other stuff. ...Read More »

June 20th, 2009 | EarthBound, MOTHER 1, MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge | 15 Comments

A bunch of people sent in news about this this week. I had stumbled upon it myself and was planning to add it to the weekly roundup, but because so many people told me about it, it’s probably worth its own update Anyway, Drew Mackie posted a humongo article about video game characters and their names over here, and he covers lots of EarthBound/MOTHER stuff too. Incidentally, as a sort of ...Read More »

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