Tag Archives: JRPG

The term “JRPG” refers to Japanese role playing video games. The NLJ writers play a number of JRPGs. This tag applies to posts discussing JRPGs in some detail.

November 29, 2023

Nov 2023

On JRPG Hidden Items and NPCs

Nicholas A. Ferrell

To hide items and make chatty NPCs or to make “hidden items” glow and one-line robot NPCs.

September 4, 2023

Sep 2023

Surviving Megidolaon Spam in Persona 3 FES

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Remembering the time I inadvertently triggered the wrath of a video game character in Persona 3 FES and was forced to hang on for dear virtual life.

February 17, 2023

Feb 2023

Original LOH: Trails in the Sky GIF ad

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I discovered an original GIF advertisement for the then-upcoming June 24, 2004 release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. I tell the story of my discovery and re-print the GIFs.

October 15, 2020

Oct 2020

Winds of New Beginnings: Pokémon Gold & Silver

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“All these years later, New Bark Town remains ‘The Town Where Winds of a New Beginning Blow'”

July 25, 2020

Jul 2020

Teaching the Art of the Video Game Snafu

Nicholas A. Ferrell

An argument for leading unsuspecting video game players into Death Knight’s loving embrace.

June 26, 2020

Jun 2020

Persona 4, Coffee, and Children

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A video game father heroically offers his six-year old daughter coffee on a school night.