User: Majutsushi

Not the first RPG in Japan

On: How Role-Playing Games Arrived In Japan With Black Onyx

RPGs did not "arrive" in Japan with The Black Onyx, that is just a popular myth. Here is an attempt to chronicle all of the JRPGs that came earlier:

http://blog.hardcoregaming101....

Re:B.A.T. Agent

On: Notch Expands On 0x10c, Microsoft and Quantum Computing

And for the people who don't remember it I've recently recorded a longplay where you can see the computer programming in action:

http://youtu.be/MpQhiYzGVdo

Transformer?

On: Asus Announces x86 Transformer

And here I was hoping they were talking about a PC that could transform into some kind of vehicle ... Oh well, maybe next time.

The CRPG Addict has better information

On: Computer Games That Defined RPGs In the 1980s

This guy is playing through all of the computer RPGs ever released in chronological order and gives them a critical, but fair review from a modern perspective in addition to interesting observations while he's playing them. He's currently at the end of 1988. It's definitely worth reading if you're interested in the history of CRPGs.

Re:This is good to know

On: Man Unknowingly Tweets the Osama Raid

Must have been a SWAT team then.

Wait, what?

On: Computers To Mark English Essays

An american company grading British English tests? That's clearly a ploy to infiltrate the UK with American English!