A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games TAXES "Celebrating a more innocent time

"Celebrating a more innocent time when purchasing decisions were often influenced by the quality of a game's cover

Andrew Hayward

with sumptuous pieces of original art

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as we share the untold stories and recollections of those involved with their design and development

A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games TAXES "Celebrating a more innocent timeWelcome to the world of Japanese Role Playing Games! Video role playing games, adapted for computers from their pen and paper forebears, have been around since the earliest days of digital gaming. Despite initial similarities to Western games, Japans output began diverging in dramatic ways, inspired by its own culture and art, producing a style of game thats often wildly different from its Western counterpart. From Dragon Quest to Final Fantasy, from