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Louise Yang

Former Siliconera staff writer who loves JRPGs like Final Fantasy and other Square Enix titles.

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Bit.Trip Core: Thumb Pain Is Worth It

Remember in the old days of the NES when you’d play for hours despite the stabbing pain in your thumb thanks to the awfully sharp NES d-pad? Well, those days have returned thanks to Gaijin Game’s Bit.Trip Core.

Siliconera Speaks Up: DLC — yay or nay?

Are you willing to pay a premium price for DLC if you truly enjoy a game? Or should there be standard pricing?

Siliconera Speaks Up: Game Breakers

What makes or breaks a game for you? Music, graphics, plot, or characters? Something else? Try to choose only one.

Siliconera Speaks Up: SMT — What Age Group Is It For?

Shin Megami Tensei and its spinoff games usually have a slightly darker story than most games. What would be the appropriate minimum age for the SMT games?

Droplitz: Connect And Flow

If Tetris and Pipemania had a love-child, it would be Droplitz. The game has players creating paths for drops to flow through. Drops which successfully flow to a U-shaped piece get added to the drop counter on the left while ones that don’t are wasted.

Siliconera Speaks Up: About Swag

What is the coolest video game swag/pre-order bonus you’ve gotten?

Siliconera Speaks Up: Motion Control Winners

This week’s question may be a little Wii-centric, but with Microsoft jumping into the motion control competition, it’s fitting. What games make the best use of motion control?

The Conduit: A Drudge From The Past

The Conduit is High Voltage Software's contribution to the FPS genre on the Wii. It starts off with a convoluted government conspiracy plot that takes itself way too seriously

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena: Sneaking In Shadows

Let me preface this playtest by saying that I have never played Escape from Butcher Bay. It’s not that the game sounded bad. I completely believe all the praise it gets in gaming circles, but I’m just not that much of a stealthy person.

Siliconera Speaks Up: Gaming as an Adult

Do you find yourself with less time for games now? How do you deal with it? How do you decide which games to play?