Although I have a pretty good memory, I'm rarely able to recall my first experiences with specific video games. Thankfully, that's...

If this is the first time your eyes are coming across the name Fukio Mitsuji, please take a seat. In short, Mitsuji was a brilliant Japane...

It seems strange to me now that I haven't always been a big fan of (now mostly defunct) Japanese game developer and publisher Taito. S...

You'd think that with the 3DS, DS, GameBoy, Neo Geo Pocket Color and WonderSwan (all of which I've been playing in recent weeks--som...

You know you're in for quite a read when someone decides to call the booklet that's included with a particular game--in this case, T...

If you visit this blog with any regularity, you've likely seen a mention or two (or five ) of the Tengen-published puzzler known as Magi...

Said conversation would begin, of course, with me asking the seller, "You're completely bonkers, aren't you?" I can'...

I recently bought a Game Gear game--the Japanese version of Tengen's Magical Puzzle Popils , to be exact--despite the fact that I don...

Until a few months ago, I didn't know a game called Chack'n Pop existed. Actually, I'd still be ignorant of this Taito-made qua...

I really want to buy a Sega Game Gear--despite the fact that I only want to buy one game along with it. That game: Magical Puzzle Popils ,...

I haven't always been a fan of Rainbow Islands . In fact, the first few times I played this Fukio Mitsuji-designed platformer I hated it...

How many folks actually refer to Bubble Bobble 's second fiddle as Bobblun rather than Bob, I wonder? Anyway, whether he's called ...

Game:  Bubble Bobble Genre:  Platformer Developer:  Taito Publisher:  Taito System:  Famicom Disk System ...

In a (fairly)  recent blog post , the always awesome auntie pixelante waxed poetic about how Bubble Bobble designer Fukio Mitsuji used ...