Glorio Special Report: Final Fantasy Distant Worlds: The Celebration

For several years now the Distant Worlds concert series has been recreating the music of the Final Fantasy series in the form of stunning orchestral rearrangements, but to celebrate this year’s 25th anniversary of the series, they’ve decided to do something a little special. The Celebration is a special, limited run program featuring music from all 14 mainline Final Fantasy games.…

A Case of Ace

The word “fan” has a reputation not many other words can boast. It is one of the only words can can be used both as a proud brag and as a horrible insult, and within the confines of that little category, the only one you are actually allowed to say on state television. Fans are…

Cute Girls Punching Things

Fairy Bloom Freesia Review

Nyu Media’s latest release borrows familiar elements from other action and fighting titles to create a unique little brawler full of flashy combat and cute characters. But will that be enough for Freesia to fight its way into your game library? Let’s take a look a closer look.

Incoherent Babble Episode 7: Hostile Takeover

With Zigg disappeared to parts unknown, Irothtin takes the reigns of the show with his trademark bitterness and is joined by Jel, Lifesong and Timmy. Together they dig into the new anime season, discussing what we’re excited about, what we think will be a disaster, and what can go straight to hell.

Let the battle begin...

Incoherent Babble Episode 6: Courtroom Drama

Incoherent Babble is back with returning heroes Aquagaze, Dragonzigg, Irothtin and Marlin Clock taking on one of their all time favourite game series, Ace Attorney! In fact, there’s a lot of game talk this week as they also dig into Nintendo’s recent final announcements for the WiiU, along with what they’ve been watching and the…

Incoherent Babble Episode 5: Gatecrash Edition

Incoherent Babble returns after a fortnight break, this time packing Zigg, Aqua, Iro and Marlin. They battle against constant interruptions, sidetracks into Final Fantasy debates and Aqua’s attempts to subdue the working man to deliver a podcast packed with Tokusatsu, RPG talk, Ace Attorney arguments and a Studio Ghibli discussion.

Incoherent Babble Episode 4: Wild West Edition

Incoherent Babble returns, after a fortnight break, with Zigg, Lifesong, Jel and Timmy in the hot seats, joined in the second half of the show by Marlin and the elusive Invisible Iro. Together they talk about videogames, visual novels and tackle the question of how anime is doing in the west. A quick note guys…

Charlie Tunoku versus Aigis

Persona 4 Arena Review

What happens when take the best RPG series of the past decade and hand it over to a top tier fighting game developer? This game. Reach out for the truth about Persona 4 Arena in our latest review.

Incoherent Babble Episode 2: Yuiyui edition

Incoherent Babble is back, as Aqua, Zigg, Iro and Jel return to your ears for more baseless rambling. This time they’re taking on the K-ON! movie, which was simulwatched and enjoyed to varying degrees. Highlights this episode include Aqua heartlessly mocking Zigg’s pronunciation, Iro’s general hatred of K-ON! and all things associated with it and the group’s impressive derailment into a discussion of Madoka Magica. Informative!

Happy Asskicking Day!

We named Persona 4: Arena the official Glorio community game from the day it was announced. See you on the servers where we will all play as Teddie. Now go forth and execute your friends, renovate their asses, galactic punt them into oblivion, go bearserk and find your true self. And if it all looks…

Incoherent Babble Episode 1: Zipper Edition

It’s time. Yes, welcome to the first edition of the Glorio Blog’s podcast, the aptly named Incoherent Babble! Listen as your favourite writers get in petty arguments over cartoons! Gasp at the wild variety of incomprehensible accents on display! Disagree with us vehemently, preferably in the comments! This week we’ve got Aquagaze, Dragonzigg, Irothtin and…

Chrono Trigger Import Review

With instant classics such as Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III, and Secret of Mana, it’s no question that Squaresoft is the king of role-playing games on the Super Nintendo. Every single video game they’re putting out these days is a smash hit, I can understand some level of apprehension about whether they can keep it up, particularly since their newest title does not carry the Final Fantasy name. There’s only one way to be sure of Chrono Trigger’s quality before it inevitably comes out in America: import it from Japan, and my copy has finally arrived. Read ahead to see if Square has lost their Midas touch, or if their games are still gold.