⟳ Репост от Ogre Run
Just learned that the September 2008 issue of EGM focuses on the perceived “death” of the Japanese video game industry. I think reading it pairs well with the Dengeki Games issue I quote below. I wonder if this is the earliest discussion of the topic in print.
Ogre RunObsessing over the first issue of Dengeki Games. Published in 2009, it perfectly captures the JRPG at a moment of transition, caught between the past and the future. Final Fantasy XIII, Nier, SMT: Strange Journey, Resonance of Fate, Last Ranker, and 4 Heroes of Light.