Chad joined the DualShockers staff in mid 2009 and since then has put much of his time into covering RPGs, with a focus on the Japanese side of the genre, from the obscure to the mainstream. He's a huge fan of iconic games like Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy VI and Persona 4 yet enjoys the smaller niche titles, as well. In his spare time he enjoys experiencing new beer, new foods and keeping up with just about every sci-fi show on television. He's married to an intelligent, beautiful Southern Belle who keeps his life interesting with witty banter and spicy Cajun cooking.

Interview: Pablo Coma on His New Indie Title Lost Spirits of Kael

Interview: Pablo Coma on His New Indie Title Lost Spirits of Kael

If you read my news from a few days ago, you’ll know generally what Lost Spirits of Kael is about. It comes from composer-turned-game-developer ...Read More

Do JRPGs Really Need to Innovate to Survive?

Do JRPGs Really Need to Innovate to Survive?

Japanese RPGs are, to many people, a thing of the past these days. Many an article has been written about supposed reasons for their falling in the eyes ...Read More

Lost Spirits of Kael Attempts a Different Method of Crowdfunding

Lost Spirits of Kael Attempts a Different Method of Crowdfunding

Lost Spirits of Kael is an upcoming indie RPG from Rablo Games, which is aiming for a launch next year on the PC. While it isn’t ...Read More

Review: A4Tech Multi-Core GUN 3 Gaming Mouse

Review: A4Tech Multi-Core GUN 3 Gaming Mouse

While some PC gamers prefer the familiar feel of a gamepad for their adventures, I’m more of a keyboard and mouse person. In fact, that tends to be ...Read More

Review: Drip Drip

Review: Drip Drip

When I first heard what indie game Drip Drip involves, I thought it was a unique – if odd – premise. I also wondered how it would work. ...Read More

Guild Wars 2 Receives Some Major Dynamic Leveling Adjustments

Guild Wars 2 Receives Some Major Dynamic Leveling Adjustments

One of the biggest selling points for Guild Wars 2 was the fact that your level was adjusted based on, not only the zone you were ...Read More

New God of War: Ascension Concept Art is Gorgeous

New God of War: Ascension Concept Art is Gorgeous

One of my favorite things about any game is the art behind it. I’m not talking about the final in-game “art”, rendered in pixels, but, rather, the art ...Read More

Free Ni No Kuni Familiar DLC Coming on February 12

Free Ni No Kuni Familiar DLC Coming on February 12

If you’re enthralled by Ni No Kuni, as I am, you’ll be happy to hear the news Namco Bandai announced today. On February 12th, you’ll be ...Read More

Microsoft is Generously Unlocking Netflix on the 360 This Weekend

Microsoft is Generously Unlocking Netflix on the 360 This Weekend

As we all know, Netflix is locked behind an Xbox Live Gold account so, even if you have a subscription to the streaming service, you can’t get to ...Read More

Strategy Guides – From Flamebait to Collector’s Item

Strategy Guides – From Flamebait to Collector’s Item

Strategy guides – love them or hate them they’re a staple of the industry as it stands today, and, quite frankly, have been for quite some time. Gamers ...Read More

Skyrim DLC Coming to the PS3 Version in February

Skyrim DLC Coming to the PS3 Version in February

Much has been said about the constant issue Bethesda seems to have with delivering DLC for The Elder Scrolls titles on the PlayStation 3. The issue existed back ...Read More

DualCast Episode 23 – RPG Reboots and the Return of Lightning

DualCast Episode 23 – RPG Reboots and the Return of Lightning

Welcome back to another episode of the DualShockers DualCast! We’ve got a packed episode for you this week. As usual, we talk a bit about what we’re playing ...Read More

New Mars: War Logs Trailer Shows How Dangerous the Red Planet Can Be

New Mars: War Logs Trailer Shows How Dangerous the Red Planet Can Be

You may or may not have heard of it, but Mars: War Logs is an upcoming cyberpunk-style RPG from Focus Home Interactive and developer Spiders Games. As the ...Read More

Final Fantasy IV Makes its Way to iOS Devices (in Japan)

Final Fantasy IV Makes its Way to iOS Devices (in Japan)

Come December 20th, Square-Enix will follow in the footsteps of the first three Final Fantasy games and release Final Fantasy IV on iOS devices (followed later ...Read More

Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II Promotional Items Unlocked for Everyone

Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II Promotional Items Unlocked for Everyone

If you’re interested in re-playing the Dragon Age franchise games (Origins, Awakening and Dragon Age II) before the third game hits, BioWare is helping you out a bit. ...Read More

Macross 30 Gets Some Snazzy New Screens and a Pack Shot

Macross 30 Gets Some Snazzy New Screens and a Pack Shot

We’ve talked a bit about Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy before – the RPG that focuses a lot on planes that transform into ...Read More

Journey Composer Austin Wintory Receives Grammy Nomination

Journey Composer Austin Wintory Receives Grammy Nomination

It’s no secret that Journey is one of my favorite gaming experiences of the year, not only for the gameplay and emotional impact of the title, but also ...Read More

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razer’s Edge Kasumi Screens Hit

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razer’s Edge Kasumi Screens Hit

If you followed our news from yesterday, that Ninja Gaiden 3: Razer’s Edge for the Wii U will be getting a downloadable and playable Kasumi character ...Read More

Interview: XSEED on Ragnarok Odyssey

Interview: XSEED on Ragnarok Odyssey

A while ago, we sent over some questions to XSEED inquiring about Ragnarok Odyssey, which we recently reviewed here on DualShockers. We’re happy to have XSEED’s ...Read More

Review: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Review: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

There’s something to be said about going into a review completely blind, having heard little, if anything, about the game I’m supposed to be reviewing. That’s mighty difficult ...Read More

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