The Starlight Megaphone

Caspius, SiliconNooB, and Mel look at significant developments in gaming recent and not-so-recent, before making their own 2023 predictions for game and hardware releases, upcoming conferences, and the ultimate fates of several industry-related companies.Continue reading

Caspius, SiliconNooB, Mel, and Reetin ring in the New Year with the customary awarding of Christmas Gifts in the form of golden, poo-shaped statuettes, delivered judiciously to the worst company, hardware, and game of the previous year.Continue reading

Caspius, Ethos, Imitanis, and Reetin discuss the recent release of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet amid widespread reports that the games come with more bugs than in previous generations, and both The Plop and outtakes make glorious (or infamous) returns!Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB make predictions for the 2022 holiday season, recap the No Man's Sky playthrough, and discuss what makes for successful and unsuccessful open-world games and sandbox experiences, before cheering The First Soldier's demise.Continue reading

Caspius and Imitanis review the ongoing Final Fantasy VII playthrough, report a bevy of announcements from Nintendo and Sony, and then discuss just what makes for a great gaming experience, particularly for games that are not RPGs or JRPGs.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB celebrate the 25th anniversary of the North American launch of Final Fantasy VII with a look at both the original release and the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII spin-offs, including prequels, sequels, and so-called remakes.Continue reading

After thirteen and a half years, The Starlight Megaphone ends weekly newscasts in favour of monthly podcast specials--but, there is still time for Caspius, SiliconNooB, Ethos, Mel, Reetin, and Durga to deliver a final, savage beating to Square Enix.Continue reading

In the penultimate weekly newscast from The Starlight Megaphone, and bringing to end thirteen and a half years of regular news updates, Caspius and SiliconNooB inveigh against randomness in video games: gacha mechanics, loot boxes, boss drops, and more.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB examine Naoki Yoshida's insistent claim that young people do not play turn-based, menu-driven RPGs, with a look at the most popular JRPG on the planet--Pokemon--and the creative JRPG output of Square Enix's Team Asano.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB discuss the first of the Caspius Commandments, Focus, instructing developers to pare away extraneous and distracting material from their games. Say goodbye to sphere grid, blitzball, tetra master, and 3D mech battle arenas!Continue reading