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Have you ever asked yourself, "Oh gee, why aren't there more tactical RPGs out there? I need my fix!" Well, look no further than Hero Academy, an iOS game that distills the genre down to delicious bite-sized chunks.

Turn-based RPGs seem to be one of the few traditional game genres that's perfectly suited to smartphones and tablets. Here are a few examples.

Back in the 1990s, Square was one of the premiere game developers out there. What can they do to reclaim that crown?

How do you make one of Nintendo's best franchises even better? Take cues from another of its best franchises.

In this week's Community Spotlight, we hear praise for Final Fantasy Tactics, get back to basics in Lord of the Rings Online, suggest ways to inform parents about mature games, and plead for new features in online titles.

You've seen game characters go from 2D to 3D, but what about the other way around?

Are jobs, kids, and other hobbies conspiring to take you away from your games?

A proper introduction to Jason Lomberg: Bitmob editor, Phillies/Eagles fan, and all around great guy. Yes, ladies, he's single.

One man's love of games brings him victories in spelling bees, the board game Taboo, and LIFE (not the board game this time).

What are the trials and tribulations of being college students in Manchester while earning a degree in video-game development? See what nine months of hard work looks like in nearly finished form.

It’s time to take a stand. For too long, those corporate fatcats at Sony have given us thousands of hours of glorious entertainment without handing over the keys to the kingdom! The unconstitutional actions taken by Sony against George “geohot” Hotz cross the line. Our ceaseless campaign of prank phone calls won't stop until our demands are met.

This week on the Reviews Spotlight, we take a long, uninterrupted stroll down memory lane. Why not follow us?

Breakups are never easy. My recent fling with Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together rekindled my passion for the JRPG (my “ex”). But it also reminded me why I dumped her in the first place.

In this episode, Skulls of the Shogun designer Jake Kazdal and Area 5's Matt Chandronait join Bitmob's Dan Hsu and Demian Linn. The group discusses the legacy of Rez, their fondest memories of turned-based strategy games, Kinect and Move ideas that might appeal to hardcore gamers, and which irritating games stole their time away.

After skipping a week, there's twice as much history to cover -- which means lots of Blizzard stories, for some reason.

What's more important: Video games or "being involved"?

Can you text and drive? This web game seeks to prove that you're not as good at multitasking as you think.

Some gamers just don't have the twitch abilities to play certain games. Should we give up entirely?

A Modder named Val created a strobe-lighted casemod for the PSP 3000.

Peruse the final games of my 100 Legendary Games list at your own pace. Just don't go as slow as my grandma.