18 | January | 2015 | "DESTROY ALL FANBOYS!"

I’ll have a full review up something this coming week, but Eden Industries’ indie RPG Citizens of Earth is so far, pretty awesome. They’ve captured the wackiness of certain 90’s Japanese RPGs (some familiar, some not so familiar) perfectly with a fun and amusing game that’s easy to hop into but challenging if you’re willing to crank up the difficulty. Anyway, that’s all for now,as I don’t want to spoil anything. The game may not have made its crowdfunding target, but Atlus picking it up and getting it out on a bunch of platforms (PC, PS4, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U) via digital distribution was a pretty smart move on their part.

Granted, if you despise digital games, you’ll be missing out on some grand fun. Hopefully, some of the die-hard physical-only/mostly collectors will break that ban and give this game some love. Back in a few with that review…

Well, alrighty then! I’ve played a lot of fan-made games over the years and while some are great to good, many are well-intentioned but hugely flawed because their stories tend to fall apart at the seams or are so riddled with grammatical errors that they’re tough to enjoy to the fullest.

On the flip side, the best fan games are seriously researched to get all the lore in place and lovingly crafted to evoke warm feelings of nostalgia while feeling completely fresh. Jessica Brown’s still in progress The Legend of Zelda: Sword of Moria is one of those wonderful examples of someone who has a love and respect for the classic Nintendo franchise and truly “gets” how to convey all that in her upcoming work. Anyway, go read up on the game and Ms. Brown herself in the “About Allahweh” section on her site.

And YES, you should sign up to test the game if you’ve time. The final version will be a free download, but I say it’s good enough to be seen as canon thanks to Jess’ deep research and knowledge of all things Legend of Zelda. Check it out!