Most JRPGs tend to have premade protagonists. It’s one of the biggest differences between Western RPGs and JRPGs. That doesn’t mean premade protagonists are bad because some of the best games, like ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...