Mourning the ForgottenA civil war soldier is wounded in the head at Gettysburg. He wakes up it a hospital in Maryland with retrograde amnesia. He has no memory of who he is and where he is from. He is a Confederate private. The doctor calls him John Smith because he has to have a name for his records. In the hospital bed next to him is a Union private named Will Sims. Will has been shot in the gut and is slowly dying. He asks John Smith to write some letters for him and hand delive...

Japanese Role-playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG examines the origins, boundaries, and transnational effects of the genre, addressing significant formal elements as well as narrative themes, character construction, and player involvement. Contributors from Japan, Europe, North America, and Australia employ a variety of theoretical approaches to analyze popular game series and individual titles, introducing an English-speaking audience to Japanese video game sc...