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To clarify aspects of multiple sclerosis that might be confusing, columnist Ben Hofmeister tries to use humor, analogies, and metaphors.
“The ordering of the operations ‘putting shoes on’ and ‘putting socks on’ therefore matters,” Schwichtenberg had written, meaning that “the two operations do not commute.” Empirically verifiable, ...
Welcome mats bearing the legend “difficult” and “allusive” are the ones often placed by critics at the door of T. S. Eliot’s ...
Metaphor: ReFantazio shook up RPG gameplay mechanics with its Seeker class, and is now on Xbox Game Pass.
Metaphor: ReFantazio sold way better on PC than its developers expected, again proving gamers on the platform have a growing appetite for the subgenre and for Japanese games as a whole.
Koji Ise, lead UI designer on hit 2024 JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, joined Atlus in 2018 after spending a while working on website design in the advertisement space, as he explained at a GDC 2025 ...
Metaphor: ReFantazio developer explains why ATLUS games are hard ATLUS knows that players find their RPGs difficult, but it's all part of their design philosophy.
Okay, so maybe you’re convinced that you need to choose your metaphors carefully – and consider testing to make sure they have the desired effect. But given that metaphors matter so much, it’s ...
Players have a limited time to get Metaphor: ReFantazio on its biggest sale yet, letting them play one of the best JRPGs for cheap.
Metaphor ReFantazio was a "Game of the Year" winner in 2024, and in 2026, it'll get an anime adaptation for fans to enjoy!