Chasing the Blue Dragon

Blue Dragon is here! Blue Dragon is here! This issue is going to be just a tad bit leaner than usual, as I'm off traveling for my first honest-to-god extended vacation in more than a year. But I wasn't going to pass up the chance to dig into the first major, fully featured PC port to come out of ReXGlue, especially as lead developer Tom and I have been talking about his work on the project on and off since March. Dang, time flies!Consider this issue of ROM a part two (or a supplement) to my feature on the port on PC Gamer published on Wednesday. While that was an announcement of the port's imminent release and a breakdown of what its whole deal is for the general PC gaming audience, this newsletter will of course be for da sickos interested in a bit more of the technical stuff.Blue Dragon is finally free from the Xbox 360: a fantastic PC port unlocks the FPS, goes 4K, and moreThis Xbox 360 recompilation proves how good fan ports can be when they aren’t vibe-coded.Not featured in-depth…