Posts of AC’s original columns.
AC Weigh-In: November 2018
November 2018's edition of AC Weigh-In involves battle themes, dungeons and more!
Columns
AC Weigh-In: October 2018
We discuss ideal Tales teams, dream cross-overs and favorite Mystic Artes and character designers in the October 2018 issue of AC Weigh-In!
AC Weigh-In: September 2018
Tales of Crestoria, world-building, battle ranks, and more are talked about in the September 2018 edition of AC Weigh-In~
AC Weigh-In: August 2018
Talk about the recent Tales of the Abyss anime localization announcement, our recommended first Tales titles, and more in the August 2018 edition of AC Weigh-In~
AC Weigh-In: July 2018
A bit late, but the AC Staff share thoughts on the last Tales of game that they've finished, Tales of the Rays Theater, and more in this edition of AC Weigh-In~
AC Weigh-In: June 2018
The AC staff talk about Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition and the announcements from Tales of Festival 2018.
AC Weigh-In: Tales of Festival 2018 Speculations Edition
Welcome to the inaugural post of our newest column, AC Weigh-In! AC Weigh-In aims to be a monthly feature where AC staff add their two cents on several topics in the franchise.
Realizing the Series' Current Silence in Japan + What to Do as Fans
As a fan of the series, I felt that I wanted to express some recent feelings regarding the direction of its releases/localizations both past and present, along with what we as fans can do in [Read More...]
A Brief History of Food
Food has been a part of Tales since the beginning. Of course, it's Tales, so "food" has taken almost as many forms as there have been games to put it in. The rich history of everything that's been [Read More...]
Why You Should Experience Tales Of Rebirth
Spend enough time around Tales nerds, especially the contrarian kind who like all the games that have never been (and probably will never be) translated from Japanese, and eventually someone will tell you you should play Tales [Read More...]
Top 10: Tales of Mystic Artes
Initially published on July 29th, 2016 at blog.talesofgame.com (with slight modifications) The Mystic Arte is one of Tales of’s signature features in its battle system. Known as Hi-Ougis in Japanese, these skills were originally meant [Read More...]
Tales of Merchandise Monthly #12: May 2013 - Celebrating Tales of Symphonia's 10th Year
AC's "Tales of Merchandise Monthly" is back! Now promptly renamed "Tales of Merchandise Monthly" and with a slightly new look! I know this is late, but it's technically still May in the West, so :P. In [Read More...]
Tales of Merchandise Monthly #11: April 2013: Tales of Alter! Happy Anniversary!
AC's "Tales of Merchandise Monthly" is back! Now promptly renamed "Tales of Merchandise Monthly" and with a slightly new look! Sorry for the lateness on this one! I was waiting for the Jude figure to get [Read More...]
Tales of Merchandise Monthly #10: Feb-Mar 2013: Get Ready For Tales of Xillia!
AC's "Tales of Merchandise Monthly" is back! Now promptly renamed "Tales of Merchandise Monthly" and with a slightly new look! I'm sorry for having to combine two months again. It's exam month this week so yeah. [Read More...]
Tales of Merchandise Monthly Issue #9: December 2012 to January 2013: Hearts
AC's "Tales Merch Monthly" is back! As I mentioned before in our various social network updates, I had to combine this column into a December-January issue due to some circumstances. Again, I'm really sorry, but it's [Read More...]