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Japan Import: Makai Kingdom ported to PSP in September

Fans of NIS America PS2 to PSP ports will have something new to add to their wishlists. NIS has just announced that Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome (Phantom Kingdom in Japan) will be appearing on Japanese PSPs on September 22, 2011. Yes, Lord Zetta will be able to go anywhere with you in a few months, provided you don’t mind importing.

Like all of the NIS PSP ports, Makai Kingdom will have some additional content that wasn’t present in the original PS2 release…

Villains Rule: 11 games that let players be bad

Ah, villainy. A sacred and necessary vocation. After all, if there’s no antagonist, what’s the protagonist supposed to do all day, stay at home growing crops, raising animals and making friends with the neighbors? Inconceivable! Even when that situation arises, some ill-intentioned individual pops up and turns some earth goddess to stone.

While players typically rejoice after vanquishing a particularly evil and challenging nemesis, it isn’t uncommon to have a soft spot in your heart for the baddie. After all, he’s just doing his job. Maintaining balance and such. Plus, he represents a way of life people don’t get to experience.

Perhaps this is why gamers enjoy games where the villain is the star. For a brief moment, players get to see how the other side lives by vicariously living through an evil-doer who can be bumbling, sympathetic, humorous or down-right nasty.

So today, Gamertell’s going through, in no particular order, 10 games where players get to ditch their consciences and let loose, if only for a little while…