Neal Chandran is our resident guru of independent developers and their many projects. Included in his repertoire of reviews are many for games that were developed primarily in RPG Maker XP. Rather than starting from scratch, some game developers use this functional tool to bring their fantasy world to life. Does this discredit the value of the end product, to use this tool?

No. Not according to Neal, anyway. Read his full editorial to learn his opinion on the matter.

• December '08 Editorial: Never Judge a Creation By Its Tools