Michelle Kruse: Writer
Golden light flooded the screen and cabaret music played in the background, I was three chapters into Yakuza 0 from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios. After traveling through the streets of fictional Tokyo as Kazuma Kiryu I was having a fairly average experience in my first time with the series. Then, in a moment regarded by some as one of the best introductions in a game, the music cut and I was introduced to the ever-famous Goro Majima, the other protagonist in the game. What struck me, as someone clueless to the character before Yakuza 0, wasn’t the dramatic introduction but Majima himself and our shared disability. Read more.
