Do you want to talk to the man behind Lumines, Rez, Space Channel 5, and more? Of course you do. Eurogamer is giving its readers the chance to chat with the legendary game designer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi. If you couldn't figure it out, Eurogamer is a European website, so make sure you adjust for the time difference. If it's 12:30PM there, what time will it be in your part of the globe? I think according to my calculations, it'll be early morning for most of America. Will you be staying up to talk to this gaming visionary?

[Picture via Siliconera]

[Update 1: Unfortunately, Mizuguchi had to reschedule his webchat to a later date. Stay tuned for more information.]

You should know that Tetsuya Mizuguchi is a gaming god to me. Lumines is still one of the best games on the system by far, and Mizuguchi's puzzling sequel has me more than a little excited. CVG recently had an intimate discussion with the gaming master, and he had some really crazy, possibly drug-induced things to say:

CVG: Can you tell us a bit about the title song in Lumines 2, 'Heavenly Star'?
Mizuguchi: So the girl in the video, she is 17 years-old. She doesn't exist in this world; she's a future girl. She was born in outer space and she's never touched on this planet yet. This is kind of the big love song for the Earth; she's always dreaming of what kind of place Earth is.

Uh... Okay... Maybe the guy had a bit too much to drink before the interview:

CVG: How important is synesthesia - integrating music and visuals - in Lumines? More or less important than in Rez or Every Extend Extra?
Mizuguchi: Rez is kind of tequila; a very strong shot, but Lumines is like a Sauvignon Blanc; a wine you can drink at Sunday lunch.

Yep. The secret to Mizuguchi's success has to be some kind of chemical influence. Maybe you too can become a successful game designer with the right... materials...

The Mizuguchi news continues here at PSP Fanboy. The esteemed creator of Lumines and Rez is fusing music and shooters yet again in Every Extend Extra. What is it, you ask? It's pretty hard to explain what this upcoming PSP game is about. My best explanation of the game involves explosions, geometric figures, numbers and vectors. If that doesn't help you at all, don't fret: 1up has discovered a playable demo of the game on the official Japanese website, but it's not for your PSP. Rather, the demo is for your PC. Sure, it would've been nice to play with the grooves on the go, but I'll gladly take this replacement... for now.

If your nihongo isn't sharp enough to understand the website, you might just want to click this link to download the demo directly. Unless your computer was made in the stone age, it should be able to run perfectly fine, but you can run this application to find out if your system is up to snuff. Once you get the demo up and running, remember this: press Z. I don't have any other tips to give you, but I'm sure once you master the game, you'll leave some comments here

We know that rumor mongering is a bad thing, but you can't blame us for hoping that Rez, the psychedelic shooter from Lumines designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi, might make an appearance on the PSP.

Shacknews reports that one of their sources at SEGA divulged that Rez is being planned for the PSP, although that's about all they cared to mention as far as gathered info, which admittedly is a bit light. We'd be lying if we said that our bullhokey alarms didn't go off at this bit of news, but we'd like to think that there's at least a discussion taking place somewhere about releasing the classic on our little handheld. It stands to reason that Mizuguchi might be thinking about porting Rez over based on his popularity after the success of Lumines, and the tons of money he could stand to make from a game that's been out for over five years, but that's just wishful thinking on our part.

The game is nearly impossible to get ahold of these days since they no longer produce the title and copies on eBay are selling for more money than I'd care to spend, so it would only be to Sony's and SEGA's benefit that it make an appearance on the PSP. We're really crossing our fingers that this doesn't end up being just another vector graphic pie in the sky.

[via CVG]

[UDPATE:] It seems we missed Joystiq's story about a company called Game Quest Direct which sells officially-sanctioned reprints of classic games. Rez seems to be alive, kicking, and retailing for $50 on their site, which we guess isn't a bad price considering that the original probably costs twice that. Thanks for the reminder, juv3nal!