Roll It Up: Katamari Damacy

Fresh Air | By John Powers

Published January 18, 2006 at 12:32 PM EST

Critic at large John Powers considers Katamari Damacy, a PlayStation game from Japan.

John Powers

John Powers is the pop culture and critic-at-large on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. He previously served for six years as the film critic.

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