According to a recently released Microsoft press release the Xbox One will be seeing a $50 price drop on all units including bundles this holiday season starting November 2nd for U.S. customers. Every unit from the basic Xbox One unit without Kinect that normally goes for $399 to the Call of Duty ($499 dropped to […]
Monthly Archives: October 2014
What We’re Playing This Week
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Marshall Garvey: Aside from playing Red Dead Redemption for its upcoming Hall of Fame Review, I’ve also popped Donkey Kong 64 back into the old system for another go around. Right now, you’re probably instinctively ready for a warm, glowing burst of nostalgia about my days spent playing this […]
A Look Back at the Longest Virtual Tour of Duty – Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty’s initial success on PC back in 2003 helped put Infinity Ward on the map in the eyes of PC gamers, and the success of its expansion and the then-current generation console spin-offs (PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox), United Offensive and Finest Hour respectively helped to keep the CoD name in the periphery of […]
Talion the Orc Slayer – Shadow of Mordor Review
Developer: Monolith Studios Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Release Date: September 30, 2014 Rated:M for Mature Platform: Playstation 4, Xbox One (Reviewed on), PC MSRP: $59.99 Genre: Action/Role-Playing Game I’m trying to sneak around overhead of a group of Orcs trying to be careful not to alert them of my presence. I stop for a moment, noticing that […]
Retro Review: “Captain Novolin” (1992, Raya Systems, SNES)
By Michael Mygind Every now & then, there comes a game that causes you to question if it was actually a game. In this case, it is Captain Novolin, released for the Super Nintendo in 1992 by Raya Systems. This is a game about a superhero with type 1 diabetes. Yes, a diabetic superhero. Unlike […]
A Look Back at the Longest Virtual Tour of Duty – Call of Duty
Part I: Call of Duty – Answering the Call You’ll Always Remember Your First… On October 29, 2003 a small company under the name of Infinity Ward would release their very first game on PC. This first person shooter title, published by Activision, would not be the first World War II to arrive onto market. […]
What We’re Playing This Week
By the Last Token Gaming staff Welcome to the first edition of What We’re Playing This Week, a fun weekly feature where various members of the LTG staff share our thoughts on what particular games we’re occupied with at the moment. Whether we love them, hate them, are in the process of reviewing them, or […]
“Growing Up an Unbiased Gamer”
By Michael Mygind On several occasions, I’ve had debates with one of my oldest friends about whether or not the Sega Genesis was a good console. He attests to how much better the Super Nintendo is/was and how crappy the Genesis is/was. I never took a side on this when I was younger and I […]
Call of Duty: A Look Back at the Longest Virtual Tour of Duty
Call of Duty… In this day and age it’s a phrase synonymous with gaming. But what that means exactly will vary from person to person. To some gamers it’s a beloved franchise. To other gamers it’s a cancer to the gaming industry. Meanwhile those who do not play video games will have likely heard about […]
Skirting by on empty – Drive Club Review
By Chris Medrano Developer: Evolution Studios Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Release Date: October 7, 2014 Rated:E for Everyone Platform: Playstation 4 MSRP: $59.99 Genre: Racing I’ll be honest: it’s weird writing this review since I’ve been playing both Forza Horizon 2 and Drive Club at the same time. Whereas with Forza Horizon 2 you can […]