Backlog Review: Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble

By Jake Rushing Developer: RARE Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: November 1st, 1996 Platform: Super Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Wii U Rated: E for Everyone After Nintendo 64 was released to the store shelves, Rare had already finished the third installment of the Donkey Kong Country series, and the game got released over 4 months […]

Distraction, Memories and Escape – Why Games Like Firewatch and That Dragon, Cancer are Significant

I can’t recall the amount of times I’ve been asked for advice, or how each conversation begins and ends. However, I can remember the themes, motifs, and the glimmer of hope that somehow I’ve helped. I could tell you that each conversation started differently, but end almost at the same point: don’t try to escape […]

What We’re Playing This Week – Brace Yourself, Winter’s Ending

Jake Rushing – Donkey Kong (Gameboy), Pokémon Red (Gameboy), Fallout 4 (PS4) – Whelp, earlier last week, I got Donkey Kong from eBay, so I’ve been playing that the past few days, and I’ll continue to play that this week until I beat the game. I also got Fallout 4 and a PS4 last weekend […]

Tom Clancy’s The Division Beta Impressions

*Beta was played on the Xbox One Open world games have always been an anomaly for me. There’s always a sense of a disconnect between what the developers want to do versus what is accomplished as a final result. Each game attempts to build a living breathing world through various ways; the open, expansive maps, […]

Hall of Fame Review – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)

by Benjamin Fitzgerald   Developer: BioWare Publisher: LucasArts Release Date: July 15, 2003 (Xbox), November 19, 2003 (PC) Genre: Science fiction, role-playing Mode: Single-player Rating: T for Teen   BioWare has done wonders for the world of role-playing games. They entered the world of cRPGs in a big way with Baldur’s Gate and its sequel, […]

League of Legends – 6.3 Patch Notes

Hello LTG readers, this is Brett (Sentient Pulse) giving you a general update on this League of Legends patch and some general information regarding current lane trends. I just hit Platinum 5 after my placement games landed me in Gold 1 and I’ve noticed quite a few bans and picks across all my games in […]

Super Smash Bros. – Corrin Review

Representative of: Fire Emblem: Fates Released: February 3, 2016 Systems: Wii U, 3DS Important to Note: Corrin is a character that can be played as either a Male or Female, like in Fire Emblem: Fates. Therefore, in this article I do not use “he” or “she” pronouns and instead use “they”, “their”  in respect to having no gender […]