What We’re Playing This Week – ‘Murica Edition

Jake Rushing – Muramasa The Demon Blade (Wii) I never got the chance to beat Wario Ware last week, due to my schedule, but I will come back to it later. However, after playing Muramasa for a bit, the art style, cooking mechanics, and the fast paced fluid combat kept drawing me in and kept […]

Video Game Violence – A Personal Reflection

Video games often get a bad rap. They are subjected constantly to a stream of criticism from many sources. They are accused of wasting time, encouraging violence or laziness, derided as simple entertainment – the list goes on. In particular, though, many people seem to believe that video game violence makes people violent. Sociologists and […]

A Tale of Two Drakes: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Review

Release Date: May 10, 2016 Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Genre: Third Person Shooter, Platformer, Action-Adventure System: Playstation 4 Completion Time: 15 hrs, 45 minutes (not including collectible hunting) Ludonarrative Dissonance, a heavy word to describe the contrast experienced between gameplay design and narrative structure. It’s a concept I’ve found a problem in […]

E3 2016 Predictions and Wishes

By the Last Token Gaming Staff Things have been a bit busy for a lot of us at Last Token Gaming. From Isaac’s music commitments at Sac State to Terry’s CrossFit training to Marshall’s forthcoming vacation in Europe, there simply hasn’t been as much time to write as we’d like. Fortunately, we’ve had nonstop Let’s […]