By Terry Randolph and Domenic Dalpez Last week, Ryan and I spoke of our impressions on the highly-touted Destiny beta that you can read here. The beta just ended on Sunday after opening up a mission on the moon for a few hours, and a special event that lead to items you keep for the […]
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Borderlands: Halo – Destiny Beta Impressions
by Terry Randolph and Ryan Goddard Bungie will always have a problem whenever it releases a game; Halo. Every game the studio makes will always draw comparisons to it; from the way guns handle to art style and everything in-between. With Destiny, Bungie is hoping to create something “revolutionary” and “nothing we’ve seen before” (aka […]
Ready for E3? We are: Here’s what we’re excited to hear about this year
[UPDATE: Unfortunately before we could edit this in time, it was confirmed that Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts 3 won’t be shown at E3. While certainly a downer it still doesn’t take away from our excitement for the titles.] E3. Is there more that needs to be said about this exciting event? Every year, […]
The Sound of Gaming
By Terry Randolph Sound design is the most under-appreciated part of a gaming experience. Yet it’s also one of the most critical components that makes or breaks how good a game can be. How many times have you had a game that gets bogged down by lagging dialogue? Or thrown off by the lag between […]
In the Valley of the Land of “HD” Remakes
Recently, Pokemon Company through Nintendo announced remakes of the games Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire renamed Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire. Like many Pokemon fans, I was excited although for a different reason; this was part of the series I had yet to play. With it coming to 3DS (and I’m missing my GameBoy Advance), I […]
The Cutting Room Floor: Should Star Wars EU be Irrelevant?
Within the last few days, various media sources are confirming something that might be disheartening to many fans (including myself) Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU) content is officially non-cannon. What does that mean? The only part of the franchise fans have gotten to enjoy that count as the official story are the six movies […]
The Easy Way Out: Has Modern Gaming become easy?
I despised the Lion King game for one reason only; the second level. Everyone knows the second level, right? The one with the tree platforming (which took me hours to do) that transitioned into riding on the ostrich’s back while dodging the various roots and branches in yourw way to race to the end? That […]
Playing with Smoke: InFamous: Second Son Review
Written by Terry Randolph, discussed in review by Chris Medrano and Terry Developer: Sucker Punch Productions Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Release Date: March 21, 2014 Rated:T for Teen Platform: PlayStation 4 MSRP: 59.99 Genre: Action/Platform/Sandbox/RPG Let’s get one thing out of the way before the review; Chris and I don’t understand the acclaim the […]
LTG Discussion: GOTY Editions, AC Unity, MGS: Ground Zeroes & FFX/FFX-2 HD
Hey everyone, Since we kinda fell behind a week, we decided to get back on schedule by doing another discussion this week. It’s a bit brief, but we go off talking about Game of the Year Editions, Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes, and FFX/X-2 HD Remake. We hope you enjoy! Also, there’s a HUGE SPOILER for […]
LTG Discussion: Dev Layoffs, Reviews and Diablo
Hey everyone! For today’s post Chris, Ben and Terry sat together to do the next LTG podcast. For this particular podcast, they kept it a little laid back and informal to let the conversation flow smoother. The topics range from the recent round of studio layoffs, the state of modern console, to some quick reviews […]