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Reactions to Nintendo Direct

By the Last Token Gaming Staff As is the case, Nintendo just held another of their live conferences this year called “Nintendo Direct”. In these nearly hour-long events, Nintendo sends out their medley of top people to make major announces such as a new game or console. Other times, it can be relatively minor news, […]

Question: What video games should be made into movies/TV shows?

By Marshall Garvey Mere weeks after we geeked/stressed out over the news that Netflix was developing an original TV series based on the Zelda franchise, the anxiousness (in both sense of the word) was quickly halted when Nintendo’s CEO, Satoru Iwata, officially denied any rumors that such a project was being developed. Many breathed a […]

My experiences from GDC 2015

  By Jake Rushing Hello all! It’s been 3 weeks since Game Developers Conference (GDC for short) came to San Francisco. I took some time off work to attend the latter 3 out of the 5 days of the event. I  always try attending the conference every year because it’s the closest conference to home. […]

Kickstarter Profile: Super Slam Dunk Touchdown!

By Jake Rushing While I was at GDC, I decided to take a stroll to GDC Play, where many Game Developers are looking to showcase their games in hopes of gaining more attention. I came across quite a bit of games, but there are few that I remembered from GDC Play. One of them was […]

“Pixels” Trailer Response: A potentially bad comedy, and potentially bad for gamers and gaming

By Isaac Smith I’m going to start of by saying that I don’t really like Adam Sandler or Kevin James. There, it’s off my chest. Now I’m going to objectively (hah, yeah right) tell you why Pixels is going to be a terrible movie even without the dynamic duo dragging it down to the circle […]

Work it harder, do it better, makes us faster? Or: A guide to speedruns.

By Isaac Smith Gaming is a mainstream form of entertainment, like sports, or film, or even reading. It can build skills, tell stories, or just be fun, addictive, relaxing or exhilarating. It’s got its own history, its own culture, its own celebrities, its own EVERYTHING. I love telling people that, by the way. It’s the […]

Games you don’t play…?

Hi, all! I’m not going to talk about why it’s been months since I’ve published a post with LTG. I can complain that life gets in the way all I want, but there are excuses and there are results (and this post is the result of one too many excuses). We’ve got some great new games at […]

Levels of Hell – Rusty Bucket Bay (“Banjo-Kazooie”)

By Marshall Garvey   Welcome to the second installment of Levels of Hell, the article series where we delve into the most hated, excruciatingly difficult stages in video game history! The first installment had me spewing acid over the Raid on Sullust from Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, the thought of which still makes me boil […]