By Jake Rushing The new Xbox and Playstation generation is well underway, with notable games like Titanfall, Outlast and Assassin’s Creed IV garnering praise and attention from gamers and critics alike. However, as amazing as these games are, sometimes it’s beneficial to get a good dose of nostalgia by heading back to the past. For […]
Category Archives: Reviews
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 […]
Nintendo’s first gaming series: Game & Watch!
Original post came from Jake’s blog here. Hello readers! Welcome back to my blog! I finally got around to make another blog post. What will I be talking about this time? One of the first predecessors to all handheld gaming that exists today, Game & Watch from Nintendo! I can imagine on some of you […]
The Zombie Apocalypse… again.
The year is 1993. “Zombies ate my Neighbors” forays into the world of video games, with beautifully rendered 16-bit monstrosities. Society has descended into chaos and it is up to you to rescue babies, cheerleaders and elderly people, and somehow carry them back to safety. 20 years later, zombies are still alive and well (okay, […]
Outdated: Can Consoles remain relevant in a changing gaming market?
Consoles being outdated? Is this really a question to be asking? How can something that drives gaming today lose relevancy? I mean, c’mon man, how can you not love the rampant fanboying following the start of the next generation console wars? While most of those questions are fair (and it’s fun to watch the fires […]
Backlog Gaming Review – Guacamelee!
By Jake Rushing As an independent game developer, I always enjoy playing a good indie game, but i do have to say that sometimes I like to take a break with casino, it feels inspiring to feel the creativity and inspiration that has been brought from the games gamblers play. Or at least brought from […]
Fighting the Addiction
I quit Flash games a while ago. Downloaded “the patch,” so to speak. A long time ago, Flash games used to be it. They were the reason we bypassed our middle school’s crappy security system. We proxied and anonymized our way into sites like Newgrounds, FreeAddictingGames (it’s addictive, you fools!), or more recently sites like […]
Under the Surface – Fallen London Review
Text-based games? Nobody plays those anymore. That’s why we have graphics! I don’t want to read “Master Chief splattered a Covenant grunt on the side of his Banshee,” I want to see it in all its splattery detail! There’s a lot to be said for super-pristine graphics with each hair on your character’s head being […]
Candy Jam/Candy & Watch Saga Postmortem! With Sean Willis!
Original post: http://jakeofalltrades13.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/candy-jamcandy-watch-saga-postmortem-with-sean-willis/ Welcome back everyone! On my last post, I talked about a game that I made for Global Game Jam that wasn’t accessible to the public. I also mentioned that I would participate through another game jam and make a game that is more accessible to everyone. Well guess what? That’s what I […]
Forgiveness – Metro: Last Light Review
By Terry Randolph Developer: 4A Games Publisher: Deep Silver Release Date: May 14, 2013 Rated: M for Mature Systems: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), Playstation 3, PC Platform: FPS/Survival/Suspense MSRP: $39.99 Forgiveness is incredibly hard to successfully convincingly convey as a concept for interactive mediums. It’s a weighty topic that is based more on inferences and individual […]