By Marshall Garvey So, did you feel old at all yesterday when my colleague Terry Randolph observed the ninth anniversary of the PS3’s release? Well, get ready to scramble to the mirror to check for a gray hair or two: On this day, 14 years ago, the Nintendo GameCube was released to the public here [...]
This Day in Gaming History – Playstation 3 Releases (Nov. 17, 2006)
2001-2006 was a very interesting era for gaming. It was a generation painted in the mindset of the East (Sony, PlayStation 2) versus West (Microsoft, Xbox), beginning of of the end of Sega's console development, as the Dreamcast was discontinued. Nintendo’s console, the Gamecube, sold quietly in the background and had a consistently strong line [...]
Interconnected Mediocrity: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Review
Release Date: November 5, 2015 Rated: M for Mature Publisher: Activision Developer: Treyarch Platform: Playstation 3, Xbox 360 ( Multiplayer Only), Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC Please note: This game was played on the Xbox One, I have not played the Xbox 360 version Call of Duty has a long history of being a stalwart [...]
Good News Everyone! Last Token Gaming is headed to Sac Gamers Expo…as members of the press!!!!
Hello everyone! Lead editor Marshall Garvey here with an exciting announcement: We've received our first ever press badges!!!! That's right! While LTG has covered many conventions this year, including the first ever TwitchCon and even San Diego Comic Con, we attended those as volunteers or regular visitors. But on December 13th, myself, Isaac Smith, Terry [...]
Shovel Knight DLC Review – Plague of Shadows
By Jake Rushing It's not surprising that Shovel Knight still remains in hearts of many gamers over a year after its release. The game itself is compelling enough to leave an impact on NES gamers or retro gaming enthusiasts that lasts to this day. Recently, it was announced that a Shovel Knight Amiibo will hit shelves [...]
Lofty Expectations, There Are – Star Wars: Battlefront Beta Impressions
By Terry Randolph Taking on the revival of a major franchise is daunting; from the already established fanbase, to the desire to bring more fans to the franchise by making things “more accessible”, to living up to standard set in days of yore, there's already a lot of pressure just in announcing the project. During [...]
This Day in Gaming History – The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in the U.S. (October 18, 1985)
By Marshall Garvey When the video game industry crashed in 1983, the medium’s once seemingly endless potential seemed more than completely destroyed. If anything, video games looked instead like another ephemeral cultural fad whose time had come and gone. Hula hoops, disco, the pet rock…as weird as it may seem now, Atari console and arcade [...]
Last Token Gaming Book Review – Masters of DOOM (2003)
By Jake Rushing Remember how the gaming scene was in the 90s when Doom was the talk of the gaming community? Have you ever been curious to gain insight behind the scenes of the upbringing of John Romero, John Carmack and the id Software that they brought and what followed? If your answer to that [...]
LTG Review – Minecraft Story Mode: A Telltale Games Cash Grab
By Isaac Smith As someone who composes music for a living, there's a grudging acceptance of those who are in my field, but just make new arrangements of other people's music. And I have grudgingly accepted Telltale Games' ability to make good games from other people's franchises. It's not that I wouldn't prefer them to go [...]
Top 6 Craziest Baseball Video Games
By Sean Willis and Marshall Garvey Ah, baseball. It’s a game that’s anachronistic in so many ways, with roots that can be traced to the years preceding the Civil War. Yet it’s also incredibly modern, with many teams utilizing mind-numbingly detailed mathematics and analysis (better known as sabermetrics) to figure out the science of winning [...]