By Jake Rushing Hello all! I'm here to bring you the latest Mystery Gift event that is happening right now. For this event, you could get the Unova starters. And no, I don't mean Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott. You could get Serperior, Emboar, and Samurott all through Mystery Gift exclusively for Omega Ruby and Alpha [...]
Tabletop Toons, Episode 1: “Star Wars: Edge of the Empire” (Part 1)
Welcome to our first ever episode of Tabletop Toons! Today we start with part one of a playthrough of Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, featuring staff members Terry Randolph, Michael Ros, Marshall Garvey, and guest game master Shane Canton. As other gaming sites have done, we're using this series in part to branch out to the [...]
Old, but New: The Success of TellTale and Interactive Storytelling
It goes without saying TellTale Games has been on a roll over the last few years that won’t be ending anytime soon. From The Walking Dead Season 1 and 2, The Wolf Among Us, Back to the Future and Tales from the Borderlands, each game focuses on providing a thrilling narrative experience with simple gameplay. TellTale’s formula [...]
Alien: Isolation DLC Review #1 – Crew Expendable
By Marshall Garvey Welcome all to the first installment of my Alien: Isolation DLC reviews! As you may know, I’ve vouched heavily for Sega and Creative Assembly’s crack at interstellar survival horror here at LTG. Even as someone who notoriously doesn’t buy new games often (if ever), I chose to treat myself to it [...]
A Lost Link to the Past
By Patrick Johnson As I was reading an article last night about why Link went to go find Navi in Majora's Mask, I found myself diving into something really complex and just a wee bit confusing with the Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask timeline. At the end of Ocarina of Time, Princess Zelda sends Link back to [...]
What We’re Playing This Week, 1st Week of February
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Marshall Garvey: Hellllllooooo nostalgia! My week belongs to a title I hardly consider a video game, and more like a part of myself: Banjo-Kazooie. I’d estimate upwards of 40% of my life in the late 90’s belonged solely to this game, thanks to its incredible detail, endearing characters, [...]
Netflix and The Legend of Zelda? LTG Weighs In
By the Last Token Gaming Staff UPDATE: The announcement that Netflix planned to make a Zelda series turned out to be nothing more than a rumor, and was officially denied by Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata. Still, here was our initial reaction to the news, for posterity and any likelihood that we could see filmed adaptations of [...]
Club Nintendo Reminder
By Sean Willis I'm sure you all have heard but I'm gonna remind you all anyway. Nintendo's loyalty rewards program Club Nintendo is closing shop (to be replaced by another program they say) and the final set of rewards are up this week. However due to high demand the site goes down occasionally so be [...]
Hall of Fame Review – Pokemon Red/Blue (1998)
By Jake Rushing Developer: Game Freak Publisher: Nintendo Platforms: Game Boy Release Date: September 28, 1998[ Mode: Single Player, with 2-Player features Genre: RPG If there is one thing about Pokemon that no one can deny, it is that it has a place to stay in the hearts of gamers everywhere. Not just in the U.S. [...]
Cat Buddy! Exploring Final Fantasy XV through a…Cat Cam?
With Final Fantasy XV moving faster in less than a year then it has in almost seven...we’re now getting to enjoy seeing the game through the eyes of… a cat? That’s right! Much like the exploration of an city through the eyes of a dog cam at Jump Fest in Chiba, Japan in December, fans at [...]