(Before I get started: hello, everyone! Sorry it's been so long since my last rant post. Glad to be back!) I love the term "clone." It's so derogatory and dismissive. It's the video game review equivalent of calling someone an asshat on the internet: "0/10 Just another clone." But here's the thing: I enjoy playing [...]
What We’re Playing This Week – The 4th Edition
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Michael Mygind - I was recently given back my old 9” Hitachi CRT TV from my parents that I used growing up. So, I’ve been having a blast playing retro games on a retro TV. I’ve also been digging through my NES library to play the classics and discover [...]
LTG Official Live Streams November
Announcing the Official Last Token Gaming live streams. Come join the LTG crew as we play through our games. For November we'll be celebrating NovemberWeen, as in mostly spooky horror like games. Why have all that fun in just October right? Tune in Fridays around 6pm to 8pm and later for our regular show. Saturday [...]
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Because all of us at Last Token Gaming love video games. Which is why we want to try something new -- we'd like to play games with you, the readers! That's right, for this upcoming weekend and potentially through the rest of the week, we'd love to sit down, grab a drink, some snacks and [...]
Foreign Favorites – Volume 1
By Michael Mygind There are some awesome retro imports out there that a lot of people don’t know about. So, this is a feature that I’ll be writing from time to time to put a spotlight on some of great foreign games that I feel are worth checking out. I won’t go into great depth, [...]
What We’re Playing This Week, Third Edition
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Michael Ros: It’s been exactly three weeks since Miku Expo in Los Angeles as of this writing and I’m still high on Hatsune Miku! The concert fronted by Japan’s virtual songstress was an experience unlike any other. (That is, until next year’s Miku Expo is announced!) Everything else [...]
Retro Review: “Truxton” (1989, Toaplan, Sega Genesis)
One of my all-time favorite genres is the scrolling shoot-em-up, commonly referred to as shmups. The feeling of drifting along, collecting power-ups and clearing everything in your path with a hail of gun-fire is an exhilarating experience. Being a fan of a genre, it’s always a pleasure to discover new classics that might’ve added a [...]
Xbox One Gets Price Drop on all SKUs This Holiday Season
According to a recently released Microsoft press release the Xbox One will be seeing a $50 price drop on all units including bundles this holiday season starting November 2nd for U.S. customers. Every unit from the basic Xbox One unit without Kinect that normally goes for $399 to the Call of Duty ($499 dropped to [...]
What We’re Playing This Week
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Marshall Garvey: Aside from playing Red Dead Redemption for its upcoming Hall of Fame Review, I’ve also popped Donkey Kong 64 back into the old system for another go around. Right now, you’re probably instinctively ready for a warm, glowing burst of nostalgia about my days spent playing this [...]
A Look Back at the Longest Virtual Tour of Duty – Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty's initial success on PC back in 2003 helped put Infinity Ward on the map in the eyes of PC gamers, and the success of its expansion and the then-current generation console spin-offs (PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox), United Offensive and Finest Hour respectively helped to keep the CoD name in the periphery of [...]