Developer: Monolith Studios Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Release Date: September 30, 2014 Rated:M for Mature Platform: Playstation 4, Xbox One (Reviewed on), PC MSRP: $59.99 Genre: Action/Role-Playing Game I’m trying to sneak around overhead of a group of Orcs trying to be careful not to alert them of my presence. I stop for a moment, noticing that [...]
Retro Review: “Captain Novolin” (1992, Raya Systems, SNES)
By Michael Mygind Every now & then, there comes a game that causes you to question if it was actually a game. In this case, it is Captain Novolin, released for the Super Nintendo in 1992 by Raya Systems. This is a game about a superhero with type 1 diabetes. Yes, a diabetic superhero. Unlike [...]
A Look Back at the Longest Virtual Tour of Duty – Call of Duty
Part I: Call of Duty – Answering the Call You’ll Always Remember Your First… On October 29, 2003 a small company under the name of Infinity Ward would release their very first game on PC. This first person shooter title, published by Activision, would not be the first World War II to arrive onto market. [...]
What We’re Playing This Week
By the Last Token Gaming staff Welcome to the first edition of What We’re Playing This Week, a fun weekly feature where various members of the LTG staff share our thoughts on what particular games we’re occupied with at the moment. Whether we love them, hate them, are in the process of reviewing them, or [...]
“Growing Up an Unbiased Gamer”
By Michael Mygind On several occasions, I’ve had debates with one of my oldest friends about whether or not the Sega Genesis was a good console. He attests to how much better the Super Nintendo is/was and how crappy the Genesis is/was. I never took a side on this when I was younger and I [...]
Call of Duty: A Look Back at the Longest Virtual Tour of Duty
Call of Duty… In this day and age it’s a phrase synonymous with gaming. But what that means exactly will vary from person to person. To some gamers it’s a beloved franchise. To other gamers it’s a cancer to the gaming industry. Meanwhile those who do not play video games will have likely heard about [...]
Skirting by on empty – Drive Club Review
By Chris Medrano Developer: Evolution Studios Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Release Date: October 7, 2014 Rated:E for Everyone Platform: Playstation 4 MSRP: $59.99 Genre: Racing I’ll be honest: it’s weird writing this review since I’ve been playing both Forza Horizon 2 and Drive Club at the same time. Whereas with Forza Horizon 2 you can [...]
Nothing but Net – NBA 2k15 Review (PS4)
By Terry Randolph Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: 2k Games Release Date: October 7, 2014 Rated:E for Everyone Platform: PlayStation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC MSRP: $59.99 Genre: Sports It’s opening night of the NBA Season, and the game has been electrifying. After being down by 20 points with less than 6 minutes [...]
It’s about time! Super Smash Brothers for the Wii U has a release date!
Rejoice Super SmashBrothers fans! Nintendo’s fighting game franchise finally has a release date for the Wii-U. For weeks, rumors have been circulating around that Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U was going to be released stateside November 21st thanks to this tweet by BoosDriveMonster. Now, the date has been confirmed, as well as a [...]
All Aboard the Hype Train! The vicious cycle of marketing
The last few years feel like the slow transition of video game publishers focusing on marketing more than game development has changed gears. Whereas the build-up was slow, creative and methodical, most of it feels like a checklist of certain criteria to hit. Tell them about the game revolutionizing the industry for years to come? [...]