By Marshall Garvey Throughout his career, Steven Spielberg has had a knack not only for directing and producing great films, but great films perfectly suited for a specific time. E.T. and Poltergeist depicted polar opposite visions of suburban life at the outset of the Reagan 80’s. Saving Private Ryan fanned reverence for WWII servicemen the same year Tom Brokaw […]
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Presenting Spielberg Month!
By Marshall Garvey Steven Spielberg is admittedly an odd, yet ultimately fitting, choice to emphasize for a gaming site. His history with video games is complicated, and more often than not, pretty underwhelming. As we all know, the go-to choice for worst game ever made is E.T. for Atari 2600, the hilariously rushed attempt to […]
A Special Surprise is Coming to LTG for April!
Hello fellow LTG’ers! So, you’ve no doubt noticed our lack of content as of late. As has happened from time to time in the almost five years of Last Token Gaming’s existence, life has been hitting the whole staff pretty hard as of late. Multiple jobs, graduate school, moving to a new place, changes in […]
Crumple: Episode 1 – Exclusive Preview!
By Marshall Garvey In the four years and counting of Last Token Gaming’s operation, one of the most gratifying privileges we’ve enjoyed is our deep connection with the local gaming scene in Sacramento, CA. In addition to interviewing local devs and covering local events and expos, we’ve proudly become part of what is a veritable […]
Gaming Disasters – Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013)
By Marshall Garvey Developers: Gearbox Software, TimeGate Studios, Demiurge Studios, Nerve Software Publisher: Sega Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Release Date: February 12, 2013 Genre: First-person shooter Modes: Single-player, multiplayer It’s hardly unprecedented for a movie-based game to be terrible. If anything, it’s inevitable for the most part given how often they’re rushed […]
Play the “Crumple” demo now!
By Marshall Garvey Back in August, we broke the news of the forthcoming release of Nascent Games’ Crumple. While we’re still eagerly awaiting the exact release date (as well as a chance to review the completed game), gamers can still play the original demo on Newgrounds to tide them over in the meantime! Stay tuned for more […]
“Crumple” release coming this fall!
Earlier this year, we had the privilege of interviewing Gabriel Gutierrez of Nascent Games. Among the many things we discussed, one of the most important was his indie game Crumple, which has been in development for several years. A couple weeks ago, Gabe messaged us to confirm that the game will be fully released sometime this fall! […]
LTG Book Review – The 100 Greatest Console Video Games, 1977-1987
By Marshall Garvey If one were to ask me what my favorite kind of book is, I’d have to go with encyclopedia and guide books. Which isn’t to say I don’t love novels, biographies and whatnot. Perhaps it’s just because I’m a historian and love soaking up facts, but these kinds of books had a […]
Top 3 Characters to Add to Smash Bros. – Marshall’s Picks
By Marshall Garvey Welcome to the next installment of LTG’s Super Smash Bros. picks! After Terry’s mind-blowingly in-depth piece to get things rolling, my piece will be, to say the least, far less precise. While I’ve spent countless hours playing the N64 original and Brawl (hell, I even loved the Subspace Emissary), I’ve only had […]
This Day in Gaming History – The GameCube is Released in North America (November 18, 2001)
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 […]