Every reflection I write about Last Token Gaming often ends up talking about my worries both personally and about the http://apkgamescrack.com/category/games/ site. A lot of times they involve burnout, uncertainty, and frustration about numerous things. All of these worries come with the territory, and are always about maintaining a quality that we’ve held since the […]
Category Archives: Reflections
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 […]
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 […]
Rhythm Game Retrospective: A Look Back on Guitar Hero and Rock Band from Michael Ros
By Michael Ros Remember when rhythm games ruled the world? We had Dance Dance Revolution, a slew of karaoke titles, Audiosurf (which Jake Rushing honored as Last Token Gaming’s first Obscure Game Review), and, of course, who could forget the Guitar Hero vs Rock Band debate? You know, the OTHER Activision vs EA Fanboy War. […]
This Day in Gaming History – The Sega Dreamcast is Released in the U.S. (September 9, 1999)
By Marshall Garvey and Sean Willis Marshall: Oh, Sega. What happened? These past 14 years trying to leg it out as a third party developer have been pretty rough, to put it nicely. The financial struggles, the layoffs, not having a booth at E3 this year, the disaster of Sonic Boom…and it’s not like you […]
Five Nights at Freddy’s – A Year in Review
By Terry Randolph and Marshall Garvey Just over a year ago, a little indie game that preyed on our childhood fears of animatronics coming to life to murder us was released – Five Nights at Freddy’s. Since its release, the franchise has spawned three sequels, countless fan games, forum boards theorizing the franchise lore, let’s […]
In Memorium: Satoru Iwata
By the Last Token Gaming Staff “Even if we come from different sides of the world, speak different languages. Even if we eat too many chips, or rice balls. Even if we have different tastes in games. Every one of us, here today, is identical, in the most important way. Each one of us has […]
This Day In Gaming History – Metal Gear is Born – July 7, 1987
A red exclamation point flashes above my head, the timer starts ticking down as I run for cover, there are guards with fully automatic guns everywhere, and I’m a Snake. If you haven’t guessed by now I’m talking about Metal Gear. Today marks the twenty-eighth anniversary for Hideo Kojima’s epic saga. This game series is […]
This Day in Gaming History: June 10th, 1992 – Street Fighter II is Released for the Super Famicom in Japan
By Michael Mygind Heralded as the definitive fighting game, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, not only set the standard for the genre, but reinvigorated the competitive nature of video games. On this day in gaming history, the arcade blockbuster featuring eight diverse fighters, hit the home console with its release of Street Fighter II […]
A Red Dead Birthday
Ever had the experience of going against your gut? Truth is, first time I saw Red Dead Redemption I wasn’t impressed. While gorgeous looking, trailers never appealed to me or piqued my interest like BioShock could, nor excite me like Gears of War. Having a predecessor that was fun, but not sequel worthy game like […]