Author: Marshall Garvey
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Hall of Fame Review – Banjo-Kazooie (1998)
By Marshall Garvey Developer: Rareware Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 64 Release Date: June 29, 1998 Genre(s): Platforming, action-adventure Mode: Single-player Rating: E for Everyone I’d just like to start this review by saying that it’s every bit as much a nostalgic salute as it is a professional review. Banjo-Kazooie is one of those…
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Question: What video games should be made into movies/TV shows?
By Marshall Garvey Mere weeks after we geeked/stressed out over the news that Netflix was developing an original TV series based on the Zelda franchise, the anxiousness (in both sense of the word) was quickly halted when Nintendo’s CEO, Satoru Iwata, officially denied any rumors that such a project was being developed. Many breathed a…
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Alien: Isolation DLC Review #2 – Last Survivor
By Marshall Garvey Hello all, and welcome to my second installation of my Alien: Isolation DLC reviews! With the game’s last package having come out this month, it’s high time I resumed this feature to provide recommendations to anyone interested in getting the complete experience of Creative Assembly and Sega’s 2014 survival horror triumph. Especially…
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Levels of Hell – Rusty Bucket Bay (“Banjo-Kazooie”)
By Marshall Garvey Welcome to the second installment of Levels of Hell, the article series where we delve into the most hated, excruciatingly difficult stages in video game history! The first installment had me spewing acid over the Raid on Sullust from Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, the thought of which still makes me boil…
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A New “Banjo-Kazooie”? A Rare (so to speak) Treat Indeed!
By Marshall Garvey I’ve always said to myself that I have a knack for timing things in life not just well, but insanely well. Recent news from the gaming world provided one of the most gleeful instances of this yet. Just as I commenced work on my Hall of Fame Review of Banjo-Kazooie (which will…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Hall of Fame Review – God of War II (2007)
By Marshall Garvey Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platforms: Playstation 2, Playstation 3 Release date: March 13, 2007 Genre: Hack and slash, action-adventure Mode: Single-player Rating: M for Mature As I said in the beginning of my Hall of Fame Review for Fallout: New Vegas, many of the finest video…
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Song of the Day: “Treasure Trove Cove” – Grant Kirkhope, “Banjo Kazooie”
Marshall Garvey: One of my favorite scores of all-time has been, and will always be, Grant Kirkhope’s magnificent one for “Banjo Kazooie.” One of the reasons for that is how eclectic it is. Given the game’s original level variety, Kirkhope not only matched each one thematically, but made each level’s theme a classic gaming tune…