Category: Articles
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Introducing: Anatomy of a Gamedev!
So maybe you’re a gamer. Maybe you’re aspiring to be a game developer one day. Maybe you’re a psychologist trying to get “Desire to Make Video Games” labeled as a psychiatric disorder. One way or another, you’ve asked yourself questions about how exactly game developers do what they do, why they think the way they…
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Konami: A Betrayal or a New Leaf?
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Isaac: Mobile games are the future. There, I said it. I’m sorry if it made you cringe or throw things at the screen or call me bad things. Now, I’m going to spend the rest of this argument clarifying exactly what I mean and why I believe it. Consoles are…
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First impressions: Splatoon
By Sean Willis Nintendo’s new Wii U game Splatoon certainly tries some new things, but even with all new things, is a multiplayer game about inking everything really going to hit the mark? I had a chance to try out the game during the Global Test Fire event they held earlier and managed to catch a…
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1998: The Greatest Year in Gaming History
By Marshall Garvey Being an unabashed history geek, one of my most distinct (re: pathetic) habits is to chronicle the most superlative years of a given field. It’s a habit some might find downright anal and, perhaps, kind of pointless. After all, many believe history is better learned by de-emphasizing year and date memorization. But…
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LTG News Roundup – 5/15/15
By Marshall Garvey After 25 years, Nintendo World Championships are finally coming back. Konami’s obsession with wiping P.T. and all traces of Silent Hills from existence sets a dangerous trend for gaming companies and the way they treat franchises and fans. If you’re eager, footage of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate has been released. The Banjo-Kazooie…
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This Day in Gaming History: May 11th, 1995 – The Sega Saturn Receives a Surprise Launch
By Michael Mygind Twenty years ago today on May 11th, 1995, Sega released the Sega Saturn in North America. With an original launch date of September 5, 1995, just one week before Sony’s home console debut with the Playstation, Sega’s then president, Tom Kalinske, made a bold move at the 1995 E3 expo. In an…
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How to farm for custom moves for Super Smash Bros 4
By Jake Rushing Super Smash Bros is my favorite multiplayer series to play with your friends, and the most recent entry in the Super Smash Bros franchise might be the best multiplayer game to date. One of the minor features that added to Super Smash Bros 4 a good amount of depth to the…
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Last Token Gaming News Roundup – 5/8/15
By Marshall Garvey 1. In absolutely heartbreaking news, Sega officially won’t have a booth at E3 this year. 2. New details on the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed have been leaked. 3. If you’ve ever wondered how much someone is willing to spend on Hearthstone packs in a single night, try $3,200. 4. Surely enough, the Star…
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Top Ten Most Annoying NPCs
By the Last Token Gaming Staff A little while ago, we here at Last Token Gaming vented our unbridled frustration over the 15 most irritating recurring enemies in gaming history. Before that, of course, we unloaded on the 10 most annoying sidekicks. (Somehow, every single entry wasn’t Navi and Slippy.) Today, we return with…
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This Day in Gaming History, May 5: “Wolfenstein 3D” is released
By Marshall Garvey Ah, the first-person shooter (or FPS for short). What would our video game lives be without it? For all the evolutions in the gaming world over the years, it’s a genre that can never be phased out. If anything, it only seems to mushroom exponentially with each passing year, for better…