Category: Reviews
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What We’re Playing This Week, Sixth Edition
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Marshall Garvey: So, you’re expecting me to kick off this edition of WWPTW with my usual blurb about a classic game, a veritable warm-up to its Hall of Fame Review? Don’t ya? Well, shocker: I’M PLAYING A CURRENT TITLE!!! Due to the apparent loss of my main game…
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Doctor Who: Legacy Review
By Jordan Nelson Hi there, this is Jordan with my first piece for Last Token Gaming! Today we will be reviewing the mobile game Doctor Who: Legacy, a bubble pop game with a few twists. In Doctor Who: Legacy you build a team of one Doctor and five companions. Each Doctor and companion have a…
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The Clone Wars
(Before I get started: hello, everyone! Sorry it’s been so long since my last rant post. Glad to be back!) I love the term “clone.” It’s so derogatory and dismissive. It’s the video game review equivalent of calling someone an asshat on the internet: “0/10 Just another clone.” But here’s the thing: I enjoy playing…
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Because all of us at Last Token Gaming love video games. Which is why we want to try something new — we’d like to play games with you, the readers! That’s right, for this upcoming weekend and potentially through the rest of the week, we’d love to sit down, grab a drink, some snacks and…
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Foreign Favorites – Volume 1
By Michael Mygind There are some awesome retro imports out there that a lot of people don’t know about. So, this is a feature that I’ll be writing from time to time to put a spotlight on some of great foreign games that I feel are worth checking out. I won’t go into great depth,…
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Retro Review: “Truxton” (1989, Toaplan, Sega Genesis)
One of my all-time favorite genres is the scrolling shoot-em-up, commonly referred to as shmups. The feeling of drifting along, collecting power-ups and clearing everything in your path with a hail of gun-fire is an exhilarating experience. Being a fan of a genre, it’s always a pleasure to discover new classics that might’ve added a…
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Talion the Orc Slayer – Shadow of Mordor Review
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…