Category: Reviews
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Nostalgia Review and Reflection: “Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire” (1996)
By Marshall Garvey It’s a great time to be a “Star Wars” fan these days. OK…anytime is a great time to be a fan of arguably the best sci-fi franchise to grace the earth. But with concrete details of Episode VII (filming as we speak) emerging, the period until its Christmas release in 2015…
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Achievements: game makers or game breakers?
This post originally came from Jake’s blog post. View the original post here and check out Jake’s blog! Nearly nine and a half years ago, the Xbox 360 console was released to the retail shelves. The release of the second Microsoft console generation introduced a feature that eventually became the staple of the entire gaming culture. That feature is…
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Sacramento’s new big thing.
Gaming isn’t really a social activity anymore. Sure, MMO’s are around, online co-op and PvP happens pretty much everywhere on the planet, MOBAs are in their heyday right now, and everyone’s having a good time with their Minecraft server on a regular basis. But I mean, when was the last time you really got together…
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Nostalgia Review: Crash Bandicoot
By Jake Rushing The new Xbox and Playstation generation is well underway, with notable games like Titanfall, Outlast and Assassin’s Creed IV garnering praise and attention from gamers and critics alike. However, as amazing as these games are, sometimes it’s beneficial to get a good dose of nostalgia by heading back to the past. For…
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Playing with Smoke: InFamous: Second Son Review
Written by Terry Randolph, discussed in review by Chris Medrano and Terry Developer: Sucker Punch Productions Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Release Date: March 21, 2014 Rated:T for Teen Platform: PlayStation 4 MSRP: 59.99 Genre: Action/Platform/Sandbox/RPG Let’s get one thing out of the way before the review; Chris and I don’t understand the acclaim the…
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Nintendo’s first gaming series: Game & Watch!
Original post came from Jake’s blog here. Hello readers! Welcome back to my blog! I finally got around to make another blog post. What will I be talking about this time? One of the first predecessors to all handheld gaming that exists today, Game & Watch from Nintendo! I can imagine on some of you…
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The Zombie Apocalypse… again.
The year is 1993. “Zombies ate my Neighbors” forays into the world of video games, with beautifully rendered 16-bit monstrosities. Society has descended into chaos and it is up to you to rescue babies, cheerleaders and elderly people, and somehow carry them back to safety. 20 years later, zombies are still alive and well (okay,…
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Outdated: Can Consoles remain relevant in a changing gaming market?
Consoles being outdated? Is this really a question to be asking? How can something that drives gaming today lose relevancy? I mean, c’mon man, how can you not love the rampant fanboying following the start of the next generation console wars? While most of those questions are fair (and it’s fun to watch the fires…
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Backlog Gaming Review – Guacamelee!
By Jake Rushing As an independent game developer, I always enjoy playing a good indie game, but i do have to say that sometimes I like to take a break with casino, it feels inspiring to feel the creativity and inspiration that has been brought from the games gamblers play. Or at least brought from…
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Fighting the Addiction
I quit Flash games a while ago. Downloaded “the patch,” so to speak. A long time ago, Flash games used to be it. They were the reason we bypassed our middle school’s crappy security system. We proxied and anonymized our way into sites like Newgrounds, FreeAddictingGames (it’s addictive, you fools!), or more recently sites like…