Category: Reviews
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Good Knight, and Good Luck – Arkham Knight Review
By Terry Randolph There was always a question of how to end the Arkham franchise; after all, each game has increased in magnitude of scope since Arkham Asylum. The games were no longer a chess match between Batman and Joker, but also psychoanalyzed their relationship, as well as between the villains and Gotham City. Gotham’s darkest depths…
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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…
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LTG Arcade Adventures – Coin-Op Game Room (Sacramento, CA)
By Marshall Garvey A short time ago in my World 1-1 movie review, I lamented the tremendous decline of the classic video game arcade in recent years. As the console wars rage on (and may even be supplanted yet by mobile games), it’s economically understandable why people don’t make the effort to drive out to…
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Last Token Gaming Book Review – Ready Player One (2011)
By Jordan Nelson Do you want to go on a thrill ride in the ultimate video gaming future? Do you want to know what it will be like when technology and everyday life are so integrated that you will never be offline? DO YOU LIKE THE EIGHTIES?!?! Then Ready Player One is the book for…
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Retro Review: “Batman Returns” (1993, Konami, Super Nintendo)
By Michael Mygind The 16-bit era of the early to mid-nineties was a hotbed for two things: side scrolling beat-em-ups and movie tie-ins. Most beat-em-ups were uninspired copy-cats of popular franchises at the time such as Final Fight and Streets of Rage, and most movie tie-ins were lackluster cash-ins on a popular license. However, 1993’s Batman…
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In the Still of Knight: Batman: Arkham Origins Review
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Developer: Warner Bros. Games, Montreal Rating: T for Teen Released: October 25, 2013 Systems: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), Playstation 3, PC Genre: Platformer Warning: This review will contain spoilers. If you haven’t played the game, do not read the paragraphs marked “Spoiler” For a series as old as Batman, there are numerous version of his origin…
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Retro Review: “Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems” (1996, Capcom, Super Nintendo)
By Michael Mygind When you hear the brands Marvel & Capcom used in the same sentence, you automatically insert a “VS” between the two and think of fighting games. However, because of that, a collaboration between the two that is often overshadowed is Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems, released for the Super…
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The Retro VGS: What We Know So Far
From the path that ended with the Nintendo 64, comes the first new cartridge-based home console, the Retro Video Game System, or Retro VGS for short. While it is still in the early stages of development with a Kickstarter page that is expected to launch soon, this ambitious console plans to bring nostalgia back to…
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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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Foreign Favorites: Volume 3 – Japan Pickups Edition
By Michael Mygind This time around, I’ll be focusing on four games that I picked up while on vacation in Japan. Pop ‘n TwinBee (1993, Konami, Super Famicom) This shoot ‘em up (or shmup) is the sixth game in the TwinBee series, which are often referred to as “cute ‘em ups” for their cartoony style…