Tag: Gaming
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What We’re Playing This Week – Backlog Game Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ErCf345BQ Jake Rushing – Pokémon Silver (Gameboy/Game Boy Color) This week, I’ll just play Pokémon Silver. I’m just past the halfway point since I beat the Elite Four for the first time and I just arrived at Kanto. Before I got to the Elite Four, I managed to evolve my Horsea to Seadra, and to…
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What We’re Playing This Week – Easter Edition
From all of us to you, Happy Easter Everyone! Jake Rushing – Pokémon Silver (Game boy), Pokken Tournament (Wii U), Metroid 2 Return of Samus (Gameboy): This week, I’ll continue to play Pokémon Silver. As I’m trying to find a way to get through the game as quickly as I can so I could move…
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Last Token Gaming Hall of Fame Review – Mega Man X (1993)
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom, Nintendo, Majesco Entertainment Initial Release Date: January 1994 (U.S. release) Initial Platform: Super Nintendo Rated: E for Everyone Lets go back to the 90s, during where SNES is somewhat new and thriving. After seeing the success of the Mega Man series for NES, Capcom decided to take advantage of the advanced…
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What We’re Playing This Week – Wandering Edition
Isaac: I’m finishing up Stardew Valley! I gotta say, it’s a fabulous game. It has its flaws here and there, but as many of you saw in my review, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m moving on to Factorio, a game about automation and industry. It’s… really, really addictive. It’s wickedly complex, often unforgiving, and a…
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Backlog Review: Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble
By Jake Rushing Developer: RARE Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: November 1st, 1996 Platform: Super Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Wii U Rated: E for Everyone After Nintendo 64 was released to the store shelves, Rare had already finished the third installment of the Donkey Kong Country series, and the game got released over 4 months…
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Distraction, Memories and Escape – Why Games Like Firewatch and That Dragon, Cancer are Significant
I can’t recall the amount of times I’ve been asked for advice, or how each conversation begins and ends. However, I can remember the themes, motifs, and the glimmer of hope that somehow I’ve helped. I could tell you that each conversation started differently, but end almost at the same point: don’t try to escape…
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What We’re Playing This Week – Brace Yourself, Winter’s Ending
Jake Rushing – Donkey Kong (Gameboy), Pokémon Red (Gameboy), Fallout 4 (PS4) – Whelp, earlier last week, I got Donkey Kong from eBay, so I’ve been playing that the past few days, and I’ll continue to play that this week until I beat the game. I also got Fallout 4 and a PS4 last weekend…