Tag: Last
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A Tale of Two Drakes: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Review
Release Date: May 10, 2016 Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Genre: Third Person Shooter, Platformer, Action-Adventure System: Playstation 4 Completion Time: 15 hrs, 45 minutes (not including collectible hunting) Ludonarrative Dissonance, a heavy word to describe the contrast experienced between gameplay design and narrative structure. It’s a concept I’ve found a problem in…
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What is Speedrunning and Why I love It
*This is a freelance piece written by Cameron Mohr Gaming. When you think of gaming a specific image may form in your mind. You might be the type who remembers waking up on a Saturday morning to play your Nintendo 64 or your Playstation 2. You might forgo a console and stick with your PC…
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What We’re Playing This Week – PC Edition
Jake Rushing – Super Time Force Ultra (PC), Undertale (PC), Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (PC) After beating Metroid II, I have tried to start playing Pokémon Trading Card Game, I have discovered that the save battery needs a replacement. As I’m waiting for the batteries to arrive in the mail, I decided that I going to…
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Gears of War 4 Beta Impressions
Gears of War is the definition of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and rightfully so. The hardcore cover-based third person shooter has built itself a loyal following for its punishingly hard skill-based multiplayer gameplay. It’s a game that allows its game engine to speak for itself through the insanely detailed graphics and gameplay…
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What We’re Playing This Week – Wii U Edition
Terry Randolph – Undertale (Steam), Gears of War 4 Beta (Xbox One), Wonderful 101 (Wii U), Tom Clancy’s The Division (PS4) After getting to finally settle in, it’s time to tackle some more of the backlog with whatever time I may have. In this case, it’s tackling a game I’ve been playing off and on…
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Backlog Review: Difficulty vs. Fear – Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (FNAF 2)
Release Date: November 10, 2014 Developer: Scott Cawthon Publisher: Scott Cawthon Genre: Horror, Survival System: Steam/PC (Reviewed), Mobile Playtime: 5 hours, 30 minutes (Nights 1-5) A year and a half ago, I wrote a review of Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF1 for short) to wish the game a happy birthday, and claimed it to be…
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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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War Never Changes – FallOut 4 Review
Release Date: November 10, 2015 Rated: T for Teen Publisher: Bethesda Game Studios Developer: Bethesda Softworks Platform: Xbox One, Playstation 4, PC Completion time: 3 days, 5 hours and 20 minutes aka 77 hours and 20 minutes. FallOut 3 had a bevy of expectations lobbied against it before its eventual release. Fans of the franchise had been…
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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…