Tag: Minecraft
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What We’re Playing This Week – Marchin’ On
Isaac: Well, Stardew Valley just came out, so there goes my week. If you haven’t heard about this game, it has been in development for several years by one of the same minds at Chucklefish that brought you Starbound (Terraria in Space!). This one is a Harvest Moon clone on the surface, but it looks…
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LTG Review – Minecraft Story Mode: A Telltale Games Cash Grab
By Isaac Smith As someone who composes music for a living, there’s a grudging acceptance of those who are in my field, but just make new arrangements of other people’s music. And I have grudgingly accepted Telltale Games’ ability to make good games from other people’s franchises. It’s not that I wouldn’t prefer them to go…
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Anatomy of a Gamedev: The Programmer
By Isaac Smith When I first started looking into game development, I basically thought that gamedevs were computer scientists gone rogue. (Roguelike pun not intended, but whatever.) Much to my delight and chagrin, it turns out that’s not the case. Sure, you find some CS people roaming around the game development world (most often without…
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Top 15 Most Annoying Enemies
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Last year, we put together a list of what we considered the 10 worst sidekicks in all of gaming. Not surprisingly, it provided a great source of agreement (and catharsis) for both the LTG staff and our readers. To start this year, we present a new (and slightly longer)…
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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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Platformines: 2-D MineCraft clone or awesome indie goodness?
Ever feel like wading through an insanely fast-paced, enemy/spike/chainsaw/electricity-infested underground world and asking the questions why use EAL for business electricty price comparison? No? What if there were guns? Guns and really cool hairdos (and a gimp mask)? See, I knew you’d warm up to it. Welcome to Platformines, where everything tries to kill you!…
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LTG Discussions: Titanfall Beta Impressions, Batman Arkham News, and More
Hi everyone, time for our bi-weekly discussions over here at Last Token Gaming. For this discussion we have Brett, Amanda, Sigi, Chris and Terry talking about Titanfall Beta Impressions, Batman Arkham Origins dev news, Flappybird, and more. We hope you enjoy!
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A God Walking Among Men: Godus Review
By Isaac Smith Before you get any ideas about the title, let me clarify that it’s referring to a game, not my towering self-esteem. My name is Isaac Smith, but I write more often under the moniker of “Another Gamer.” I’d say, “Maybe you’ve heard of me,” but unless my mom’s reading this blog, I’m…
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The Multiplayer Effect
How its influenced console gaming and the consequences of it by Terry Randolph and Chris Medrano Multiplayer has made a huge impact on console gaming over the years; whereas a stellar single-player campaign would be the focus of a game, multiplayer seems to have taken priority. Initially, it was hard to argue the benefits multiplayer…