Terry’s Picks – 3 Characters for Smash

Ever since the closing of the Smash Ballot, and the reveal of Cloud from Final Fantasy VII joining the Super Smash Bros. roster, it leaves open the door of possibilities for hundreds of characters being able to join. With Sakurai aiming to announce the last new characters to be joining the game, all of us […]

This Day in Gaming History – The GameCube is Released in North America (November 18, 2001)

By Marshall Garvey So, did you feel old at all yesterday when my colleague Terry Randolph observed the ninth anniversary of the PS3’s release? Well, get ready to scramble to the mirror to check for a gray hair or two: On this day, 14 years ago, the Nintendo GameCube was released to the public here […]

Top 10 Most Annoying Sidekicks

By the Last Token Gaming Staff As is commonly noted amongst gamers and critics today, it’s stunning to see how far video games have come in a very short amount of time. But while titles have taken lunar leaps in areas like graphics, storytelling, voice acting and music, there’s still a frequent flaw that persists […]

Hall of Fame Review – Resident Evil 4 (2005)

By Marshall Garvey Release date: January 11, 2005 Developers: Capcom Production, Studio 4 Publisher: Capcom Genre: Survival horror Mode: Single player  Systems: Gamecube, Playstation 2, Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC The decision of which game to christen as my number one has eluded me for years. I of course don’t mean the undisputed “best […]

Marshall Garvey’s Top 20 Video Game Characters (#10-1)

By Marshall Garvey 10.  Otacon – Metal Gear Solid series “Snake? SNAKE? SNNNNNNAAAAAKKKKKEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!” In the annals of gaming sidekicks, no one is as loyal, intelligent, eloquent, and hilarious as Hal Emmerich, aka Otacon. Found hiding in a locker in the original 1998 game, he soon becomes Solid Snake’s trusty assistant upon learning that the Metal Gear project […]