https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR01YdFtWFI&feature=iv&src_vid=9yDZM0diiYc&annotation_id=annotation_901570579 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 […]
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What We’re Playing This Week – Post Apocalypse!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x3oJQ6uUA8 Marshall: Oh boy, have I got a frustrating predicament with my latest fix…or should I say, would-be fix. Here’s what’s what: My great friend and LTG colleague Ben Fitzgerald was super kind to give me his Steam key for the 2013 survival horror hit Outlast, the timing of which was insanely perfect as I’ve […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tom Clancy’s The Division Beta Impressions
*Beta was played on the Xbox One Open world games have always been an anomaly for me. There’s always a sense of a disconnect between what the developers want to do versus what is accomplished as a final result. Each game attempts to build a living breathing world through various ways; the open, expansive maps, […]
This Day in Gaming History – Playstation 3 Releases (Nov. 17, 2006)
2001-2006 was a very interesting era for gaming. It was a generation painted in the mindset of the East (Sony, PlayStation 2) versus West (Microsoft, Xbox), beginning of of the end of Sega’s console development, as the Dreamcast was discontinued. Nintendo’s console, the Gamecube, sold quietly in the background and had a consistently strong line […]