What We’re Playing This Week – PC Edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDKe3guiFq4 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 […]

TellTale’s The Walking Dead: Michonne Mini-Series Comprehensive Review

Release Date: Episode 1, In Too Deep: February 23, 2016 Episode 2, Give No Shelter: March 29, 2016 Episode 3, What We Deserve: April 26, 2016 Developer: TellTale Games Publisher: TellTale Games Genre: Horror, Survival, Interactive Story System: Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One (Reviewed), Steam/PC Overall time spent – 3 hrs 15 […]

What We’re Playing This Week – Wii U Edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ueBmNNGus 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 […]

What We’re Playing This Week – Star Fox Edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cNp80bDRwQ Jake Rushing – Pokémon Yellow (Gameboy), StarFox Zero (Wii U) For this week, I will be focusing on going through Pokémon Yellow. So far, I managed to beat Misty, and now I’m going through S.S. Anne and battling trainers on the ship. I’ll try and get to the halfway point before Star Fox Zero […]

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 […]

Last Token Gaming Movie Review – World 1-1 (2015)

By Marshall Garvey   What do you think of when you hear the term “video game”? Your first thoughts may be of spectacularly rendered, immersive titles you dedicate hours to on blockbuster consoles ranging from Nintendo 64 to the Xbox One and Playstation 4. Likewise, you think of the video game industry as the expensive, […]

Gaming in Translation (Part 2/3) – Nerd Culture in Japan

By Michael Mygind This past March, my wife and I were betting odds explained that I’ve wanted to make since I was little: Japan, the land of the rising sun, anime, manga and the video game developers that helped the industry recover from the crash in the early 80’s and make it what it is today.   While my […]

Video Games: Art you can be bad at.

“Video games are the only form of art which you can be bad at experiencing.”   A friend repeated those words to me a couple days ago, echoing a popular statement among game developers, game journalists and those who love the www.casinodames.com games, comedians and grumpy people who hate Ninja Gaiden everywhere. They represent a […]

The Great Disappointment of the FFVII Remake

I obviously don’t have to tell you that the Final Fantasy VII Remake announcement was a gigantic disappointment. Yes, Square Enix: you do have a golden goose, and you have been making it poop out eggs since the game came out, pretty much. The first FF to have a PC Port. The first FF to have […]

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 […]