Dear Journal, Today I spent some time with my psychotic father hunting deranged animals all over the world. That is to say, what the hell did I just play? I had seen them in stores quite a bit, and there is no shortage of them, so I had wondered for quite some time just what these Cabela’s games had to […]
Read more
Lollipop Chainsaw is Suda51’s newest game. The lead heroine is high school cheerleader Juliet Starling. It is her eighteenth birthday and there is a zombie outbreak at her school but that’s no problem, Juliet comes from a family of zombie hunters. So not only does Juliet have her family to help her but her boyfriend Nick, who gets bitten by […]
Read more
Dear Journal, Today I realized I have a problem. How did this all begin anyway? I suppose I have Cheap Ass Gamer to blame, at least in part. At what point does a deal on a video game literally become so good that you can’t resist it? Well, apparently, for me that point doesn’t take much. I mean, how did […]
Read more
E3 is the dream conference in the eyes of a gamer. In that magical land of sack boys and blue hedgehogs you’re treated to all of the upcoming games and consoles. A lot of us have to experience it through the warm, comforting glow of a computer screen. However, some fortunate souls get to step through the doors of […]
Read more
The first Twisted Metal game for this current generation of consoles is out. Is it as good as the previous installments in the series? Unfortunately it is not. The main single player campaign for this Twisted Metal is broken into three parts, one for each of the main characters. You go through the story as Sweet Tooth, Mr. Grimm and […]
Read more
Hi. My name is Briana Lawrence and I — deep breath — am a Naruto fan. Well, that’s not entirely true. I’m more of a recovering addict. My fangirl mind has become exhausted with the series and, recently, I haven’t felt the excitement I use to feel oh so many years ago back when Naruto was a wee little lad […]
Read more
Once upon a time there lived an adorkable gamer girl who enjoyed her fair share of hadoukens, sonic booms, and spinning bird kicks. One day, the young girl strolled into an arcade — back when they still existed outside of malls and movie theatres — and discovered a concept that blew her mind: the fighting game crossover. X-Men vs […]
Read more
Life will find a way. Whether you are referring to the constant biological urge all living things on the planet share to not only survive but to produce the next generation or the constant desire to milk a popular franchise for all it is worth, this statement rings true. Jurassic Park is one of those franchises, even today there […]
Read more
Jackie Estacado is carrying a dark secret deep inside him, literally. Since before the beginning of time, before there was light there was simply The Darkness and The Darkness doesn’t much care for the light. Able to inhabit only one being, one family line, The Darkness grants unimaginable power to the host in exchange for control. Once The Darkness has […]
Read more
Soul Calibur is a franchise that I’ve been invested in for years. The characters. The story. The fighting and weapons. The cheap ring-outs — I’m looking at you, Nightmare. The chance to create fighting game versions of characters I love — why yes, that is Grell Sutcliff from Black Butler — Kuroshitsuji for the Japanese savvy. With the recent release of part five of the main series (not counting the side games on PSP and wii) the excitement made my very soul, well… burn!
Read more