Today, Batman fans learned a very important lesson: if you’re an iconic voice actor, make sure you know what games you are in and when they are announced before you discuss them. Last weekend at Dallas Comic Con, Kevin Conroy said that he would be returning to voice Batman in the new Arkham Origins [...]
I feel like we’ve lost sight of the word “fun” lately. Especially in gaming, where every new AAA game is a masterpiece and awe-inspiring and perfect, and every new indie game is a super-introspective work of art. People don’t sit down anymore and play a game to have fun, or at least they don’t [...]
So as you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been on a bit of a Metroid kick lately. And for good reason: it’s a great series that, for one reason or another, seems to have taken a bit of a back seat to Nintendo’s more “heavyweight” titles like Zelda, Mario, and Pokemon. I assume this is because Mario’s [...]
‘Boob-plate’ armor…only the finest armor any female warrior in an epic fantasy story could wear, right? You know what I’m talking about…the kind of armor that not only protects female warriors (unlike bikini-mail (and don’t bother trying to google, it because all you’ll find are pictures of guys in skimpy, bikini bottoms…trust me, I know *shudders*) [...]
When Disney bought the rights to the Star Wars franchise, nerds everywhere became giddy at the idea of a new series of films in the hands of the same company that revived the superhero genre with titles like Iron Man and the Avengers. Video game fans, however, were a bit more cautious. Disney Interactive’s video games [...]
First published in Fandomfest blog 5/6/13 Things are rocking and rolling at the fandomfest offices after we got back from C2E2! Fandomfest rocked the con and made appearances and contacts with several celebs, writers and artists at C2E2. Yours truly was busy as Ash in a Pokémon gym at the gaming room, but I also got to talk [...]
Moving into a new house when you’re a kid holds a very peculiar mix of curiosity and fear. There’s the wonder of finding secret rooms, things your old house didn’t have, new hidden corners to use to stump your friends at the weekly game of hide and seek. There’s also the nervous feeling of waking [...]
It’s no secret anymore: we live in an era where geeks reign supreme. Gone are the days of geeks fading into the background. Yup, those days are long gone. It’s perfectly natural that the overly enthusiastic dominate nearly every facet of our world. Geeks across the globe are turning their passions into something truly notable, [...]
I’ve stopped starting discussions on what the best FPS’ of all time are, largely because I don’t feel the need to have the same discussion 100 times in a row. Seriously, bring it up with your friends, or some strangers. You’ll hear Half-Life and Half-Life 2 get praised for an hour and a half, followed [...]
As a gamer, I will admit to falling into a few stereotypes. I can be awkward in social situations, I avoid the sun at all costs, and an ideal Friday night includes a flickering screen, a 2-liter bottle of Mountain Dew, and a hot pizza delivered to my doorstep. Fortunately for Xbox gamers, that hot [...]
Hot on the heels of the Ducktales HD re-release/remake/reimaginition/we-made-a-game-again comes the announcement that the Genesis classic Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse is also getting the HD treatment this summer. Sega studios Australia is handling the game, and a representative from Sega states that the game “takes advantage of the power of PS3 with all new graphics and [...]
So, who’s picking up Injustice: Gods Among Us today? Or maybe you picked it up at midnight? Either way, you don’t want to wait to grab this gem. To say that Injustice has been an anticipated video game is an understatement. Even uber-geeks Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are excited. With the advent of the Dark Knight trilogy, the Spider-Man reboot, Phase One of the Marvel Universe movies, and [...]
On its surface, PUNKSNOTDEAD is a simple game. People come at you (or really, walk by you, if we’re splitting hairs), and you punch them. Every so often one changes color and brandishes a gun. You punch them, too. Wash, rinse, punch away to the next screen. Honestly, I could have taken the game deeper, [...]
Toronto-based independent video game studio, DrinkBox Studios, released their new PlayStation Network game today. Guacamelee! is the third title from DrinkBox to be released on Sony’s download service. Previous games in their portfolio include About a Blob for the PlayStation 3 and Mutant Blobs Attack!!! for the PlayStation 3 and Vita. “Guacamelee! is a Mexican-themed [...]
I decided I’m gonna spare you guys the history lesson, this time around. Chances are if you’re reading a review of a fighting game, you know all about Capcom’s storied history of punching games with fireballs and lasers and whatnot. And chances are especially good you’ve at least heard of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and [...]
Disney has laid off approximately 150 LucasArts staff and cancelled Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault, Kotaku reports. “After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games,” says [...]
In 1996 Nintendo released a little game called Super Mario 64, on a largely glossed-over console called the Nintendo 64 (you see that sarcasm? That’s why I’m a writer, people). The game went on to sell a crap-ton of copies, due largely to the fact that it was one of the first truly open, 3D [...]
After the smash success that was 2012′s The Walking Dead, Telltale’s next gaming venture has a lot to live up to. Fortunately for the fans, Telltale Games has been planning a video game based around the Fables comic series since 2011. But now we have a title: The Wolf Among Us. The Vertigo comic series [...]
One could easily make the mistake that Fire Emblem Awakening is a game about war. Nobody would blame them for making that assumption. After all, the player leads an army against enemy forces on a campaign across the continents. At your disposal are knights, archers, and mages. But Fire Emblem Awakening is not a game [...]
Calling SSG2 a golf game is a very loose use of the word “golf”. It’s like calling Katamari Damacy a puzzler, or calling crying myself to sleep clutching my phone in one hand and a glass of chocolate milk in the other “not sad”. But, as I’ve opined about a zillion times by now, that’s [...]
