Over the last decade Kingdom Hearts has taken the concept of creating an action adventure role playing game set in-between the worlds of Disney and Square and created a complex story that spans across several spin off games for almost every handheld. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is the latest installment and attempts to find a ...
Paper Mario: Sticker Star is the latest installment of Mario’s arts and crafts RPG series and the first to show up on Nintendo 3DS. Despite carrying the Paper Mario legacy, Sticker Star has some departures that may annoy longtime fans but it is nevertheless a fun and colorful romp through the Mushroom Kingdom. The game ...
Toki Tori 2 is a pure and wondrous new puzzle game for the Wii U eShop. Thanks to developer Two Tribes’ presentation and approach to gameplay Toki Tori 2 comes out to be a fun, unique and at times challenging experience that is sure to surprise Wii U gamers of all ages. Players control a ...
This Spring, King of the Nerds premiered on TBS as a quirky culture based competition. The reality series pitted gamers, comic experts and eggheads against each other to see who was the most skilled representative of nerddom. Now that the show has been renewed for a second season, I was able to catch up with contestant Virgil Griffith. Virgil is a disruptive ...
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?! Is a retro platformer/brawler for Nintendo 3DS and DS based on the popular Cartoon Network show Adventure Time. This quirky little title takes all the charm from the cartoon and combines it with retro side scrolling and dungeon exploration. Throughout the game players take control ...
Countless RPGs take inspiration from classic pen and paper role-playing games, but Level 5′s Crimson Shroud truly pays homage to classic dungeon mastering in almost every aspect. The game developed by Yatsumi Matsuno combines the hallmarks of a turn based JRPG with the aesthetics of a table top experience. This combination makes for an appealing ...
It has been nearly 30 years since the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first appeared. Since their early comic book days Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s creations have been adapted and reinvented into 4 television series, 4 films with another on the way and countless comic books, action figures and video games. Each new iteration of ...
For a while now a disturbing trend has taken over cable television. It seems like everyone is flocking to their nearest pawn counter and storage locker looking to make big bucks on the ever thriving collectibles market. Shows like Pawn Stars, Comic Book Men, The Toy Hunter, and Storage Wars constantly explore the murky waters of the ...
Late last year the set of Xoom Xoom Morning Show Live was swiftly and definitively invaded by the horrifying Alien/Monster…thing: Gorburger. What followed was an unprecedented talk show hosted from the now occupied Japanese studio. Featuring guest such as Tegan and Sara, The Mars Volta, The Dum Dum Girls and 3OH!3 among many others. After a short seasonal gap in ...
BIT.TRIP Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, or simply Runner 2 is a clear hit on Wii U’s eShop. Although it has only been a few short months since the console began to shell out digital only titles, Runner 2 sets the bar very high. The sequel to Gaijin Game’s BIT.TRIP Runner, Runner 2 ...