This past weekend, the annual fighting game tournament Evolution Championship Series, Evo for short, took place at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fighting gamers from all around the world converged on one location to find out who would be crowned as champions at the end of the tournament. As a fair warning, this
This past weekend the 2014 Evolution Championship Series, “Evo” for short, took place. Evo, the largest and most prestigious fighting game tournament was hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Westgate Hotel and Casino this year.
Reviewing a Dragon Quest game from an American standpoint is an interesting prospect. The long-running RPG series is a cultural phenomenon in its native Japan. Those in the Japanese gaming industry consider it Japan’s national game, with new Dragon Quest games selling up to four million copies. The series has received live-action ballet adaptations, and its music
We all have those special memories: moments in our lives that really changed our outlook. Sometimes for us gamers, it’s a particular game, and for me it was having my eyes open to Western RPGs. I had just purchased the gigantic original Xbox and was looking for something other then Halo 2 to play. I
The Battlefield franchise is near and dear to my heart. I have incredibly vivid memories of the huge hype leading up to Battlefield 1942, the bewildered excitement, the confusion. What do you mean I can be a soldier and drive a tank and steer a battleship? HOW? Battlefield 1942 and its slew of excellent successors – Vietnam, 2, and especially
I find Harvest Moon a fascinating game, as it continues to survive the onslaught of various Facebook Farming games. After the last iteration (Harvest Moon A New Beginning for the 3DS) it seemed Natsume had found the sweet spot. Its mix of both farming and customization led me to wonder what innovations or direction the
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! What’s better than sitting down with your friends and playing an awesomely geeky game? Why, sitting down with your friends and mercilessly crushing them with your massive amounts of geek knowledge! So this week, we’ll do both. Join Anthony, Elizabeth, Leland from
At each convention we attend I watch as the video recording devices get smaller and smaller, as more and more people realize that mobile video is here to stay. Well it just makes sense. There is just one problem, though, that the avid iPhone film maker faces; holding one’s iPhone sideways can lead to a little
Ubisoft is a class act as a whole, with a portfolio full of blockbusters, fan-favorites, and a decided lack of shovel-ware. Ubisoft Montreal has a similarly positive reputation, responsible for many of its parent companies greatest triumphs – Splinter Cell (and it’s superlative sequel, Chaos Theory), Rainbow Six: Vegas I & II, the Prince of