Gravity Rush – Dizzyingly Enjoyable (Review)

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Gravity Rush – Dizzyingly Enjoyable (Review)

July 30, 2014 /
With the videogame industry generally settled on a few select genres that like to reiterate the same style and mechanics over and over it’s easy to forget just how artful, creative, and unique the medium can be, but even two years after its original release Gravity Rush (aka Gravity Daze in the east) does an excellent job reminding us just how much more games can be than the accepted norm. Inspired by the style of French comic artists Moebius and Hergé, Gravity Rush takes place in the cel-shaded ...

Gravity Rush – Dizzyingly Enjoyable (Review)

Final Fantasy Type-0 Translation Pulled--More than Meets the Eye?

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Final Fantasy Type-0 Translation Pulled--More than Meets the Eye?

July 23, 2014 /
Mention the name “Type-0″ to just about any fan of Square Enix’s long-running Final Fantasy series and passions will immediately run hot. Out of all entries in the troubled Fabula Nova Crystalis sub-series, Final Fantasy Type-0 won arguably the most affection from gamers worldwide…even though it never officially left Japanese shores. The PSP game didn’t hit the Japanese market until 2011—the beginning of the end for Sony’s first handheld platform—and even in the best of cases it wouldn’t ...

Final Fantasy Type-0 Translation Pulled--More than Meets the Eye?

Playstation Vita Review – Third Year’s the Charm

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Playstation Vita Review – Third Year’s the Charm

July 15, 2014 /
Portable gaming consoles got off to a rough start this generation. With smartphone gaming on the rise Nintendo and Sony weren’t entirely sure how to compete and draw gamers’ attentions. Furthermore the last generation of handhelds sold incredibly well and boasted libraries of games that are tough to one-up even today. But that was the scenario a few years ago. Since then we’ve had time to realize that smartphone gaming can’t compare to dedicated hardware with physical buttons, and we’ve mostly ...

Playstation Vita Review – Third Year’s the Charm

Kickstarter Project Raises $70,000…for Potato Salad

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Kickstarter Project Raises $70,000…for Potato Salad

July 08, 2014 /
Oh, internet, you’re so funny. The website Kickstarter has drawn a lot of positive attention in the last couple of years. Numerous individual efforts and major productions alike have found their way to market thanks to crowd funding provided through the service. It’s safe to say the world is a little bit better for enabling all manner of entrepreneurs to fulfill their dreams and simultaneously bestow upon consumers some really great products that otherwise wouldn’t have seen the light of day. But not ...

Kickstarter Project Raises $70,000…for Potato Salad

What Ever Happened to the PS Vita?

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What Ever Happened to the PS Vita?

July 02, 2014 /
It seems a weird question to ask of any Playstation device, but here we are. Sony’s latest portable console is now well into its third year, and for years prior Playstation fans begged for what was then known as NGP (next-gen portable). The PSP before it sold tremendously (80 million units worldwide as of last November) and was home to some of the best titles ever to hit gamers’ pockets. When Nintendo made the first move on the latest generation of handheld consoles by releasing the 3DS, serious gamers ...

What Ever Happened to the PS Vita?