NES Classic Edition Suffers from a Classic Nintendo Problem: Shortages
When Nintendo announced the NES Classic Edition in July, retro gaming enthusiasts and Nintendo fans collectively peed on themselves. I admit to having some moisture issues with my tidy-whities. Discussions among the Digital Crack crew about the news were spirited. Thirty classic Nintendo games, all in one miniature package, seemed like a good idea to most. Even the price point seemed right. We agr...[Read More]
Microsoft Claims to be October’s Best-Selling Console
Microsoft has been on a bit of a tear lately. For the last three months, data tracking site NPD has reported the Xbox One has topped the console sales charts. In a statement given to Destructoid, Microsoft is claiming that its streak is continuing for a fourth straight month. Without giving sales numbers, the Redmond, Washington company says the Xbox One was “October’s best-selling console.” The X...[Read More]
Have You Seen….Idiocracy?
Release Date: January 25, 2007 Director: Mike Judge Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, Anthony Campos, David Herman, Justin Long Favorite quote: “The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes the genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources where focused on conquering hair lo...[Read More]
Ghost in the Shell Tokyo Trailer
A new teaser trailer for Scarlett Johanssen’s Ghost in the Shell has been released, and it’s…short. As in, 14 seconds short. It recreates a scene from the original anime where Motoko (Johanssen, creditad as The Major) is fighting a ghost-hacked thug while cloaked. The scene shows the thug flying from a blow from her, followed a shot of The Major emerging from he camouflage befor...[Read More]
MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA Official Cinematic Trailer Released
EA has released a new trailer for BioWare’s MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA today. For fans of the series, there is enough here to intrigue. The game has a vague release of Spring 2017, and I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say that’s too long a wait!
Retro Review: Blackthorne (SNES)
Release Date: 1994 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Publisher: Interplay Productions Ltd. On February 8th, 1991, three UCLA Bachelor’s graduates decided to start making video games for the SNES under the name Silicon & Synapse. The games were good but not spectacular. Sometime in 1993, Silicon & Synapse became Chaos Studios. They eventually caught the attention of distributor...[Read More]
Akuma Being Added to Street Fighter V
Suddenly, all seems right with the world. During the Capcom Pro Tour North America finals at Red Bull Battle Grounds in Seattle, Washington this past weekend, a teaser video for Street Fighter V was run. The video, clocking in at a mere 24 seconds, fills my heart with joy. In it, a bleak scene of a dilapidated dojo during a storm almost immediately fades to black. Soon, a familiar gruff voice is h...[Read More]
BlizzCon 2016 Impressions
Every year, the High Priests of Blizzard gather their flock and descend upon Anaheim, California to profess their faith and devotion. They call it BlizzCon, and they bill it as some celebration of gaming. Obviously, it’s just a front ritualistic activity. I’ve seen the pictures. People dressed as demons and orcs and pandas. There’s even a Weird Al Yankovic sighting this year. It’s obviously pagan ...[Read More]
New Overwatch Animated Short formally introduces Sombra
For BlizzCon 2016, Blizzard played a new animated short that finally introduced Overwatch’s much-hyped hero, Sombra. The short interrupted a retrospective of Overwatch’s launch day, glitching out the video in true Sombra style. It follows the stealthy hacker on a mission alongside Widowmaker and Reaper. She looks exactly like she does in the most recent leaked image. Judging by her mov...[Read More]
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare from Windows Store Cannot Connect With Steam Users
With Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare out today, tens of thousands of veteran players can now jump on multiplayer and tell me how they slept with my mother…INNNNNNNN SPAAAAAAAAAACE! Unfortunately, some PC owners will discover that the pool of fellow “adults” they can grief is much smaller than they hoped for. Customers who bought the game via the Windows Store are discovering that they cannot play w...[Read More]
Wonder Woman Trailer #2 Released
DC has released a new trailer for the upcoming Wonder Woman movie. The movie, starring Gal Gadot as the titular character and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, still looks great. As the most iconic female superhero in comics, I am pulling for this movie to be as great as the trailers seem to be.
Have You Seen….The Kentucky Fried Movie?
Release Date: August 10, 1977 Director: John Landis Starring: Too many people to even TRY to mention! Favorite quote: “Big Jim has satisfied women throughout the world, and the capital of Nebraska is Lincoln!”– Announcer Remember that John Landis movie I teased at the end of An American Werewolf in London? Well, The Kentucky Fried Movie is that movie. To me, this is more than just a movie that I a...[Read More]