“Nintendo Hard”: Bringing People Together Since 19XX
In the year of 20xx… One year ago, my daughter forced me to challenge her. She loves to play video games, but she’s far from what I consider to be a gamer. Her experiences are limited; the games she’s played the most are The Sims 3 and Left 4 Dead 2. That’s not a bad thing; I’m happy I can share my love for video games with her in whatever way I can. We even play Left 4 Dead 2 together on oc...[Read More]
Retro Review: House of the Dead (Saturn)
Release Date: March 1998 Developer: Sega AM1 R&D Division Publisher: SEGA of America, Inc. Last year, I decided to do a Halloween-themed Retro Review. I took a look at Castlevania: Symphony of the Night because I love the game. But in a twist, I chose to look at the Japanese SEGA Saturn version. The game was different enough compared to the U.S. PlayStation version that it made it a novel revi...[Read More]
Destiny 2 on PC Swings Banhammer Early
Destiny 2 officially released this past Tuesday on PC and saw heaps of initial praise. I figured that would be a foregone conclusion. I’m not a fan of the series; I’m not even a fan of FPSes. But I felt there was no way an MMO FPS series like Destiny wouldn’t do well on the platform. The series is essentially the unholy marriage of Halo and Phantasy Star Online. I figured there was no way that wou...[Read More]
Thor: Ragnarok Final Trailer Released
Too much info in trailers!!! I promised that I would post more video game-related content. The video game-related content was kinda bitchy. I need to recenter myself. To do that, I’ll talk about the latest Thor: Ragnarok trailer. FUCK! PUNISHER WAS RIGHT! THEY RUIN EVERYTHING IN THE TRAILERS!!! Whoops. Sorry about that. The bitchiness came out again. Under control, I promise. Anyway, for tho...[Read More]
SEGA Spartan: A Whole Lotta Nope
Not being optimistic here I will forever accuse Digital Crack brother-from-another-mother Punisher of trolling me into writing about this. Further, it’s my belief that he wants me to write this so resident Sony fanboy – and reformed SEGA fanboy – Grumpy Joe can have sparks fly out of his ears that are bright enough to be seen in space. Punisher denies it. I think he’s full of shi...[Read More]
The (Single-Player) World is Not Gonna End
It’s the end of the world as we know it! I remember being dropped off at school one day way back in the sixth grade. This was before the NES and stuff. There were a bunch of adults in front of the school that day. They were holding up signs and chanting something I didn’t care to catch. I didn’t care to catch what they were chanting because the signs they held said everything I needed to kno...[Read More]
Personal Top 5 – Fighting Games
Round 1: FIGHT! It’s been a great couple of years for fighting game fans like me. I’ve been able to gorge myself on quite a few titles. Some have been pretty awesome (Tekken 7 and Injustice 2); one has been absolute balls (Street Fighter V). On the horizon, I have Dragonball FighterZ and Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (i.e. what the original game should have been out of the gate…no, I’m not bitt...[Read More]
Retro Review: GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64)
Classic game with a couple of flaws Release Date: August 25th, 1997 Developer: Rare, Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo of America, Inc. Nostalgia is a bit of a double-edged sword. I’ve often gone back to play games I remember playing when I was younger and enjoying. Several times, my experience now differs greatly from what I remember. It happened when I replayed Sonic Adventure for a previous Retro Review...[Read More]
Black Panther Official Trailer #1 Released
Lately, the Digital Crack website looks more like Movieland. There’s been an awful lot of movie and TV write-ups and few video game mentions. This will be corrected. I’ll have a Retro Review up soon along with other video game-related stuff. But the first official trailer for Black Panther has been released. And you KNOW I gotta talk about it! Whereas the first teaser trailer tried to ...[Read More]
The Debate Surrounding Loot Boxes and Gambling
Video games as a form of entertainment media have seen more than their share of debate and controversy. The witch hunts that U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman formed in the 90s surrounding video game violence come readily to mind. Former lawyer and full-time professional crackpot Jack Thompson also raked video games through the coals. The less said about him the better because, again, he’s a crackpot. Vi...[Read More]
Trailer for The New Mutants Released (UPDATED)
Uncle Willy proceeds to stay in denial for the rest of the day. No. Oh God, no. What…what WAS that? Fox released the first trailer for its upcoming movie, The New Mutants. It’s the movie adaptation of Marvel Comics’ teenage X-Men wannabe team that started in 1982. The original five-teen team appears in this movie but altered slightly. In place of Xian Coy Manh, aka Karma, Anya Ta...[Read More]
The Foreigner Review
Cast: Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Ian Wood, Mark Tandy, Charlie Murphy, Niall McNamee, Ray Fearon, Lia Williams, Orla Brady Director: Martin Campbell Synopsis: A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers’ identities. Review Jack...[Read More]