E3 2017: Sea of Thieves
The pirate’s life for me! This game is a true console exclusive. This game is also about 715 liters of triple-distilled awesome. Sea of Thieves is a Rare-developed action-adventure co-op pirate game. That’s it. That’s all you need. You should be saving up pennies already for the eventual purchase. What is more awesome than co-op pirate play, I ask you? Fine, I’ll write more about it. Happy? ...[Read More]
E3 2017: The Darwin Project
Slaughter Studio’s The Darwin Project is a console launch exclusive. It’s a multiplayer asymmetrical battle royale game set in the Colorado Rockies. The premise is “half science, half live entertainment.” Another ice age is looming, and players are challenged to fight and survive. The fights are, naturally, televised. When the game starts, six players are dropped in the wilderness with only a bow ...[Read More]
E3 2017: State of Decay 2
Because zombies! That’s why! One of Big Lu’s most anticipated games, State of Decay 2 showed off a new trailer. This game, however, is a legitimate console exclusive, not a console launch exclusive. Set in yet another zombie apocalypse, the original game on the Xbox 360 asked players to manage a community of survivors while killing hordes of undead. The sequel adds online co-op, allowing pla...[Read More]
E3 2017: Assassin’s Creed Origins
Kill like an Egyptian After a yearlong hiatus, the mainline Assassin’s Creed series gets a new title. Fans of the series are no doubt hoping that Assassin’s Creed Origins eschews the stale gameplay that plagued more recent titles and returns the series to prominence. The game takes players all the way back to ancient Egypt, circa 49 B.C. You play as Bayek and make your way through the ancient land...[Read More]
E3 2017: Metro Exodus
In Soviet Russia, rats kill you! The first console launch exclusive was, to me, a welcome surprise. 4A Games’ Metro Exodus is the latest entry in a series that is pretty awesome. The Metro series is adapted from Dmitry Glukhovsky’s series of novels. They are based in a post-apocalyptic future where the survivors live in a network of underground subway tunnels. The newest entry, which takes place a...[Read More]
E3 2017 Impressions: Microsoft Conference
More than just TFLOPS Buckle up, kids. This is gonna be a long ride. Going into Microsoft’s conference on Sunday, there was one obvious thing the majority of people cared about: Project Scorpio. Microsoft’s mid-cycle refresh of the Xbox One was set to debut. My son, a confirmed Xbox fanboy, was foaming at the mouth thinking about it. I’m sure he wasn’t the other one. Right, Lou? Not me. My i...[Read More]
E3 2017 Impressions: EA Conference
Featuring Star Wars: Battlefront II! Oh, and other stuff… It’s E3 2017, and I’m fake-excited! Last year, I attempted to cover many of the major releases that were shown at E3. By the end of the conference, I was a burned-out husk. For this year’s event, I’ve decided to take a different strategy. I’ll start by highlighting the major conferences, leaving the more in-depth musings for later. Al...[Read More]
Have You Seen…Zardoz?
Release Date: February 6, 1974 Director: Jon Boorman Starring: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton, Niall Buggy Favorite quote: “The penis is evil!” – Zardoz I haven’t don’t this shtick in a while, so I figured I’d restart it by going full WTF. Imagine a movie that is more philosophically pretentious than the Matrix trilogy and has a premise that is more batshit insane ...[Read More]
Retro Review: Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)
Release Date: September 9, 1999 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: SEGA “Froggy! You swallowed my lucky charm!” – Big the Cat Many times, nostalgia plays cruel tricks on me. Case in point: my ex-wife and I gave my son a SEGA Dreamcast for Christmas 1999. Included with the console were some extras we picked out. They included an extra controller and two games: Soul Calibur and Sonic Adventure. ...[Read More]
Retro Review: Pepsiman (PlayStation)
This calls for a Coke Release Date: March 4, 1999 Developer: KID Corp. Publisher: KID Corp. May has been a brutal month for me. Between personal and health issues, my duties for Digital Crack have suffered. Unfortunately, so has my gaming. My PS4 and Xbox One have lain silent since the first of the month, and I normally have one online almost around the clock. My Raspberry Pi has fared better only...[Read More]
Retro Review: R.O.B. Games (NES)
Robotic Operating Buddy? You’re not my buddy, guy! Release Date: October 1985 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo When you’re trying to differentiate yourself, you’re bound to take some chances. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had that issue from the onset. In an attempt to differentiate itself from the video games than had crashed before it, however, it may have tried too hard. ...[Read More]
Marvel vs Capcom: Imfinite Gameplay Trailer Leaks
Ultron confirmed as playable in trailer For those who are still hyped up after the Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite Story Trailer released yesterday, some more eye candy has surfaced. A gameplay for the fighting game has leaked. While the video itself is not extremely high-quality, it does give us a glimpse into how the game’s combat and many systems will function. The first thing I notice while w...[Read More]