Gaming
The SEGA Dreamcast Refuses to Die
Long Live the Dreamcast! Back in September 2000, then-SEGA of America CEO Peter Moore and Vice-President Charles Bellfield announced that SEGA would exit the video game hardware business and become a third-party developer. With that announcement, one of the titans of video gaming in the 90s bowed out. The only company to give Nintendo a bloody nose when Nintendo was EVERYTHING in home video games ...[Read More]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Impressions after 10 Hours
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Impressions after 10 Hours DISCLAIMER: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a gigantic game, and while my amount of play time might not justify a ‘proper’ review, I have a decent idea and feel of its world, mechanics, and gameplay. While there are mild spoilers about situations I’ve encountered, there are no mentions of specif...[Read More]
Retro Review: Space Channel 5 (DC)
Release Date: December 16, 1999 Developer: SEGA Enterprises Ltd. Publisher: SEGA Enterprises Ltd. For all the negatives you can heap on SEGA of Japan – and I can spout out about 20 negatives off the top of my head – playing it safe with their games is not one of them. As followers know, the SEGA Dreamcast is one of my favorite consoles of all-time. SEGA’s snake bitten 128-bit box was the home of s...[Read More]
Retro Review: River City Ransom (NES)
Release Date: April 25, 1989 Developer: Technos Japan Corp. Publisher: Technos Japan Corp. When I wanna wind down from a day of stress, I often look to video games to help me unwind. Recently, I’ve been using The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on my Wii U. I have a review coming up on it. Here’s a small spoiler: it is AWESOME! Back in the day, I would turn to beat-‘em-up games to soothe my fr...[Read More]
Middle Earth: Shadow of War Gameplay Revealed
As a recent convert to Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, I was pleased when Warner Bros. announced a sequel. While the trailer for Middle Earth: Shadow of War looked great, I wanted to see gameplay. Warner Bros. promised a gameplay trailer, and the have now delivered. Of course, I plowed through the new trailer to ingest everything they had coming in the game. Here are my thoughts: Bigger Scale̷...[Read More]
The Nintendo Switch Launch in Review
The launch of any new console is big news for the gaming community, and the release of the Nintendo Switch is no different. The hybrid home/portable console released on Friday and the majority of gaming news predictably centered on it. Since this is the first legitimately new console release since I joined Digital Crack (the PS4 Pro and Xbox One S does NOT count!), I decided to talk about the posi...[Read More]
Nintendo Switch Launch Garners Well Wishes from Video Game Industry
The Nintendo Switch has officially launched worldwide today. I then stumbled upon a GameSpot article that left me dumbfounded for a good second before I recovered my senses: “PlayStation, Xbox, And More Congratulate Nintendo On Switch Launch.” The article mentions how some big names in gaming – including its two erstwhile not-really-competitors – took to Twitter to congratulate Nintendo on the lau...[Read More]
We Have a New Overwatch Hero. Her Name is Orisa and She is a Robotic Centaur!
There has been a bit of speculation as to who the 24th hero in Overwatch is going to be. Many speculated that Doomfist, the hero turned villain, would make an appearance. It turns out that the new hero selected as the latest playable hero is the entity selected to protect the city of Numbani: Orisa! The hero is a tank-based centaur-like character and is meant as a counter-balance to Reinhardt fans...[Read More]
Retro Review: Final Fantasy III (SNES)
Release Date: April 2, 1994 Developer: Square Co., Ltd. Publisher: Square Co., Ltd. This Retro Review felt like a cop-out when I decided to write this. I love this game, and it is one of my all-time favorite games. But it’s also a game many 16-bit JRPG lovers already hold in high regard. I had to write it, though, because Final Fantasy XV stuck it in my head. Because of the newer game, I re...[Read More]
Nintendo Switch Will Be Available for Walk-Up Customers
With the Nintendo Switch set to launch this Friday, March 3rd, there are bound to be quite a few people who are afraid they’ll miss out. After all, Nintendo’s notorious penchant for the under-allocating of product to build up artificial hype (read: being dicks!) is known. For those who haven’t or won’t pre-order, it may seem like scoring the hybrid console. Fortunately, some retailers are announci...[Read More]
SEGA Rumored to Be Working on Remastered Shenmue Double Pack
For hardcore fans of the Shenmue series, the announcement by Yu Suzuki of the Kickstarter for Shenmue III during Sony’s E3 2015 conference probably resulted in a prolonged orgasm. In all fairness, I was a bit excited at the prospect. Shenmue was a groundbreaking game in 2000, and I remember being wowed by its storytelling and visual prowess. Of course, that feeling left me when I remember that it ...[Read More]
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Announcement Trailer Released
2014’s Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor was an awesome game. I jumped into it late, but I enjoyed playing it. Of course, I was hoping Warner Bros. would take another stab at the franchise with a sequel. Over the weekend, a posting on Target’s international site was noted and reported on by NeoGAF member DeathByBacklog. The posting was for Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, the sequel that has been teased ...[Read More]