Gaming
Retro Review: Phantasy Star Online (DC)
Release Date: December 21, 2000 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: SEGA Corporation The SEGA Dreamcast was a snake-bitten console. It was their most technologically-advanced console, but it was released at a time when gamers were openly hostile with the company. Stateside, all of the goodwill SEGA of America garnered for the 16-bit Genesis was washed away with SEGA of Japan’s meddling, forcing such ...[Read More]
Team ICO Retrospective
Fumito Ueda may not be a name that is on the tip of the mainstream gaming public’s tongue compared to Shigeru Miyamoto or Hideo Kojima. However, his (soon to be three) games and role as the spearhead of Team ICO have not only carved out a sub-genre of their own, they have truly challenged the balance between video games being entertainment as well as art. To fully realize how unique these games ar...[Read More]
Retro Review: The Krion Conquest
Release Date: January 1991 Developer: Vic Tokai Corporation Publisher: Vic Tokai, Inc. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that’s the case, The Krion Conquest is the most flattering game in the 8-bit world. Known as Magical Kids Doropie in Japan, Vic Tokai’s The Krion Conquest is about as close to a rip-off of Mega Man as you can get. From the premise to the visuals to ...[Read More]
Never Played: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (PS3)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is one of those games I should have played years ago. Back in 2006, I played the original Marvel: Ultimate Alliance on my Xbox 360 to death. Literally. My original console fell victim to the dreaded Red Ring of Death and needed to be repaired. Unwilling to wait umpteen weeks while Microsoft applied Scotch tape to my console’s innards, I simply bought another one. That’s...[Read More]
ESL Partners with SLIVER.tv for First Esports Tournament Broadcast in Virtual Reality with In-Stream Augmented Live Stats at Intel Extreme Masters
Cupertino, CA – November 11, 2016 — ESL, the world’s largest esports company, and SLIVER.tv, a next-generation esports 360º virtual reality entertainment platform, are partnering for the first-ever live-stream of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends featuring augmented live stats integrated into the Virtual Reality stream at Intel Extreme Masters on November 19-20. V...[Read More]
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]
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]