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Comic Con Game Previews

Ayodeji Asagaba • October 23, 2013

Hey everybody! As you recall, NYCC was last week, and a lot happened: some big reveals in the Marvel universe, trailers to upcoming shows, guest appearances, reveals and enough to throw the comic book...

Game Expression: Why do we ‘Play’?

Matthew Maravilla • October 23, 2013

The Nintendo booth at this year’s New York Comic-Con was home to a variety of video games, from Pikmin 3 to the Wonderful 100. Would it surprise anyone that one of Nintendo’s product marketers had...

Vatsu’s Game Corner: Pokemon X/Y

Ayodeji Asagaba • October 23, 2013

Hey fellow trainers, Vatsu here with the scoop on the latest entry to grace the Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon X/Y. A year after the release of Black and White 2 for the DS, this outing takes on the mammoth task...

disgaea D2-A Brighter Darkness Review

Ayodeji Asagaba • October 16, 2013

Time to take over the world again, Prince d00d! Disgaea D2 is the newest entry in the long standing strategy RPG series by NIS (Nippon Ichi Software). As the 5th entry in the popular series (notwithstanding...

Why do I find GTA 5 boring?

Matthew Maravilla • October 16, 2013

What keeps you playing a game? As I picked up the controller, I was free to do what I wanted in Los Santos. When I began, the character I was using was just coming out of the hospital. He had a shotgun...

Game Expression: Nostalgia

Matthew Maravilla • October 8, 2013

If any of you guys never knew, I’m a huge fan of rhythm and music games. In fact, my first ever Indie Game Thing was on a little schmup called “Symphony”, a game that takes your music and turns it...

Divekick

Matthew Maravilla • October 8, 2013

There are games in this world that just surprise me when I see them. From classics like Street Fighter 2 to modern day hits like Skullgirls, fighting games have been one of my go-to genres. That being...

Rayman Legends: Possibly the best platformer I have ever played

Ayodeji Asagaba • October 7, 2013

From the team behind the successful Rayman Origins (touted by many as one of the greatest platformers of all time) comes Rayman Legends, Ubisoft’s latest entry into the once Nintendo-dominated field....

Saints Row IV

Ayodeji Asagaba • October 6, 2013

Hey, You got your Crackdown in my GTA! Hey there, NJIT. Hope your summer was awesome, extensive and spent relaxing your mind for the upcoming semester. Here to help squeeze some more fun out of the final...

Vatsu’s Game Reviews: GTA V

Ayodeji Asagaba • September 30, 2013

Ayodeji Asagba After 5 long years since Rockstar’s last open world flagship title, GTA IV, (or 3 years, if you count the equally awesome Red Dead Redemption) comes the next outing here to steal the...

Indie Game Thing: Gone Home

Matthew Maravilla • September 30, 2013

Matthew Maravilla Most video games have a sort of fantasy to them. Where else can one experience being a bear driving a semi-truck or being a cheerleader killing zombies with a chainsaw? In my opinion,...

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Review

Ayodeji Asagaba • September 27, 2013

Ayodeji Asagba After the not so good (read: bad) launch of its predecessor, Square-Enix is once again dipping its hand into the MMO genre with a re-release of Final Fantasy 14, with the added suffix A...