Mystic Warriors is set in a dystopian future in New York, where an evil organization known as the Skull Enterprise has taken over the nation and are now plotting a worldwide takeover. The player takes control of one of five young ninja who are being targeted by Skull forces: Spyros, Keima, Kojiro, Brad, and Yuri… – Wikipedia Upon… Continue reading
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Brotabulous Moments in Gaming: XCOM: Enemy Within
Warning! Potential Spoilers (baby ones) A year ago, Ethan and his team of XCOM soldiers went head to head with some jerkoff aliens. Thinking he’d saved the planet, Ethan retired from his position as XCOM commander and took to a quiet life of introspection and craft beers. Unfortunately, the alien invaders weren’t quite ready to… Continue reading
Cheap and Dirty Gamer: How Smart Are You? Tell Me, Video Games
How smart am I? That is a question I often ponder as I go about my day. In the eyes of my wife and my parents, I am the smartest man in the universe, though others may not agree. Due to some less than stellar choices I made in college, I can not prove my… Continue reading
Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Lakeview Cabin is Relaxing Until It’s Not
There’s nothing quite like a relaxing vacation to a cabin in the middle of nowhere. For me, the bets part of this scenario is escaping from the everyday stresses in the big city. Unfortunately, cabin living can also have it’s own problems too, especially when one forgets to expect the unexpected. It’s really hard to… Continue reading
Gaming Cynic: Don’t Be Scared, Call of Duty Won’t Hurt You
When Call of Duty: Ghosts was announced last year, I was just as annoyed as everyone else at what I felt was Infinity Ward “mailing it in” when it came to the latest Call of Duty game. While I’m a fan of both dogs and the artificial intelligence of digital fish, I got the impression… Continue reading
Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Coop Fleeing in Escape From 26
Today’s Cheap and Dirty is going to be short and sweet because that’s exactly what Escape From 26 turned out to be. That’s never a bad thing, especially when you’re looking for something to kill the time during a long day of hanging around in a giant bird cage. Escape from 26 is a point… Continue reading
Characters That Games Forgot: A Strong Female Character – Veronica Santangelo of Fallout: New Vegas
About two months or so ago, I got sucked back into the wild and whacky world of Fallout: New Vegas. This just happened to coincide with the continued debate about female characters in gaming and whether or not they’re beacons of strength or one dimensional objects to point our erect penises at. Because I want… Continue reading
Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Reverse Tug of War in Bit Battles
I’ve never really been a big fan of the game “tug of war”. While I never really cared for it as a child, my current sentiments towards it is the result of a picture I saw of a man whose arm came off during the course of a game. I realize people need to take… Continue reading
VG Fashion Police: Resident Evil: Revelations’ Jessica
I’m probably the last person that should be making judgment calls on people’s clothing choices. I only really own a couple of pair of pants and one of those happen to be lederhosen. After playing Resident Evil: Revelations, however, I feel the need to call out a certain BSAA agent in regards to what she… Continue reading
Mail This: Stay Out of Our Games, Senators Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats
Dear Senators Coats and Donnelly, Among all of the other pieces of news dropping recently regarding the fair city of Washington, D.C., one that has recently re-reared its ugly head is the specter of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). While the Senate, long identified as functioning as the more deliberative house of… Continue reading
Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Baron’s Gate Brings Beefy Bows
After a week of heavy drinking, heavy eating and heavy sightseeing in Amsterdam and at Oktoberfest, my mind has been a bit fuzzy. Fortunately, good ol’ EIC Justin Lacey had already prepared for this and sought out a wonderful game to be featured on this week’s Cheap and Dirty Gamer. In fact, Baron’s Gate is of… Continue reading
Taking Offense: Flying Enemies Can Kiss My A**
Congratulations, airborne enemies: you’re officially the biggest jerk-offs in gaming history. I suppose I could have been a bit more delicate about informing you of this title, but I’m pretty sure you’re already well aware of it. In fact, I don’t really think you mind being the biggest thorn in the sides of gamers everywhere…. Continue reading