Author: Vincent Parisi
I guess I'm the typical, modern day nerd. I was raised right on Batman: TAS and old-school TMNT. I've been a core gamer since I was 2 years old (I was beating Mario before I could finish sentences) and haven't thought twice about it since. My favorite game genre is RPG for sure. I love the advent of channels like Nerdist and Geek and Sundry, and will never turn down an invitation to a Con. (Though I don't cosplay... yet.) I hate not owning the latest and greatest gadgets and aspire to find my place in the world of game journalism.
Favorite Games: The Mass Effect trilogy, Super Mario World, the BioShock series, the Ratchet and Clank series, anything featuring Nolan North.
Favorite shows: FireFly (Browncoats, unite!), Bones, Castle, Spectacular Spider-Man (RIP), Transformers Prime. Anything featuring the voice talents of Steve Blum, Gina Torres, Ashley Johnson, or Yuri Lowenthal.
Favorite Comics: Amazing Spider-Man (Thanks for the memories), most things featuring Batman, any one where Green Arrow makes an appearance.
Developer: Starbreeze Studios Publisher: 505 Games MSRP: $14.99 Platforms: PSN, Steam, XBLA (reviewed) When it comes to Arcade titles, I think we often temper our expectations at least a little bit; whether we’re willing to admit it out loud or not. The obvious assumption is that, …
Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Publisher: XSEED Games MSRP: $59.99 Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 (reviewed) I think by now we all know what to expect when we pop a Suda51 game into our disc trays, and that’s the unexpected. Goichi Suda made a name for himself with niche …
In this week’s installment of Indie Spotlight, we’ll be talking with another small group of industry veterans who decided to walk away from the bright lights of AAA development in favor of the smaller, yet no less luminescent, endeavor of developing indie titles. The team is …
Developer: Red Fly Studios Publisher: Activision MSRP: $14.99 Platforms: Steam, Xbox Live Arcade (Reviewed), PSN (Coming Sept. 24) The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are part of a long-standing legacy that spans quite a few generations of fans at this point. Some fans are more attuned to …
Amidst the collective groans of gamers everywhere as news broke during gamescom that The Elder Scrolls Online would require a monthly subscription fee, others were wondering what other console-specific fees might be attached. Given that the PS4 will require a subscription to play games online, an …
Of all the indie developers and titles we’ve featured here so far, League of Geeks and their upcoming title Armello likely have the biggest pre-release fan following. Since first announcing Armello back in September of 2012, the game has stolen the hearts of nearly everyone who’s …
Microsoft already made their announcements earlier this morning, but now Sony has finished their gamescom presentation and revealed new information about the PS4, PS Vita, and even some PlayStation 3 news as well. In case you missed it, here are all the highlights from the Sony …
Developer: Namco Bandai Publisher: Namco Bandai MSRP: $59.99 Platforms: PS3 (Exclusive) The awkwardly-nicknamed “Tales of” series, frequently shortened to simply “Tales”, has a longstanding tradition of being one of the best JRPGs around. Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t introduced to the series until later in the …
I’ve got a real treat for you this week, folks, because today is a very special edition of Indie Spotlight. I’ve spoken with small development teams in the past, but never a team quite like Disparity Games. What makes them so special, you ask? Well, they’ve …
Developer: Vanillaware Publisher: Atlus MSRP: $49.99 Platforms: PS3 (Reviewed), PS Vita Dragon’s Crown. What can you say about Dragon’s Crown? The entire gaming community has been following the release of Vanillaware’s 2D sidescrolling beat ’em up ever since we first caught a glimpse of the Amazon …
This week’s Community Question of the Week segment is going to get a bit violent, as we’re counting down the best weapons in video games. I received a lot of submissions for this one, and of course there will be a few favorites missing from the …
Dragon Age fans are in for quite a treat this month, as Game Informer has an entire month of exclusive news and updates. Kicking off their coverage yesterday, the team released a teaser trailer detailing just a few noteworthy features coming to Inquisition. Most notably are …
