If you’ve been around for more than a month or so you already know my dirty little secret…I’m an early adopter. I buy consoles at launch. I can’t help it. I argue with folks on the podcast about how I’m not going to pre-order something, not going to buy it […]
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Hideo Kojima issued a challenge to cosplayers everywhere when he said of Metal Gear Solid V’s sniper Quiet, “The initial target [of the character] is to make u want to do cosplay… [but] this one may not be cosplayable.” Challenge accepted and surmounted, Kojima, by one Kelly Jean, who is […]
It’s been a while since I did a play with your kids post and I really miss it. Pea and I have been playing a number of different games together, but none have really stuck (or replaced) the way that Ni No Kuni or Animal Crossing have. When I started […]
With the increase of video game consumers and gamers ever on the rise and the console war between the upcoming Xbox One and Playstation 4 rising to its peak, it’s really no surprise we’ve also been seeing an increase of game or gaming related advertisements on the television between our […]
One of the hardest things about being late to the comic book/graphic novel game is that there are so many series that are so well established it’s hard to know where exactly to start. As I’ve been diving head first into the comic book world over the past year and […]
Last week, Telltale Games finally confirmed what many of us have suspected–or hoped–since we wrapped Season One of The Walking Dead: Season Two will follow Clementine in a post-Lee apocalypse. There’s been no confirmation yet on the timeline for the new episodes, so we may pick up with Clem anywhere […]
This game really reminds me of why I hate fairytales and fables and why they don’t have a prominent place in my home. You play through this game as the sheriff of Fabletown Bigby Wolf who is in charge of keeping these rowdy assed fable characters out of trouble and […]
After about five months straight of playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf I believe I can soundly say that I have thoroughly experienced most of what the game has to offer. And by “most” I mean everything that this taunting game has let me experience, as it continuously holds upcoming holidays […]
This upcoming Thanksgiving will mark the one year anniversary of my working for “the bank” and with this anniversary I took a moment to reflect on what this year has done for me as an individual in the work place and as a gamer. One of the greatest things about […]
I wanted to keep expanding on my look into game covers, but I think it’s important to search beyond the top-selling mainstream titles and most-hyped games across consoles proper, just to see if trends continue past the very middle of the mainstream, so this week I’m doing something a little […]
For those who didn’t get a chance to check out my blog last week, I’m writing a 2 part series about my gaming history. HOWEVER, we have a pretty big event coming up on Saturday that I would like to talk about (and plug!). So rest assured, Kid Chameleon is […]
As the feminist pop culture community becomes more outspoken and as the campaign for proper female representation in games and the variety of other pop culture mediums gains increasing support, I’ve noticed that there have been a lot of excuses going around. These excuses or justifications cover all the reasons […]
Yesterday I was sitting in the coffee shop reading Miguel Sicart’s latest book, Beyond Choices: The Design of Ethical Gameplay and giggling at the passage that read Cocktail parties are terrible places for doing philosophy. Yet when a polite stranger asks me what I do, I end up awkwardly explaining […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of the game’s mechanics and characterization, but its narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste […]
For the next phase of my research on game covers, I initially planned to look at this year’s releases, but found myself instead falling through an Internet black hole and browsing the listings for the next generation releases. After I was done calculating all the money I would need to […]
In honor of the hilarious and fascinating series of stories being told over at Cody Reimer’s blog, I’ve decided to share a part of my gaming history. If you haven’t seen his 5 part series on his first time playing EQ, you need to go to the beginning and check […]