Many gamers can recall the first day they played a new title. The excitement of playing an A-list release on day one has a habit of staying in our memories, as does the joy of finding a sleeper hit in the bargain bin. What’s often less memorable is the last day of a game’s lifespan. Unless it’s an epic rage [Read more…]
Welcome back to another edition of Channel Chaser! This week I’m eager to discuss with you what has been on my mind–and I’m sure many other people’s minds–since Sunday; the season four premiere of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Before I go any further, if you have not yet watched the episode, I would ask that you turn back now to [Read more…]
Back in the fall of 2013, an anime series called Arpeggio of Blue Steel premiered in a season filled with big-name titles. A sci-fi series boasting some impressive naval combat sequences, Arpeggio faced stiff competition and was quickly torpedoed by fan-favorite shows from a variety of genres, including Non Non Biyori and Kill la Kill. With the original manga now available [Read more…]
I’m excited to say that this year will be my very first time attending PAX East, one of the biggest geek events on the East Coast. There will be so many things to do, I have absolutely no idea how I’ll have the time to do absolutely everything I want to this coming weekend. Regardless, I’m making plans to see [Read more…]
Welcome back to Channel Chaser! It seems like it’s all the rage these days to get your favorite TV shows from the Internet rather than having to go through all the effort of sitting down in front of the old tube at the same time every week; maybe it’s just the fact that mobile devices are huge now, or that [Read more…]
Deck-building card games are a strangely fascinating part of the tabletop world. Where a traditional trading card deck is build before the game actually takes place, deck-building games make this process part of the competition. It’s an unusual choice that gives players a chance to chat and joke about one another’s strategies over the course of the game. This is [Read more…]
The finale of Kill la Kill aired last week, wrapping up a journey filled with epic battles, shocking plot twists, and absurd outfits. It’s safe to say that this show generated plenty of interest and debate amongst anime fans, and the constant buzz that surrounded it was not without good reason. Kill la Kill carefully walked several fine lines over [Read more…]
It took me a week to finally wrap my head around Burial at Sea – Episode Two, the final batch of DLC for BioShock Infinite and the final piece of BioShock content developed by Ken Levine and his team at Irrational Games. Set up as something of a “grand finale” for Levine’s contributions to the BioShock franchise, playing this DLC [Read more…]
Two races into the season, the topic of conversation in Formula 1 remains the new engines. Considering the reduced noise the turbocharged V6 units make, one could say that the arguments over their merits have become louder than the engines themselves. However, for all the salvos exchanged between critics and proponents of the new regulations, there is one overriding fact [Read more…]
Continued from Part 1: The second day gets off to a much more leisurely start than the first. With my press pass already in hand, I’m able to skip all the registration lines and wander into the convention center the minute it opens. This seems like a great idea until I realize that I’m in almost an hour before anything [Read more…]