Lifebar.io Interview – Your Gaming Life Visualized
Lifebar.io, a new website that helps gamers with tracking their gaming experiences, has recently launched and is available to the public. Although the site is still in the Alpha stages, Lifebar…
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Twilight Princess HD’s Graphics are Glorious
When I first booted up Twilight Princess HD, I knew I'd be awed. What I didn't know was just how much awe I'd be in. I remember the Gamecube's/Wii's visuals…
The PUGcast Podcast: Virtual Reality’s Unrealistic Price Tag
The gang is back! This week, with Jamaal firmly in control of all rambling, the PUGcast deals with many issues, news reports, and new games. We begin with a riveting…
20 Classic Games That Turn 20 in 2016
It was the year of the Tamagotchi. Trainspotting, Scream, and Independence Day saw their cinema releases. Dolly the cloned sheep greeted the world. The year was 1996. As significant as these…
Narratives In Fighting Games – Is There A Point?
How old is Heihachi Mishima? By all accounts, Heihachi is 75 in Tekken 6, but it feels like he has been in his twilight years since the franchise began. 21…
Top 5 Famous Quotes from Zelda
Happy 30th anniversary, Legend of Zelda! Nintendo released the game that started the legend on February 21, 1986 in Japan, so I'm here to entertain (and quite possibly annoy) everyone…
Mad Max is Full of Busy Work
Over the past year or so, we've been given an overwhelming quantity of open-world games. Bloodborne came into my heart and head last March, with a cryptic world of Gothicism…
Two Months Later: Xenoblade Chronicles X Evaluation
Xenoblade Chronicles X released back in December of 2015 with one of the largest open worlds in recent game history. With a complex battle system and the ability to customize…
New Pokemon Magiana to be Called Magearna in the West
Magiana, the new mythical Pokemon revealed for the next movie, featuring Volcanion, has received its name romanisation. In the western regions, it will be named Magearna. Created by humans 500…
Valentine’s Play – The 10 Best Games To Play Together
My grandma used to have a saying; If video games be the food of love, prepare for food poisoning. Traditionally, games are often seen as the antithesis of romance, and…
Let’s Play Mario Kart 8: Farewell to Flynn
This is it. In just a few short days, everyone's favorite douchebag and our own Executive Editor, Austin Flynn, will embark on a globetrotting adventure that will take him from…
The PUGcast Podcast: The Chronicles of Yarnia
This week, the PUGcast is short a member, due to Jamaal being overly committed to his relationship's ten-year anniversary. But, Justin, JD, and Scott are as dedicated as ever to…
Past Mortem – Prey
Modern game design has been changed in many ways by Portal’s release in 2007. Not only have first-person puzzles games such as Antichamber and The Talos Principle become a genre…
The Magic Number – 69 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Easter Eggs
Now that Valentine's Day is coming up, you may be wondering what to get/share with your significant other. I have devised a list that may help you in some way.…
Everything Wrong With Rise of the Tomb Raider
“Smart”, “Fun”, “A Blast”, “Game of the Year”. All of these phrases and labels colored the acclaimed success of last year’s Rise of the Tomb Raider. There’s very little criticism…
Fantasy LCS – Love/Hate for Week 4
My favourite sports writer always starts his weekly Love/Hate with an anecdote about events in his life. Sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're heart warming, other times they're just a story…
Was Splatoon’s Last Update Really the Last?
Splatoon, Nintendo's seafood pun-infused online shooter, took off like a rocket upon its release and hasn't slowed down since. January 2016 saw what was reported to be the final content…
Final Fantasy VII Remake – The Double-Edged Sword Of Episodic Content
At 2015's PlayStation Experience, Sony and Square Enix divided the opinions of many nostalgic gamers with a trailer for the incoming remake of Final Fantasy VII. While the existence of…
The PUGcast Podcast: Hard On Blow’s Witness
In the official reboot of the Power Up Gaming Podcast, affectionately referred to as The PUGcast, Jamaal, Scott, and JD welcome a new cast member, Justin Otto, to the conversation.…
Nintendo NX Rumors: This Needs to Stop
In the absence of any actual information at all about the Nintendo NX system, the gaming community has gone ahead and decided for themselves what it will do. The speculation…
