On Saturday, March 4th in the Castro district of San Francisco, California more than sixty millennials gathered to participate in an arcade game tournament. The small, crowded bar was packed with cheering fans, curious onlookers, and animated players glistening with sweat from the heat of competition. The commotion from the

Have you ever played an old 8-bit style video game on a modern console in front of someone old enough to remember when that was the only option available? Perplexed, they invariably question “Why would you play that old game when you’ve got the modern graphics and physics of

This week, Hunter Wolfe joins up with Mike to fight in a galaxy far, far away. After a recent yoga session, Hunter brings all sorts of awful jokes and terrible puns to the battlefield . Unfortunately, as you’ll see from our performance, the Force was definitely not with us. Check

Smashing its original goal of $60,000 CAD in just five days, Causal Bit Games has created a successful Kickstarter for its upcoming game Battle Princess Madelyn. We talk with Creative Director and CEO of Causal Bit Games Chris Obritsch (assisted by VP of Causal Bit games Daven Bigelow) about

Roguelikes are becoming increasingly popular, especially in the world of indie gaming. Streets of Rogue, a game in early access on Steam developed by Matt Dabrowski and published by tinyBuild takes on this genre in a unique way. (Think if classic Grand Theft Auto and Metal Gear had a child,

This represents the progression of my thoughts and reactions to Desync: The first minute in-game as an unapologetically avid ‘80s synth fan (much to my wife’s displeasure): “Damn, this soundtrack is amazing!” Within the first hour of gameplay: “Holy shit, this game is @$#%&*# hard!” After another hour, and

Mass Effect is one of those franchises that carries with it an enormous reputation. The original trilogy, though its ending was controversial, is still widely regarded as one of the most beloved trilogies in the medium. With Mass Effect Andromeda, Bioware faces an enormous challenge of living up to those

This week on the GT Reboot, Gaming Trend’s Travis Northup stops by to discuss his review of Mass Effect: Andromeda, while Christian DeCoster offers his initial impressions of one of the game’s multiplayer modes. We also discuss Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Outlast 2, and a recent controversy