Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

The Final Day of the Decade!

Posted by Kent Ward on December 31st, 2009 under Conventions, Games, Geekin Out, Life, Work
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I must say 2009, you were a year that started off with a lot of promise and I used that to bring myself to the point I am at now. I really feel like I won this year. As the last decade was ending, I was just some punk kid with a bunch of dreams, [...]

The return of Rocky’s Replay!

Posted by Kent Ward on December 27th, 2009 under Games, Geekin Out, Life
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A cornerstone of my life in Orlando is back in a new location after a very long hiatus! Rocky’s Replay, which was pretty much Orlando’s only legitmate arcade is back and bigger than ever! There is a lot more space in the location and additional spots to actually lounge and hang out. Anyone who went to [...]

Ouch for SNK

Posted by Kent Ward on November 3rd, 2009 under Games
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Back in the summer, SNK Playmore released The King of Fighters XII to both Japan and America and the response from gamers and reviewers have been very negative. Sales have been poor and it has just been reported that the game got dropped to under the equivalent of $11 at a Japanese retailer in order [...]

I finally got around to Beyond Good & Evil

Posted by Kent Ward on October 19th, 2009 under Games
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A little over a week ago I was grocery shopping at Wally World and for the hell of it, I looked into the videogame bargain bin they had in electronics. To my delight, they had a brand new copy of Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil for the Playstation 2. Despite the fact that I have [...]

Looking back on Swords of Orlandia III: A postmortem

Posted by Kent Ward on October 8th, 2009 under Conventions, Games
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Introduction:
Swords of Orlandia III is a live-action game that took place exclusively at Anime Festival Orlando 10 this past summer. Over the course of the weekend, Hundreds of people played for either the evil Shadowfowl or the less evil Anarchs to see who would control Orlandia once and for all. Players would participate in quests(both [...]

Beat Bioshock.

Posted by Kent Ward on October 2nd, 2009 under Games
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I got Bioshock for Christmas last year and recently I became determined to actually play through it and complete the game. I got a bunch of cool magic spells, stat buffs, and badass weapons. I even did some of the extra stuff too, like inventing a bunch of ammo, doing all the camera research, and [...]

Manly tears are being shed!

Posted by Kent Ward on September 25th, 2009 under Games, Geekin Out
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If you don’t know why this teaser trailer would get me excited, then we must not be friends. But think of the possibilities. The publisher merger that brought together the makes of Ninja Gaiden and Dynasty Warriors together is now working on a Fist of the North Star game!? Today is a great day for [...]

Happy Birthday, Sega Dreamcast!

Posted by Kent Ward on September 9th, 2009 under Games, Geekin Out
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Sega Dreamcast came out in the United States 10 years ago on September 9th, 1999. It had a great library of games, brought online gaming to consoles in a big way, and was considered by many to be the best gaming console ever. I disagree with the latter; the Super Nintendo holds that title. However, [...]

Banzai Pecan needs some extra talent!

Posted by Kent Ward on August 25th, 2009 under Games, Networking
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I have talked about my friend Mike “Brotha Kyo”  Burgess on this website before when it comes to working conventions. He has been an awesome friend over the years and I would do what I can to help him. For those who don’t know, he is an independent game developer who makes games whenever he [...]

Year of the Fighting Game: Round 2!

Posted by Kent Ward on August 20th, 2009 under Conventions, Games, Geekin Out
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This weekend is Mini-Megacon, a multi-genre geek convention being held at the Orange County Convention Center. One of the more anticipated events of the convention is “Year of the Fighting Game: Round 2″, a 90 minute panel that will cover all 2009’s fighters, including Street Fighter IV, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, The King of Fighters XII, [...]