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Zoneplex Board Game Release Party

Giant Robot – Angry Bananas – Attractmode – Mysterian Games – Meat Bun Presents Zoneplex – a board game! Created by gamers, Shelby Cinca and Niklas Akerblad is a game that’s part of the new movement of analog board games which are back. Instead of the typical Monopoly, Risk, etc, a new generation of board [...]

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WiiU Experience Hollywood

-One of our guest writers Eric P. hit up the Wii U Hollywood Expierience, here are some of his thoughts: Ok, so I got to play the WiiU today.  I’ll spare you all of the wishy-washy con-going-experience and cut to the meat of this: The games that were there were “Nintendoland” , which consists of [...]

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Why PAX is the new standard; and why E3 is total bullshit.

The contrast between PAX and E3 could not be more stark. I have been to E3 3 or 4 times now, and each year the distance between the enthusiast and the game, or game developer is more and more expansive. E3 is a land of distraction, obfuscation, and hype. The few playables there are remorselessly [...]

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Meet with us and get angry at Anime Expo 2012!!

Awwww shit! In just 5 days, our lovely city of Los Angeles will be swimming in nerds, otaku, and cosplayer alike as the 21st annual Anime Expo opens its doors for 4 days of non-stop anime flavored fun, in the LA Convention center. Surprisingly enough, Angrybananas will be holding a panel explaining what it takes [...]

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Final Thoughts; E3 and the state of things pt.3

Nintendo: I think, despite what some of the journalists and pundits on the webs have said, that Nintendo had a strong showing; at least in as far as the Wii U is concerned. Their presentation may have sucked, but it was out-sucked by every other presenter this year. There were a pack of First Party [...]

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E3 2012: Take a wild ride on the Metro with Last Light

On our last day at E3 Carlos and I took a trip upstairs to THQ’s office to checkout Metro: Last Light, and walked away amazed. Metro 2033 was a sleeper title from a few years back that offered players a more realistic look at what a post apocalyptic Europe would be like, and the Metro [...]

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E3 2012: Randomness and Creepy Observations from Around the Show Floor

Below you’ll find a list of random things and thoughts I saw during E3 that I jotted down in my notebook, enjoy(?). • While GREE still looks lame, they had an awesome lounge complete with a non-alcoholic bar and some pretty cool swag in the form of portable phone chargers/flashlights and cool ass USB bracelets [...]

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E3 and the state of things pt. 2

On day one Xbox’s focus, as far as I could tell, was primarily on Kinect games and Halo 4. I don’t blame them at all, but their floor area was very sparse, and most of that floor was either the gargantuan line for Halo 4, or people demonstrating a couple choice Kinect based games; including [...]

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