Two and a half minutes of Catherine commentary.
SEGA may have created a nice amount of buzz at its E3 2011 booth with a stacked lineup that included Anarchy Reigns, Sonic Genetations, and other choice titles, but it was the company’s Sonic Boom party/celebration that was the highlight of the show. Located inside Downtown L.A.’s Club Nokia, Sonic Boom celebrated the Blue Blur’s 20 years of existence via a party, rockin’ concert, costume contest, and all around video game shenanigans.
PSN failures. The red ring of death. Sony and Microsoft have both dropped the ball when it comes to system issues. Members of 2D-X, The Other View, and Gaming Nexus share their gripes.
The Square name used to be associated with quality, but in recent years, the company has released a slew of less than stellar video games. Tim Torres explains Square’s fall from grace in a thoughtful discussion.
Tom Bradley explains why he believes that Nintendo’s next console will not be as successful as the Wii.
The American arcade scene may be coughing and wheezing, but there is a digital oasis where gamers can play the titles of yesteryear: The American Classic Arcade Museum. Nestled in Laconia, New Hampshire, the ACAM is dedicated to preserving that former pop culture staple that has come close to going the way of the do-do in recent years. I had the good fortune of meeting Gary Vincent, the president of the American Classic Arcade Museum, at the ACAM PAX East 2011 showcase. We spoke about the origins of his establishment, and the arcade scene as a whole, which you can view in the video above.
Musclebound professional wrestlers aren’t the demographic that comes to mind when one thinks of highly enthusiastic cosplayers, but Eric “The Smoke” Moran isn’t one to let macho flexing prevent good times. This gentle giant–a man who has has wrestled in professionally in the ECW, WWE, and NWA–spoke to us during PAX East 2011 about many a nerdy thing, including cosplay, 8-bit ties, and overall geek culture.
Keith Apicary may have been the first person that we interviewed at PAX East 2011 about the date-ability of a person wearing ThinkGeek’s 8-bit tie, but he wasn’t the last. We ran into Stella (a Team Fortress 2 cosplayer) on the main video game hall, who was happy to discuss the badassery of the ties, as well as what it means to be a geek in 2011
PAX East 2011 may not have had a high density of cosplayers, but there were a handful of excellently garbed attendees that caught the eye. One was Paige, a cosplayer who was celebrating her honeymoon at the nation’s largest gaming convention. This “Tiny Leia” was not at all shy about the chatting us up despite the revealing outfit, and promptly shared her thoughts on PAX East and the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic video game.
