There are not many places I can feel accepted or fully comfortable — it is an essence of displacement. I am nerd deep down and possibly not the same kind as you, but a nerd by most accounts of classification. The convention scene is a culture that an outsider cannot really comprehend or associate with. [...]
May 24, 2013
Damian Estrada
Events, fanime, Featured
It all started with a few nostalgic SEGA and SNES gamers and a deep-rooted love for the turn-based RPG genre. 37,000 backers, $1.8 million, and some licensing ninja action later, Harebrained Schemes’ revival of the 25 year old dystopian RPG Shadowrun is finally slated for release in June 2013. BACKGROUND The original Shadowrun game depicts [...]
May 3, 2013
Eva Wong
Featured, Games, PC
otaku recently posted a story about local news channels across the country covering the Major League Gaming tournaments in Dallas. In the article, Kotaku’s Jason Schreier sarcastically bashes on the local media to point out how out of touch they really are within our community. The best the news casters could come up with was [...]
April 6, 2013
Justin Pla
eSports, Featured
With the pending release of Dead Space 3, the internet was abuzz with bloggers, commenters, forum-goers, and gamers alike . All droning on about how Dead Space 3′s co-op mode and universal ammo would ruin the franchise and the game. These are valid concerns. A survival horror game should be single player, it should have [...]
February 20, 2013
Damian Estrada
Featured, Games, PC
The Problem: I recently purchased a OWC DataDoubler for my 13″ Mac Book Pro in hopes to extend the use and storage of my laptop. The 500GB will serve the purpose of storing my iTunes Library, my Dropbox, and applications for Windows 8. I started my adventure into unlocking new potentials. The DataDoubler was installed along with [...]
December 29, 2012
Damian Estrada
Featured, Lifestyle, OSX, Software
I visit far to many websites on a weekly bases. Some of them are fantastic and others are informational. Every once and a while you get a site that goes above and beyond its call of duty. For some sites like Noble Press may be your shining star, unrequited self appreciation, and for others sites [...]
December 18, 2012
Damian Estrada
Featured, Film
I was watching movie trailers on YouTube and I stumbled upon this trailer about a group of magicians. Synopsis: Now You See Me pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat-and-mouse against “The Four Horsemen,” a super-team of the world’s greatest illusionists. “The Four Horsemen” pull off a series of daring heists against [...]
November 19, 2012
Harrison Roig
Art, Featured, Film, Internet, Trailers
What an insane two weeks it has been. The world championship was certainly a sight to behold. The Finals were held at the glorious Galen Center at USC: a venue large enough to seat 10,000. The event managed to SELL OUT. No, not like Linkin Park. The stadium was actually packed to the brim. Riot spared no expense and [...]
Yet another release for the month of October this time around we have Dishonored. I must admit I had high hopes for this game until Noble Press got hands on behind closed doors at E3. At the time it was an unfinished build it just felt clunky and Unintuitive. Finding missions was a chore and [...]
October 8, 2012
Chris Collazo
Featured, Games, PC, PlayStation 3, XBox 360
The heat picked up for day 2 of the season 2 League of Legends playoffs. With that heat came a huge change in mood around the event. Everything felt a little off. The crowed was a bit lethargic, and the the competing teams were on pins and needles in between games. The teams that received a boot in [...]