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Tips From a Grandmaster: Mass Effect

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:02 +0000

We’re quickly coming up on the release of Mass Effect 3, an event I’m pretty excited about. There’s a lot Bioware could do wrong, and of course there’s even more they could do right. But we’re not there yet. Perhaps you’ve just recently heard about Mass Effect and want to start at the beginning to [...]

10 Superheroes That Deserve to Be Amazing Action Figures

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:17 +0000

When you think of superheroes that are fully opposable and made of plastic, you think of characters like Batman and Spider-man, But have you ever wanted to see more of comic’s bright and colorful characters having their accessories sold separately? 10. Legion of Superheroes- The future of superheroes in the DC universe were originally best [...]

5 Games The Industry Should Make More Of

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:02 +0000

Last time on TMA Mondays, I gave a list of 5 Good Games that have had negative effects on the industry. Upon reflection, I realize that perhaps my points may have been wrapped up too briskly with very little context on where I was going with the article. To make a few things clear, the [...]

Gaming without the Internet

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:00:06 +0000

Games used to come with more than just the game, and extras made gaming a lot more fun and interesting. All too easy We’re spoiled when it comes to game guides and help these days. Walkthroughs and FAQs are a dime a dozen online, all of them different depending on who wrote it…and all of [...]

And Yet Another 10 DBZ Plotholes

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:05 +0000

You just can’t keep a good plothole down, can you? I still love Dragon Ball Z, no matter how much I complain and how much I moan about it, but I’m compelled to continually find problems with the story, the characters, and the progression of the series. I consider a plothole anything that isn’t readily [...]

5 Good Games That Had the Most Negative Effects on the Industry

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:24 +0000

As we narrow toward the end of the first month of 2012, new rumors have recently surfaced of the next generation of consoles. Microsoft has revealed it’s development of the Xbox 720, and updates on the Nindendo Wii U are all but imminent at this point. No rumors yet on Sony’s new system (I’m gonna [...]

Can Bioshock Infinite save gaming?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:40 +0000

Bioshock Infinite just sounded like more of the same until I read about going back in time…to 1999. What’s it mean to be a hardcore gamer? I’ve always said that the “hardcore gamer” label is a relative term. Ask many of my friends and they’ll say I am a hardcore gamer because I play games [...]

A Review of the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online Beta

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:21 +0000

I’m a big Pokemon fan and have been ever since my cousin let me borrow Blue Version and told me to play. I was as hooked as a kid could be, and to some extent I still am. This extended from the games to the toys, as well as the anime, and eventually it settled [...]

Manga Marvels: Bakuman

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:45 +0000

Today, I begin with yet another of my personal new years resolutions. When last we left on Authentically Awesome Anime, Chris had given us a passionate recollection of his history with Death Note, the breakthrough hit series that jump-started the careers of writer and artist duo Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. As of this point, [...]

The Minecraft Affect

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:01 +0000

I recently got back into Minecraft but this time I’m taking my friends with me, and I didn’t even have to do anything. When people make the difference I started playing Minecraft back in the summer after some friends coaxed me into buying it to play with them online. Much to my surprise, Minecraft hooked [...]

Comic Book Club: Planet Hulk

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:44 +0000

It seems like forever that we left off our Comic Book Club excursion into the current continuity of Marvel comics. When we last saw Cap and the gang, well Cap was dead, Iron Man was the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man had outted his secret identity to the public, and the X-Men were all around devastated. [...]

The 2011 Too Much Awesome For the Oscar Awards

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:48 +0000

At the end of every year, every site posts their mandatory best of/worst of lists. One of my own new years resolutions was to get at least one of those done before too long. For today I have chosen to approach movies, so while our memories of 2011 are busy going from short term and [...]

The real problem with mobile games

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:00:27 +0000

Is that fancy smartphone your mobile gaming device? That’s too bad. There are a lot of great mobile games out there but let’s not forget that people still play games on consoles. Give me buttons or give me death I loved my Nintendo DS. It got a lot of use and there were a lot [...]

Mario Kart 7 Review

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:33 +0000

I am a very biased Mario Kart fan. There, we got that out of the way. I’ve been going on and on about how excited I was to finally get my hands on Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS, going so far as essentially promising that I’d love it. Now that I’ve had a [...]

Comic Book Club: A Review of Avatar the Promise Part 1

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:04 +0000

What a better way to jumpstart a new year than with a fresh new story to one of my favorite things in the entire world. With a brand new series rumored to begin by the year’s end, Dark Horse Comics provides us all a means to pad out that time with some good-natured Post War [...]

Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows Review

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:00:20 +0000

Sherlock Holmes is back for another adventure, only this time instead of witnessing amazing sleuthing powers you’ll be treated to guns, explosions and a lot of running. Before I dig in, let me state that the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie was more or less my first introduction to the character in detail. I mean, everyone [...]

Games You Should Have Played: Zelda II

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:43 +0000

Every series seems to have its Black Sheep. For one reason or another, the go-to answer for the worst game in the Zelda series, besides the Zelda games on the CD-i of course, tends to be Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Why exactly does this title get so much ire from gamers and the [...]

The 2012 Too Much Awesome Resolutions

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:24 +0000

Today, we at Toy-TMA bid farewell to the fond memories of 2011 and look forward to a whole new year on the horizon. 2012, Year of Democratic elections, Disaster predictions, and the Dragon (gotta love the dragon). Will the year be dramatically dangerous, or disappointingly dismal? I don’t know. But in the mean time, it [...]

The Best Xbox Arcade and Indie Games of 2011

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:00:30 +0000

It might have been a good year for big budget titles but there’s a lot of fun to be had in the bowels of the Xbox 360 with Arcade and Indie games. I’m not the biggest mainstream gamer but when it comes to the smaller (and cheaper) arcade and indie games, I’m all over it. [...]

The 2011 Nintendo Wrap Up Article

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:00:12 +0000

Every year we find ourselves in the same place here, writing up on the big companies of the year and judging how well they did or didn’t accomplish the goal of being a video game company. Gus took a strong Pro Sony stance with his 2011 Sony Wrap Up, Brian was less thrilled about Microsoft’s- [...]

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