Animeland Wasabi is Coming

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Animeland Wasabi is back, running from 2/28 - 3/2, and this year they have grown quite a bit. They have moved hotels to the Crowne Plaza at 1-70 and Chamber, which is actually the hotel they used several years ago when they were just starting out. This means that they have a much larger area to state things, and a hotel staff that is used to dealing with conventions of this magnitude. We can also expect an easier place to navigate along with, hopefully, more clearly labeled panel rooms.

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Review - Need for Speed Rivals

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Review - Need for Speed Rivals

Do you feel the need? The need for speed? OK, I have that out of my system, lets move on. This season EA released the next iteration in the Need for Speed series, Need for Speed Rivals. Your canvas is the majestic Redview County, which is remarkable diverse. There are snow capped mountains, twisting passes, seaside villages, freeways that are under construction and a desert / canyon. This gives you a great diversity of areas to drive, each with it's own pros and cons. Will you stick to the twisting roads and out maneuver your rival? Or will you go for the long straightaways and out run them?

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Social Gaming in the Age of Mobile Computing

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The Old-School Charm of Arcade Games 

The rich history of video games started with the concept of simulations. Pong, the very first successful arcade game in the 1970s, was a digital adaptation of a tennis game. Video games, in the past, reflected many different aspects of life, but it was the arcade game that rose to popularity because it didn’t merely simulate, it created a genuine communal experience. Usually found on bars and places of social gathering, arcade games created a community comprised of gamers; one might say that arcades were the forefathers of modern social gaming. 

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