Pokémon GO - First Time for Everything

If you haven't heard of Pokémon GO in the last week you might be living under a rock. Pokémon GO is a free to play, location based AR (augmented reality) mobile game. It was developed by Niantic and published by The Pokémon Company and released almost world-wide on July 6, 2016. 

Now. That was a whole lotta words to describe a mobile game so let's break it down a bit. 

• Free to play: just means the app is free but there are in-app purchases.
• Location Based: gameplay evolves and progresses based on your location, typically using the built in GPS on your phone. 
• Augmented Reality (AR): is defined as "a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. Graham, M., Zook, M., and Boulton, A. "Augmented reality in urban places: contested content and the duplicity of code." Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00539.x 2012.

Basically you're entire environment is now teeming with Pokémon 

and with your phone you're able to see them and catch them. 

LIVE: Street Fighter V Stream - Laniray aka Gruvbox

Watch Laniray go back to his Street Fighter roots!

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Here Comes A New Challenger: My Origin Story

When I think of how long I've been playing games, an obvious answer is..."My whole life." Quite literally I've spent my whole life playing games. But after reading Tina's blurb about how she became a gamer, It only seemed fitting that I share my origin story as well.

The Rapture is coming!

BIOSHOCK: THE COLLECTION

Guys, guys! Bioshock: The Collection is a real thing!  This is what happens when you send out vibes to the Universe. All that meditating-"I will play Bioshock on the XBOX One. I will play Bioshock on the XBOX One."-worked!

The original Bioshock for me was an eye opening experience. It was the first time I remember getting the "feels" from a game. It's dark. It's tragic. It's heartbreaking. It speaks to the ridiculous standards we try to achieve and very often fail at. And it's Mother F'n scary. Well, at least it was for me. The first time I heard a Big Daddy clomping around in the darkened, wet hallways of Rapture, the long, low anguished moan, it is something I will always remember. I've played the first Bioshock twice, and the subsequent games once each, but I for one can't wait to get back to Rapture and start the whole journey all over again. 

Bioshock, Bioshock 2 and Bioshock: Infinite are first person shooter games developed by 2K Games, Irrational Games and various other 2K studios. Games one and two are set in the underwater, dystopian utopia known as Rapture. Designed as a city managed outside of government control, Rapture is meant to be the pinnacle of architectural, societal and scientific achievement. But like most grandiose, God-like plans, they fall down and wreck havoc upon all of Rapture's residence. While Bioshock: Infinite is not a direct sequel to Bioshock and Bioshock 2, it is set in the same world with similar game play and world concepts. The DLC for Bioshock: Infinite, Burial at Sea ties all three games together in a neat, disturbing bow.

Bioshock: The Collection is coming to XBOX One, Playstation 4, and digital PC on September 13th in North America and September 16th Internationally. 

Have you played any of the series? Tell me your thoughts!  Do you think revamping older console games isn't worth while, or do you have a laundry list (like me) of games you want to see remastered?

Tina
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Image: 2K Games

Confessions of a Gamer Mom: My Origin Story

My evolution into a gamer began way before the name "Mom" ever came into existence in my reality. Growing up, my family and I spent many a weekend playing boardgames like LIFE, Monopoly, and Clue. We also grew up with a healthy dose of card games such as Spades and Pinochle tournaments. It was a time when home computers weren't a staple in every house and video game consoles were still "babies in diapers". The word "gamer" wasn't found in the dictionary. Getting the picture yet?  Yes, sounds a bit post-apocalyptic in this tech everywhere world, but it was a "simpler time" as the old folks say, and I'm NOT including myself in that category.

Game of Thrones S6 Wrap-Up

Well, another season of Game of Thrones is finished. I'm excited, shocked, amazed, sad, and depressed all at the same time. With the last two mainly being because we now have to wait at least 9 months for Season 7. We might as well review how this last episode has perfectly set up the series finale as well as changed the course of the show as we know it...

First look at Elizabeth Banks as Power Ranger Villain Rita Repulsa!

We all know that it was bound to happen. With Power Rangers being as widely popular show that many adults now grew up with, it was a matter of time that The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers would get it's  hollywood movie reboot!

Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa

Punch Club Punches A Special Place In My Heart.

Dux, like put up your dukes, right?

I must have seen Sport Sport like, a million times!

First, I must preface and say that I am a product of the 80's. The movie that I watched more than any other movie in my childhood was Bloodsport. In Bloodsport, Frank Dux, a man who was trained by an old mentor that has recently passed away, comes back home to kick some ass in an underground fighting tournament. Sounds like a hit movie, right? Many martial art flicks from the 80's followed a similar plot. AND THEY ALL ROCKED.

New Captain America trailer with a friendly neighborhood face

The new trailer for Captain America: Civil War is out! With a face that we have all been waiting to see. Let's say hello to Spider-Man!

The hero you want and deserve! 

Watch the trailer here

Watch Nintendo Direct right here! STREAM OVER

Watch the Nintendo Direct for March 3rd, 2016 right here!





Nintendo Direct

There will be exciting news on the Wii U and 3DS. It will start at 2pm Pacific and 5pm Eastern time.

No Man's Sky has an official release date!

Probably one of the most intriguing and original games of recent years, No Man's Sky, a game that made a big splash when it was introduced at the VGA's in 2013, promises full space and planet exploration has an official release date of June 21, 2016.

How Appropriate! Humble Bundle has a new Star Wars Bundle

Not more than 10 minutes after I posted my article about Star Wars: TIE Fighter, I got an email about Humble Bundle's new Star Wars Bundle.

Buy a bundle at your own price and proceeds go to charity

If you're not familiar with how Humble Bundle works, you can basically pay a dollar ($1) or more to get games centralized around a theme. Whatever you donate, proceeds go to charities. You can divvy up the proceeds however you want. The more you pay, the more games you are awarded.

That sounds pretty awesome to me! Are you going to be purchasing this bundle? 

Star Wars Humble Bundle 

Star Wars: TIE Fighter Taught Me Why People Like Star Wars

I am 31 years old and I am not a Star Wars fan. That may offend some of you already. Don't worry, this isn't me sitting here acting all righteous. I wish I was a Star Wars fan. To some degree I am. I feel like I'm getting there. I was outright offended by my brothers when they saw The Force Awakens without me. I didn't talk to them for a month! Let me be clear: I like the movies, I even had some toys  growing up. However, if I said that I was a Star Wars fan, I feel like I would be doing true fans an injustice.

Sometimes we podcast!

This is what happens when you put some pals in a room together with no TV, but with a mobile recording station. We made our first podcast! It's up on YouTube. Please note, that we really don't know what we are doing and this is up for test purposes only.

Check out our test podcast on YouTube!

How I relax after a good day of work

Just catching up on my super heroes before I head home from work.

Who's your favorite super hero? What is your favorite comic book?

That Dragon, Cancer - Live stream (Update: Stream Over)

Join Tina and I as we face our dragon.

http://youtu.be/z8Qzft73Lz0

We will be streaming That Dragon, Cancer this weekend!

Gaming evokes emotion: Elation over defeating the villain, triumph over solving a challenging puzzle, and even frustration when you’re killed in game over, and over, and over.  But what about gaming to work through emotions?

That Dragon, Cancer, developed by Ryan and Amy Green, Josh Larson and Numinous Games, is based on the Green’s life experience raising their son Joel, who at 12 months was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The Greens originally developed the game in order to relate their personal experiences with Joel, but it soon turned into a way to memorialize and personalize their short time with Joel.

Having lost my father to cancer, and watching my mother battle through it now, I feel like it’s the right game to play, and may even help me cope with my own feelings.

Have you played That Dragon, Cancer? What do you think about the message of this game? Let us know in the comments below.

Join us on Sunday, January 21 at 10:00am (Arizona time) as we play through That Dragon, Cancer. I’ve always wanted to be the knight that slays the dragon.

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