Virtual high-five, buddy!

I've known John Watterberg, the bassist of this band, for almost a decade. You can hear the heavy Weezer influence in his licks. These guys are great. Psyched for the proper LP.

We get some interesting special guests sometimes, thanks to being a discreet dive bar near some well-off restaurants. My favorite was the night a little over a year ago when Dave Grohl came in. He smiled and shook peoples hands when they said hi, but mostly he just sat at a dark table in the back with some friends…

It's the first Splatfest of 2016, so I'll be digging into Splatoon tonight and tomorrow. Today will apparently see the release of the final new weapon in the game, so I'm worried support and interest will dry up completely within the next few months. I know it's crazy and unrealistic to want an online multiplayer game…

I got that one somewhat randomly during the first week the game was out (pretty much got all the trophies completely by accident, since they're just as quirky as everything else in the game). Some of the planets now available in the game have The Prince and cousins appear more frequently than on Earth, so it should be…

The iOS app was removed from the app store after only two years, though. The only reason I've had the app on more recent iOS devices is that I still have the app saved locally on my home computer. I used it just last month to stretch BOY on a holiday trip from New York to Ohio.

I remember seeing previews when this game first announced, that it was a timed exclusive on the Ouya, and thinking to myself how very horrible it was to be looking forward to this game. The idea of looking forward to playing a game about a real-life family's real-life experience with a child dying of cancer (Joel was…

I saw three sites post reviews at the exact same time, so I'm betting the embargo was today at noon Eastern.

I finished the campaign in this last night and have had a few of the songs stuck in my head throughout the day. What I find especially interesting about the campaign is that it is presented as a 15-song "concept album," with many (if not all, I wasn't paying that close attention at times) lyrics referencing the state…

VH1 used to have a show where they would get one-hit wonder bands to reunite and they did an episode with Romeo Void where the saxophonist said his son/nephew/young relative/whatever came up to him all excited because he heard their song in GTA Vice City.

I would intentionally fail any mission in GTA IV when Tom Vek's "One Horse Race" came on the car radio just so I could cruise around town listening to that sweet tune. I was a big fan of his first album (and his second and third, but those came out well after GTA IV), but the b-sides were never released in the U.S.,…

I wrote about Tearaway for Games We Liked two years ago and I refuse to believe that wasn't the superior version of the game.

I know, I'm scared too.

Oh man, the sea snails are precious to me. The fashion element of Splatoon is probably the biggest draw for me (there are many days I just turn on the game, check the clothing stores for anything I don't have, and then turn the game off because I don't have time for any fights but I really want to fill up my…

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like SplatFest…

Hooray for some Apollo Justice love! Way way way back when Agnello and I worked at our first game blog together, I lent him the Phoenix Wright trilogy and we gabbed for hours about the wonderful nuance of the story, particularly how everything ties together in Trials & Tribulations. When Apollo Justice came out, I was…

I feel like we must have discussed this somewhere in the annals of Gameological comment lore, but I flipping love Treasure Mathstorm so much. I played the game on repeat long past the basic math challenges stopped being challenging just to get all the collectables.

It's not quite as wildly rubber-banded as the other Party games just because the stakes are usually much lower. Players are ranked by "Happy Points," so you "win" by having the most successful month emotionally. You also collect Bells, though, which can be exchanged for special items and you get 1 Happy Point for…

If you like the pace of Wii Party and the personality of Animal Crossing, I strongly recommend amiibo Festival. The bulk of it is still a board game, but every space represents an action in the life of an Animal Crossing villager. A good tile might be getting a load of bells from Happy Home Academy recognizing your…

It's on my list for this year's Games We Liked. I understand the negative backlash, but a lot of it (especially what I page through on Miiverse just for laughs) is wildly hyperbolic. It would be a terrible game if I lived alone, but then, so would every Mario Party/Wii Party game.