GVN Review: Ninja Gaiden 3

Ever since it’s revival in 2004 on the Xbox, Ninja Gaiden has grown in popularity among gamers as a genre defining action series. While the series is known for its great combat, it is also polarizing gamers with it’s higher than normal challenge and difficulty. Team Ninja has made a number of changes for their latest game Ninja Gaiden 3 in hopes of making it more accessible to gamers. Is this new change in direction successful, or does it do more harm than good?

PAX East: Runner 2 Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

Ever play a rhythm-music game? How about a rhythm-music platformer? If you've ever played a Bit.Trip game, then you certainly have. Gaijin Games, creators of the Bit.Trip series, was on hand at PAX East this year with a playable build of Runner 2 Future Legend of Rhythm Alien. Runner 2 is the sequel to the award winning Bit.Trip Runner. How does the sequel shape up so far to it's predecessor?

PAX East: Sonic 4 Episode 2

Anyone who has known me for awhile knows that I'm a huge fan of Sonic. His Genesis games were a huge part of my childhood. When Sonic 4 Episode 1 was released back in 2010, I was giddy as a schoolgirl waiting for Sonic's console return to 2D. When I finally played it, I found myself slightly let down. While it is an enjoyable game, it still had some flaws that kept it from being an instant classic in my heart. This past weekend, I got the chance to play a demo of Sonic 4 Episode 2 at Sega's PAX East booth. Does Episode 2 improve upon what the first episode started? If what I sampled is any indication, the answer is a resounding yes.

GVN Radio episode 20 now available for download.

Just what the title said.  You can now download the mp3 of episode 20 of GVN Radio.  In case you missed it and want to take it on the go, well... here ya go.

GVN Radio Episode 20 - 04-05-2012

Watch last night's GVN Radio!

Last night's show was great and we really want you to watch it.  Our guests LI Joe and SweetJohnnyCage lit up our show.  So here's a replay of last show and the mp3 will be made available soon.

 http://www.twitch.tv/thegvn/b/314055200

Tonite's live podcast

Tonight's live podcast is going to be special.  Our guests tonight is Long Island Joe and Johnny Cage.  We are going to discuss their upcoming east coast major tournament, East Coast Throwdown 4 and about LI Joe's newest sponsor that is causing quite a stir in the fighting game community.

www.twitch.tv/thegvn

Box Pusher review @ Gamefan

Here's a link to my latest game review over at Diahard Gamefan.  Its for a game called Box Pusher on the Nintendo DSiWare download service.

http://diehardgamefan.com/2012/03/30/review-box-pusher-dsiware/

Diablo Month has started!!!

That's right, we here at GVN are celebrating the soon to be released Diablo 3 by playing Diablo 1 and 2 every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday in the month of April.  I started things off last night by playing 2 hours of Diablo 1 and I hope to get more people to join me in playing these classic games.

Here's a recap of last night's stream.
http://www.twitch.tv/thegvn/b/313646754

Stay tuned for tomorrow night's stream.  ^_^

So sorry, but we are still here.

Hey all, Hubbs here. So yeah we have been steadily doing updates for GVN... just not here. So to make it up to you. here are some videos we made of us streaming and links to our last 4 podcasts. Enjoy.

Episode 19 - 3/22.2012
Hubbs, JT, and Rolento chat it up with special guest Shidosha. We talk about Bioware and Mass Effect 3 ending, Michael Bay TMNT movie, Tim Schafer, Classic gaming and interviewing The Shirt about Beyond Gaming. Parental Advisory is advised. Explicit content.

Episode 18 - 3/08/2012
Hubbs, JT and Rolento tackle the Cross Assault blowup, DOA5, the rumored Steam box console, our love for the Angry Videogame Nerd, and more classic gaming.

Episode 17 - 2/17/2012
Today Hubbs, JT, and Rolento discuss Kotick, Tim Schafer, CLassic gaming, Top picks of 2011 and Winter Brawl.

Episode 16 - 2/05/2012
Rolento and Hubbs are here to entertain you with nonsense. Today we talk about Soul Calibur 5, Winter Brawl, Kingdoms of Amalur and classic gaming.

 In regards to our podcasts we have been streaming them live over at our twitch homepage. Our next show is this thursday @ 11:30pm EST. www.twitch.tv/thegvn

Game Review: Amalur: The Reckoning

I wrote a review of Amalur: The Reckoning for the PC over at Diehard Gamefan.  Please check it out.  Her's a small excert for your viewing pleasure.

http://diehardgamefan.com/2012/03/13/review-kingdoms-of-amalur-pc/

"The action RPG genre has been getting a lot of attention the past couple of years. Thanks in part to the European developers that kick started the resurgence with the help of new IP’s like Risen, Two Worlds, and The Witcher, the later two of which have turned out incredibly amazing sequels that easily stand up to anything put out by long standing companies. Originally, Kingdoms of Amalur was supposed to be an MMORPG, but was later transformed into a single player Action RPG. On top of all that, you have a game that has its lore and story written by R.A. Salvatore. Salvatore is world renown for his work on the Forgotten Realms novels and its most popular character, the drow Drizzt. With all these things going for it, does Kingdoms of Amalur have enough merit for it to stand on its own, or will it just be a game caught in the shadows of mediocrity?"