Stan Sakai created the rabbit ronin Usagi Yojimbo nearly 30 years ago. Usagi may seem familiar to hardcore fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for his guest appearances there. This weekend, as part of a special event and samurai exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Sensei Sakai and game developer Mike Levine of HappyGiant are slated to talk about the first Usagi video game in over 25 years, Usagi Yogimbo: Way of The Ronin (iOS / Android). We spoke with Mike about what to expect about from the game, developing a special boss battle level of the game for MFA visitors to unlock, the MFA’s Samurai Saturdays talk with Stan Sakai, and about working with a master of the comic book form by way of bringing this fun side-scrolling sword and slashing game to market.
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EARTH PRIME TIME: USAGI YOJIMBO: WAY OF THE RONIN GAME & LECTURE AT MFA
LOCAL: GAME NIGHT @ GOOD LIFE
Wouldn’t it be great if you could drink and make friends with strangers WHILE beating them senseless at Magic: The Gathering? Continue reading
EARTH PRIME TIME: MARVEL & DC VIDEO GAMES
Everyone that was at PAX EAST this weekend is still resting up, especially if they were out late at one of the many awesome after-parties around town. Comic fans can throw on their headphones on and get back to coding while they wait for some of the most anticipated video games in the industry where you get to control your favorite hero, even if that hero is Deadpool.
GAME TIME: TOMB RAIDER
Before Crystal Dynamics showed off their first demo of the new Tomb Raider, they warned us that this wouldn’t be the Lara we remembered–and they were right. Continue reading
RAUNCHY SEX SCANDALS: VIDEO GAME EDITION
A game that lets you collect cards for all the women you sleep with. Cards. For women. You can trade them with your friends! Continue reading
YOU’VE GOT PROBLEMS: LITTLE BOB PROBLEM
As I see it, there are three ways you can handle your little Bob problem (which sounds fabulously naughty, and will henceforth be how I refer to sexual mishaps). Continue reading
GAME TIME: ADVENTURE THROUGH THE CAVE
Ah, January. That awkward time of the year in between the last big releases of 2012 and the new big releases of 2013. Continue reading
TOP 10 INDIE GAMES OF 2012
Any person and their mother can put out an indie game, but only the best are remembered months after their release. In itself that is an accomplishment, but to be considered the best of the year you have to go above and beyond just a sort-of cool idea. Continue reading
COMMUNITY FORUM: #1REASONWHY WE NEED #FEWMOREREASONSWHY
Video games is a male-dominated industry, so of course there aren’t female members. Because of this, women should not be offended by hyper-sexualized, one-note characters meant to be saved by the strong, masculine protagonist. Continue reading
TOUCH THE WONDER: GREATEST UNMASKED MASKED CHARACTERS
Remember in The Dark Knight Rises when Bane was getting all sad panda on us and said, “No one cared who I was until I put on the mask.” He was right. We love masks and we love the characters that wear them. But even more than that we love to finally have the true face of the masked revealed to us at the end of the story. Continue reading
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