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Schmame Over: Link Between Worlds Special Edition
Spoilers abound for “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds” today on Schmame Over, because that’s all we talk about! Join the Schmamers as the explore the worlds of Hy ...
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Schmame Over- Game of the Year
Today on Schmame Over, the Schmamers talk about their most dissapointing games, and their best games, of 2013. There are surprises, arguments, and impassioned discussions. Is Bioshock: Infin ...
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Schmame Over 23: Our Least Thankful
Today on Schmame Over the boys don their black masks and tear apart the wide world of electronic entertainment by sharing what they were LEAST thankful for in gaming in 2013. Or…at lea ...
The Witness and the Necessity of Risk
For any innovation to occur, there must be risk. Business likes stability, but creative endeavors like video games cannot be stable without also becoming stale. Creating an environment that allows those willing to take on that risk to thrive will be absolutely vital in ...
Shigeru Miyamoto is Walt Disney: Stan Lee
(Hey, Schmamers! Welcome back to a new entry in our Shigeru Miyamoto is Walt Disney series. In this series we present a historical figure, find their counterpart in the gaming world, and explain why. Enjoy!) Stan Lee didn’t invent comic books. But he may very wel ...
Dream a Little Dream With Me
I might as well put a cap on the week of Xbox One with another post. If you’re tired of reading about the Xbox One, well, please accept my sincerest apologies. Here’s what comes up when you type “extremely interesting articles” and hit the olR ...
Missing the Point: Saya no Uta Edition
Kotaku has an article up today discussing the disturbing horror game Saya no Uta and how empathy with the monster ruins any sense of horror. He argues that ” it’s hard to fear what you understand on an emotional level” and I don’t have any probl ...
Batman: Arkham Origins Official Trailer
Can I just say that I’m glad that DC is beating Marvel in at least one respect? Marvel sells more comic books. Marvel movies bring in higher revenues. Despite my personal opinion that the Batman trilogy is better than the Avengers movies, which are great movies to ...
In Defense of Microsoft
Apparently I’m going to be the lone voice on the interwebs that comes to the defense of Microsoft and the Xbox One. Let me preface this by saying that I do own a 360 and love it like the child I’ll probably never have. However, I have owned Sony and Nintend ...
BioShock Infinite Heroclix
Booker. Elizabeth. Daisy. On your tabletop. Coming Summer 2013. 20 sculpts available from a starter pack or gravity feed. Fight against your friends on the streets of Columbia. Josh and I will stop playing grab-ass long enough to destroy one another. ...
Post Announcement Blues
I have a confession. I really liked the XBOX One announcement. Not because the announcement was particularly good, or because I’m excited for the XBOX One, but because the announcement gave me a boost of energy. For a couple of days the internet and I all, genera ...
Microsoft on Backwards Compatibility
Hey, look, something I can finally agree with Microsoft on: backwards compatibility! Don Mattrick told the Wall Street Journal that wanting backwards capabilities is “backward.” And I totally agree with him, for mostly the same reasons he cites. Somewhere b ...
Schmame Over Bonus Episode: XBOX One
It’s here, the next generation is here! I sure am looking forward to five more years of listening to everyone tell me which console is better than the others. Oh boy! But in this very special episode, the crew talks about the reveal of Microsoft’s new system ...
YouTube Reacts: Grand Theft Auto V Edition
There are few things I love more in this world than the “YouTube Reacts” series. Wonderfully acted and full of contempt for the YouTube comments section, it’s a perfect thing for a world full of such idiocy. Check out more here. ...
Saya no Uta Hits the Mainstream
Over at Kotaku they’ve done a review of the classic horror visual novel Saya no Uta. I meant to post about this yesterday but the XBOX One conference kind of took over. Regardless, this is a sort of remarkable event. Visual novels receive little to no meaningful ...
