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Interview: Composer Eanan Patterson Reveals How Rainbow Skies Blends Eastern & Western Musical Styles

Posted By: Brian Cowanon: June 27, 2018In: Exclusives, Features, Gaming, Indie Games, Interviews, Music, Nerd News, NerdCulture, PS3, PS4, VitaTags: Indie Dev, Indie GamesNo Comments

The indie roleplaying game, Rainbow Skies launched on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita this week. I am currently hard at work in my playthrough of it so that I can bring you a complete review. In the meanwhile, we had the honor of being able to speak with the Rainbow Skies’s composer, Eanan Patterson. […] Read more

These Are The Free Games You’ll Get With PlayStation Plus in July

Posted By: Connor Evanson: June 27, 2018In: Coming Soon, Gaming, Nerd News, PS3, PS4, VitaTags: playstation, psplusNo Comments

Sony announced via the PlayStation Blog the seven games you’ll be able to get free with Playstation Plus in July. July sees a solid lineup of critically acclaimed PlayStation 4 titles. Heavy Rain and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 headline the lineup. A full list of the games you can get across PS4, PS3, and PSVita […] Read more

Sony to Stop Selling Physical Copies of Vita Games

Posted By: Jordan Baranowskion: May 18, 2018In: Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, VitaTags: playstation, PSVitaNo Comments

Put another nail in the coffin that is the PlayStation Vita. Kotaku reports that Sony will stop manufacturing physical copies of Vita games in both the European and United States markets by the end of the 2018 fiscal year. They have asked that any requests for Vita product codes be placed by June 28, 2018, and […] Read more

Atlus Adds Another Catherine to the Mix for the Game’s Upcoming Port

Posted By: Matt Eschbachon: December 19, 2017In: Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, PS4, VitaTags: Atlus, CatherineNo Comments

Fans of Catherine, sit up and take notice. The twisted, morality-governed puzzler from PS3 days is receiving new attention from Atlus and will be ported to PS4 and Vita sometime in the near future. We’re not just talking updated graphics here – there’s a bunch of new features to cover, so let’s get down and […] Read more

Stardew Valley PS Vita Port and Multiplayer Update

Posted By: Andrew McMahonon: December 08, 2017In: Coming Soon, Gaming, Indie Games, Nerd News, NerdCulture, VitaTags: Indie Dev, Stardew ValleyNo Comments

Stardew Valley is truly an underdog success story, having gone from an indie game created by one man – over a tumultuous couple of years – to a best selling game across multiple consoles. After finding even more success with its Nintendo Switch port, it seems Sony wants in on the action as well, as it […] Read more

Darkest Dungeon’s Next DLC Announced: The Color Of Madness

Posted By: Jordan Baranowskion: December 06, 2017In: Coming Soon, DLC, Gaming, Indie Games, iOS, Nerd News, PC, Preview, PS4, Steam, Switch, VitaTags: Darkest Dungeon, Indiedev1 Comment

Fancy a journey back into madness? Red Hook Studios has you covered with the announcement for another major DLC entry for their tough-as-nails RPG Darkest Dungeon. Entitled The Color of Madness, it sounds like this will be a large, game-changing entry into the game, not dissimilar from the Crimson Court DLC released earlier this year. You can view […] Read more

The Longest 5 Minutes Takes Amnesiac Protagonists to a New Level

Posted By: Chris Voyageon: November 30, 2017In: Coming Soon, Gaming, Nerd News, PC, Steam, Switch, Trailers/Videos, VitaTags: NISAmerica, RPGNo Comments

The amnesiac protagonist is a time-tested trope that can easily spark a great deal of debate. There are certainly good one out there. But there are likely just as many poorly handled ones. It can easily come across as an exceptionally lazy crutch used to facilitate pseudo character development. Often times the amnesia is little […] Read more

August 2017’s PlayStation Plus Line Up

Posted By: Chris Bowringon: July 29, 2017In: Coming Soon, Gaming, Indie Games, Nerd News, PS3, PS4, VitaTags: playstation, PSN2 Comments

I’ve had something on my mind recently. Whether to keep my PlayStation Plus subscription up to date or to perhaps go without. Sure I love the many deals and discounts I receive through the PlayStation Store when purchasing new games, but I rarely take part in the online functionality, opting for couch co-op and single […] Read more

The Rise of the Female Protagonists in Gaming

Posted By: Chris Bowringon: July 11, 2017In: Coming Soon, Features, Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, Nintendo, Opinion, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox OneTags: Female, gaming6 Comments

Recently Darksiders 3 got revealed its main protagonist would be a female named Fury and it got me thinking about the ideas of diversity and equality. Not just in video games mind you but in all of life. Accepting other cultures, learning from them, experiencing them. Placing balance and equality between genders throughout the world. With certain […] Read more

PlayStation Plus March Lineup Announced

Posted By: Tori Morrowon: March 01, 2017In: Coming Soon, Gaming, Indie Games, Nerd News, PC, PS3, PS4, VitaTags: gaming, playstationNo Comments

Free PlayStation Plus games are just days away, and Sony has announced what subscribers can expect to play in the coming month. As usual, there will be six games in the lineup, with cross-buy support getting PlayStation 4 users a total of three games: Lumo, Tearaway, and the buzzed-about title, Disc Jam. Disc Jam is a “new breed […] Read more