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William Newkirk was born of two LA musicians, and baptized in Super Nintendo and Toonami. He enjoys listening to psychedelic trance while gaming into the early morning hours. Today William still lives in Los Angeles, and is honorary uncle to Nerd Josh's 3 chihuahuas.

Answering the Call of Cthulhu

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft and role-playing games have something wicked to look forward to from Cyanide Studio and Focus Home Interactive later this year. Based on the classic pen-and-paper RPG by Chaosium, “Call of Cthulhu” is a first-person role-playing investigation game that focuses on story-driven exploration and conversing with various characters. We had a chance…

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Pokemon Let’s Go – Back to Kanto

“Gotta catch ’em all” “Gotta catch ’em all:” a phrase that has defined generations of would-be Pokemon trainers. Those who started with the original 150 would have no idea just how massive an undertaking these words would come to represent. Since the release of the first duo of Pokemon games for the Gameboy Color in…

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E3 Hype for Smash Bros

Super Smash Bros: Switching Things Up It’s time to keep your friends close and your Nintendo Switch closer. Since the release of Super Smash Bros on the Nintendo 64 in January of 1999, fans of fighting games have had the pleasure of pitting classic characters against each other in epic showdowns of button mashing and…

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There’s A New God in Town – God of War

Another Playstation, another God of War. Such is the way of things, and so nobody was surprised when Sony announced the latest iteration of their hack-and-slash powerhouse. There have been numerous sequels (and spin-offs) following the 2005 Playstation 2 original, and most have maintained the same basic mechanics. The exception is 2013’s God of War:…

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