Blast from the Pastime Legends
by Chris O’Nealchris@vcreporter.com Pastime Legends Video Games2040 E. Main Street, Ventura www.pastimelegends.com Stepping inside Pastime Legends in Ventura is like stepping out of a time machine...
View ArticleGet fit or die trying with Zombies, Run!
by Chris O’Neal chris@vcreporter.com Zombies, Run! $1.99 for app, limited free to play, $20 yearly subscriptionwww.zombiesrungame.com Keen-eyed readers of Gamer’s Notebook may have spotted me as...
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A guide to “Outdoors” for “Pokémon GO” players
It was 1998; I had a special edition Pikachu yellow Gameboy Color. I couldn’t imagine that 20 years later I’d be confusing patrons of VenTiki who were just there to have a cocktail as they sat...
View ArticleGAMER’S NOTEBOOK | Never really a Final Fantasy, is it?
Final Fantasy XVReleased Sept. 30, 2016PlayStation 4/Xbox One, $59.99 At the ripe old age of 13 (late 1997), a friend of mine brought over his PlayStation and a copy of Final Fantasy VII. “You’ve got...
View ArticleGAMER’S NOTEBOOK | Fantasy football: the jock’s Dungeons & Dragons
My relationship with football is a sordid one at best. In middle school, I tried out for the football team. This was not your ordinary California everyone’s-a-winner football team — most notably...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XV’s greatest strength is also its flaw
Final Fantasy XV PlayStation 4/Xbox One $59.99 Ten long years. That’s how long folks have been waiting for the latest installment in the Final Fantasy series. First announced as a spinoff of Final...
View ArticleGAMER’S NOTEBOOK | 2016: a year of highs and very lows
If I were to be the editor in chief of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and the responsibility of choosing the word of the year was thrust upon me, I’d choose “hype-train.” I wouldn’t go so far as to say...
View ArticleGAMER’S NOTEBOOK | Resident Evil 7 is a return to form
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Xbox One/PlayStation 4/PC $59.99 One of my favorite gaming memories came by way of Resident Evil 2. Originally released in 1998, my adolescent friends and I huddled around...
View ArticleGAMER’S NOTEBOOK | Nintendo Switch flips the script
Nintendo Switch, $299.99 www.nintendo.com The last time I bought into a so-called game-changing device, I ended up with a ball-and-cup game from Japan (called Kendama) that I promised I’d practice...
View ArticleGAMER’S NOTEBOOK | Death becomes you in What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch PC, PlayStation 4 $19.99 www.edithfinch.com There’s a running theme here in ye olde Gamer’s Notebook, one that tends to sway toward the spooky. Maybe it’s the result of...
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