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Month: January 2018

Project Octopath Traveler Makes Changes Based on Feedback

Square Enix’s Switch exclusive JRPG coming out sometime this year released a demo last September. We’ve about the both on the site and on the podcast, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The art style was especially pleasing. It wasn’t without it’s faults however. That was precisely the point of the demo though, to get it out
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January 31, 2018
Metro Exodus To Be Larger than 2033 & Last Light Combined

Metro Exodus, the third installment in the Metro series, is turning out to be quite a bit larger than 2033 and Last Light. It was said the Exodus would span an entire year, covering all 4 seasons as you moved across Russia after leaving the Metro behind. This would certainly point to the game being
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January 24, 2018
IBIF Podcast 17: Trauma Kits for Kids

It’s that time folks, time to sit back and hear 3 nerds talk for an hour straight about video games, anime, and anything else that strikes their fancy. This week: Eric admits he has a horrible addiction, Chris ups his mic game, and Jason completes his requisite You Are Wrong Because Reasons… whether he wants
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January 23, 2018
Nintendo Labo Wants You To Play With Cardboard

Nintendo made a surprise announcement today of Labo, a line of Switch peripherals that you make out of cardboard. It’s an inventive way to use the power of Joy-Cons in very interesting ways. The dub the creations Toy-Cons, and allow you to make everything from a piano to a fishing pole. Nintendo with supply two
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January 17, 2018
Cyberpunk 2077 Rumor Mill Kicks in High Gear

Cyberpunk 2077 rumors got new life last week when the twitter account posted for the first time in 4 years, with just the word *beep*. Now Polish site GRYOnline is claiming from two independent sources that CD Projekt RED will show off a new trailer at E3, with the game seeing some hands on play
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January 15, 2018
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Open Beta is LIVE!

The highly anticipated non-portable entry to the Dissidia franchise is finally almost here and the good folks over at Square-Enix have graced PS4 users with an Open Beta. Available for the next 9 days, players should be able to get a TON of gameplay in and get the feel for the franchises transition to the
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January 12, 2018
Razer Project Linda, Hyperflux, and Nommo Speaker Debut at CES 2018

Razer likes to bring a concept device to CES, usually falling in the “Meh” category. This year that’s Project Linda . Project Linda is simply a laptop dock for the Razer Phone. The laptop dock is similar to the Razer Blade Stealth, complete with a Chroma RGB keyboard. What it’s missing is a track pad,
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January 9, 2018
IBIF Podcast 16: New Year Same Stuff

Eric, Jason, and Chris risk life and limb to tell you all about what they did over the holiday break… Literally, they all almost died from illness. Join us to talk about gaming, anime, and the start of CES.
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January 9, 2018
NVIDIA Announces 65″ Gaming Display at CES 2018

As CES news begins to roll out, Nvidia announced that they are working with Asus, Acer, and HP to make 65″ gaming displays a reality this summer. They have dubbed this BFGD, for Big Fucking Gaming Display, err…Big Format Gaming Display. This is a display mind you, and not a TV, despite being 65″ in
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January 8, 2018
Taiyou Con 2018

The first weekend of 2018 is here, and with it, con season has started here in Arizona with Taiyou Con at the Mesa Convention Center. Taiyou Con is in it’s 8th year and featured voice actors from Japan as well as the US. We want to cover more conventions this year, so I decided to
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January 7, 2018