XtA’s Video Game Movie Festival – EVO Week – Mortal Kombat (1995)

It’s EVO this weekend and since there is a bunch of movies based on fighting games it felt only natural that we would tie the two together.…

July 31, 2019May 18, 2020 by Stuart Johnston

Dragon Quest Builders 2 Review (Switch) – That’s Not Your Craft, It’s Mine

Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a game that wears its influences loud and proud on its sleeve. A cross between JRPG, Minecraft style open world sandbox and…

July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 by Stuart Johnston

XtA’s Video Game Movie Festival – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

It’s quite easy to forget just how huge of a phenomenon Lara Croft was when she first burst into the scene with her double guns (not an…

July 24, 2019May 18, 2020 by Stuart Johnston

XtA’s Video Game Movie Festival – Wing Commander (1999)

I have no familiarity with the Wing Commander series of games, I have never played the games and I have no knowledge of the deep lore of…

July 20, 2019May 18, 2020 by Stuart Johnston

Depixtion (2019) – Triple Picross Mania to Soothe the Soul

Picross is one of those games I go to if I want ten minutes or so of chill out time. Maybe at the end of a heavy…

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 by Stuart Johnston

XtA’s Video Game Movie Festival – Double Dragon (1994)

Double Dragon, the video game, is about two brothers punch and kicking their way to save a kidnapped girlfriend. It is a fairly basic premise but that…

July 8, 2019July 7, 2019 by Stuart Johnston

Apex Legends: Which Weapons Are Best In Season 2?

So, you may be asking yourself “What guns should I use to mow down my opposition now that Season 2 of Apex is out and everything is…

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 by Blake Ward

Super Mario Maker 2 – The Real Super Mario Maker is the Friends We Lose Along the Way

I am not good at 2D Mario games. I did not grow up with a NES or a SNES so the only one I am halfway decent…

July 4, 2019May 18, 2020 by Stuart Johnston

XtA’s Video Game Movie Festival – Super Mario Bros. (1993)

I have been curious to watch Super Mario Bros. for a very long time, pretty much ever since I first learned of its existence. It was the…

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 by Stuart Johnston