Fourth Worst Game of 2013: Star Trek
#4: Star Trek Another year, another terrible movie tie-in game. Whereas 2012 was bequeathed with Men in Black: Alien Crisis and Battleship, 2013 received the most heinous Star Trek the video game. Like many licensed games, St...
Fifth Worst Game of 2013: Dead Island Riptide
#5: Dead Island: Riptide I believe it is about time to officially welcome zombies into the Hall of Overused Villains right alongside Nazis, Russians, vampires, and giant spiders. Since zombies are about as cliché as explodin...
Twelve PS Vita Games You MUST Play
What did you get for Christmas? If the answer is anything other than, “well, I’m glad you asked, Mr. Reece! I received a brand new PlayStation Vita!” then I sincerely have to wonder why you haven’t inves...
Last Gen vs. Next Gen Graphics: Halo 4 vs. Killzone Shadow Fall
In our Last Gen vs. Next Gen Graphics feature, we pit the best late-in-the-lifecycle game of our choosing from the previous gen, to as similar a title as we can find in the next gen line-up. We’re not restricted to one consol...
The Five Best Reasons to Dig Out Your Genesis
And In the Beginning, There Was Sonic… As Christmas is virtually upon us, I thought I’d share a memory of mine from years ago: the day I got my Genesis (or Mega Drive to anyone my side of the pond). I’ll also ...
SpawnFirst’s 10 Best Games of 2013
2013 has been an amazing year for video games. We here at SpawnFirst wish to recognize that as we look back on a year filled with a lot of ups and some downs (here’s looking at you, Ride to Hell: Retribution). The games...
Hyrule Warriors: Has Zelda Been Ruined?
Ever since the announcement of Hyrule Warriors, many a Zelda and Nintendo fan have been slightly anxious about the direction this new game will be taking. A Zelda game based on open and free-form Dynasty Warriors-type gameplay?...
Final Fantasy XIII Series: Yay or Nay?
SlasherJPC is getting needy. He wants your opinions about the Final Fantasy XIII series. What you like, what you don’t like, what you would’ve loved to see, and what you wish would just go away. Everything from the ...
Last Gen vs. Next Gen Graphics: Killzone 2 vs. Titanfall
So early this week we started off with an unorthodox comparison piece called “Last Gen vs. Next Genâ€. And yes, I know. The title should technically be “Last Gen vs. Current Genâ€, but guess what? It doesn’t sound as ex...
Fanboyism: Rhetoric and Ignorance at an All-Time High
Time for a Reality Check There was an article the other day about Microsoft stating that the Xbox One was sold out at retailers. People began posting pictures of stacks of Xbox Ones on shelves and links to places were the Xbox ...
Beers for Gamers: Holiday Edition
**DISCLAIMER: SpawnFirst does not in anyway support underage drinking, as this article is directed towards an audience of legal drinking age** Hello everyone! Brian, everyone’s favorite drunk SpawnCast host, here! Being t...
Last Gen vs. Next Gen Graphics: The Last of Us Trumps Dead Rising 3
Every once in a while we, as gamers, have to give ourselves a reality check. Oft times we get blinded with the hype of upcoming games, crawl through the trenches of the bloody and take-no-prisoners console wars, or get seduced ...
Gaming in Pakistan: An Insider’s Perspective
It’s Not All Flowers and Candy You might’ve heard about Pakistan because of its current affairs. And those, frankly, aren’t all that good. The currency (Rupee) is falling rapidly and our once-growing economy is me...
Out with the Old, In with the New: Ports are Harming the Vita
If the fact that, approximately two years after it first launched, the Vita is still struggling to get a foothold and make any meaningful waves in the industry is news to you, then it would be remiss of me to not congratulate y...
The 3rd Time’s the Charm: The PS4 is in a One Horse Race
The way it looks now, the PlayStation 4 is about to handily outsell the Xbox One. This will be the 3rd time in a row a PlayStation platform has outsold a Microsoft platform. And on top of it, this generation looks to be more of...
