Big Tournament Returns!

24 04 2012

After our week of downtime we return with massive news regarding big tournaments and plans for the next upcoming weeks.

Courtesy League of Legends.

The much hyped LAN Speed Games League of Legends tournament takes place this weekend, as well as a new ranbats announcement fresh delivered from Team Hazmat. Read the rest of this entry »





Finale Friday!

13 04 2012

The absolute 8-bit blast known as The Retro Rumble finished off its second season today. Once the pixelated dust cleared, who was left standing?

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LAN Speed Games Drop Major Money on LoL tournament

10 04 2012

The past few weeks have seen a nice variation of tournaments from the fine folks at LAN Speed Games but the venue recently announced a new tournament that has stepped up their game in a big way.

Courtesy of League of Legends.

According to a recent post on the LSG Facebook, the crew will be hosting another LoL tournament at the end of April, with a $500 prize pot for the winning team.

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Needlessly Reading Between Lines: A Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Review

5 04 2012

Two weeks ago, the latest installment to the Resident Evil franchise Operation Raccoon City released. The game is set in post-outbreak Raccoon City and enables the player to fulfill the role of a super elite clean-up team “WolfPack” hired by Umbrella to weed out survivors and destroy incriminating evidence. The Pause Button’s own IncreaseBlue got the chance to fully dive into the game and offers her thoughts below. Warning, there are few spoilers ahead.

"Strike a pose!"

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I’ll be honest, I had high hopes for Operation Raccoon City. The thought of mercilessly taking out survivors in a zombie infested city, squashing all hope for rescue, and (most importantly) personally dispatching Leon and Claire with my own bare hands just sounded awesome. Unfortunately the game doesn’t really own up to its non-cannon ties and gets hunkered down by the existing Resident Evil storyline, as well as painful controls and other game play issues. Read the rest of this entry »





Euphoria and Retro Rumbles This Weekend

3 04 2012

This week is a bit short and sweet on events but none the less awesome. Euphoria Gaming and Arcade-in-a-Box will both have big bouts going down over the weekend.

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