Geek Grotto

I love being able to use Snk's Neo-Geo "The Future Is Now" phrase! Now that the Wii U, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are all out there, how is the gaming community enjoying them? Over the past few decades, specs have never seemed as big as there are now! In the 90's, the SNES was capable of visually better games, where the Genesis was able to toss pixels around at insane speeds. Now we have 1 console running on a PowerPC CPU (Wii U) while the other 2 run on multi-core X86 CPUs from AMD. All 3 also run on AMD GPUs.

Well, we somehow missed this on KickStarter. Mark Reichwein is making a "Boss Battle" album for some classic SNES titles. The best part? It's all original music! Music that fits the style of games like Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana, and actually sound like they were generated on an SNES! What is awesome is that it is already fully funded, but why stop there? Stretch goals gives us more music!!! So give, as we always need more SNES music in this world! Source: KickStarter

We had a chance to play this at the GameStop Expo last month and it was pretty fun and different than most other games, which is something NIS America specializes in! God has never had it so rough! Meet Renya, who happened to become God through a lottery. And then, his self-proclaimed personal angel named Lilliel took him to Celestia right away. Together, they will tackle countless randomly-generated dungeons in this story-driven rogue-like RPG in order to guide the fate of all mankind to a revolution! Featuring the beautiful artwork of Noizi Ito — the illustrator behind The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Shakugan No Shana — this game is sure to bless you with a rapturous roguelike experience with HD sprites!

In case you may have missed it between SDCC, Gamescon and PAX; the GameStop Expo is this coming Wednesday! Think of it as a mini E3 ir Gamescon where the people that matter, the consumer, can attend!!! We'll be there with pictures, video and whatever else we can think of!!!

Greetings Geeks! Just a small reminder of the awesomeness that's about to hit store shelves! Read more after the jump!

Greetings geeks! More content coming out of Square-Enix! Gameplay footage of the recently re-titled Final Fantasy XV!  Read and see the footage after the jump!

Greetings geeks! Boy do I have news for you! It seems our friends over at Square-Enix have been busy. This is completely out of the blue, but the long-awaited continuation of the Kingdom Hearts saga is coming to a yet-to-be-released PS4 and XBOX1 still months away in the form of "Kingdom Hearts III". Me, being a hardcore KH fan, can only muster one statement: It's about !@#$ing time. Read more and watch the trailer after the jump!

Like most gamers, I have more than one console. Like few gamers, I have consoles that span decades! I have been gaming since the 80's, and with the exception of an Atari 5200 destroyed by a hurricane, I still own them all. A working Atari 2600, NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Sega Genesis, multiple working Saturns, Dreamcasts, PS Ones, Turbo Duo, TG-16 /w CD, 2 Neo-Geo MVS units and more! All with dozens of games, all work. What I have noticed is that with the last 2 generations aren't as "durable" as the consoles of the past.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Greetings Geeks, In the latest episode of ROAD GEEK, The Geek Guru is on the road and has stopped in Washington, D.C. He's bringing you geeky hotspots from around the country. Hit the jump for this episode and a list of great places!

WILMINGTON, NC Greetings Geeks, In the latest episode of ROAD GEEK, The Geek Guru is on the road and has stopped in Wilmington, NC. He's bringing you geeky hotspots from around the country. Hit the jump for this episode and a list of great places!

If you do not yet know who Freddie Wong is, then, quick-- Do yourself a favor and click on his name and go watch everything he has RIGHT NOW.  (37 Hours Later):  Good, right?  So anyways, not too long ago Freddie Wong wrapped up the first season of Video Game High School, his first truly full length production effort.  Below is my review:

ATLANTA, GA Greetings Geeks, The Geek Guru is on the road and has stopped in Atlanta, GA. He's bringing you geeky hotspots from around the country. Hit the jump for the latest episode and a list of places to get your geek on!

Greetings Geeks! www.Seibertron.com has posted a SURPLUS of E3 footage from Fall of Cybertron! Take a look at the link below! More Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Footage - Grimlock, Megatron, Escalation, and More Source: www.seibertron.com

Arkham City is on its way to Nintendo's next-gen console, the Wii U. View the E3 trailer for this fancy new port after the jump!

New Super Mario Bros. 3DS is coming soon! View the E3 Trailer after the jump!

Watch this awesome E3 clip of Optimus and company taking on the ruthless Megatron and his ruthless band of 'deceptichops' as the ground on which they stand transforms beneath them into.. you guessed it! METROPLEX!!!  Watch it after the jump!

Mike Fahey over at www.kotaku.com  answers this very perplexing question TF fans have been wondering ever since they revealed Grimlock as a playable character in the upcoming PS3/360 epic, Transformers :  Fall of Cybertron. Read the full article  here. Update on upcoming TF Review page: The page will be coming soon! Graphic work is in the works, and as a result, here is a complimentary wallpaper to get you 'transgeeked' for what's in store! MORE THAN MEETS THE GEEK! Source: www.kotaku.com

Greetings Geeks! I know I'm on a roll this morning with the trailers, but come on! This game just looks amazing. Full Assassin's Creed III Trailer after the jump!

Greetings Geeks! Here is this weeks Grottocast. A weekly show where we sum up our thoughts on the past weeks news stories. Please leave a comment, like us, plus us and show us some love. Grottocast after the jump!

Greetings Geeks! I bet you thought Pokemon was dead! While that might be mostly true state-side, nothing could be further from the truth in the far east. In fact, Pokemon is getting it's first theatrically released 2D short in 9 years! Great news for fans of the little ball dwelling monsters! More after the jump.