The OG (Otaku Gamer) Spot

2011-06-16T12:45:00.003-04:00

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News Update

2010-06-19T07:02:00.008-04:00

Seeing that I've been pressed for time all day yesterday, and probably all of today, here's the weekly news post. For the Nintendo Wii Console System, Disney Interactive Studios presents: Epic Mickey This game will feature the ability to create and destroy environments with power of a magic paintbrush. Also, the appearance of your favorite old school Disney characters will appear in the game

Leveling to a Soundtrack: CJP's Top 15 Favorite RPG Battle Themes

2010-06-18T15:42:00.006-04:00

If you're old enough, you might recall a certain show by the name of Cardcaptors that aired nearly a decade ago on Kids' WB. It was a great time with other anime such as Pokemon, the original Yu-Gi-Oh! and Sailor Moon airing at the heights of their popularity. Of all those gems that fill my otaku mind with delight,

OG Spot Renovation: Lainface's Letter

2010-06-03T15:14:00.000-04:00

Hello there readers, I’d like to announce that the OG Spot will be renovating over the next two weeks. I have recently acquired the mantel of Editor-in-Chief, so I’m putting the boys to work and making sure the blog is much, much more active! Ironically, the blog will be on break for about five to fourteen days (I know, large gap) to collect articles so that we can service you with all the

MOTHER 3 Review

2010-06-02T14:09:00.059-04:00

GameBoy Advance; 2006 (JP), 2008 (ENG hack) Role Playing CERO A rating ("Everyone 10 and older" equivalent) He's a bad MOTHER… shut your mouth! I can dig it! Earthbound, despite being an SNES title and primitive by today's standards of Final Fantasies and Dragon Quests, is one of the greatest RPGs of the 90s. Known as MOTHER 2 in Japan, Earthbound became a cult hit that inspired Ness and Lucas

Down to the Last Letter: Tegami Bachi Review

2010-05-27T13:03:00.026-04:00

"If these mailmen can't deliver it no one can", at least that's how the saying would go in the world of Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee). Seriously, if real mailmen had to go through the same work conditions that Bees had to they'd all quit (if they survived the route...). Joking aside, when I first got wind of the show I didn't know what I was getting into. I had seen a few images of the manga so I

The Next Several Reviews (In Order!? Gasp)

2010-05-26T11:29:00.001-04:00

This post is a slight modification of my 2010 Preview Special. Since January, some reviews have been canceled, some have been added and some have been pushed etc. Allow me to begin with the reviews I have decided to scrap. Canceled Game Reviews: - Naruto Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 (Lost Interest) - White Knight Chronicles (Didn't buy it) -God of War 3 (Didn't buy that either) Delayed

Nado's Retro Review: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

2010-05-22T19:06:00.000-04:00

Ah...Michael Jackson. It's hard to believe it's almost been a year now since he's passed on, leaving behind a once in a lifetime music career and a legacy that simply cannot be duplicated. I think we all remember where we were on June 25th last year. I was at work, well my "day" job anyways, when a couple of customers came in talking about him dying. At first, I thought it was a joke, but as

Way of the Samurai 3 Review

2010-05-21T00:49:00.005-04:00

Way back in the summer of 2002, developer Aquire, famous for the first 2 Tenchu games for the PS1, created a game called Way of the Samurai. The game featured a customizable, vagrant Samurai who wanders into Rokkotsu Pass, where he is immediately put in the middle of a conflict between warring clans in the area. And it is up to the player to determine how events of the game play out. And the

The Intelligent Gamer: 100 Classic Books Collection (DS)

2010-05-20T12:33:00.001-04:00

The ever-lovable Lainface has returned from a hiatus of a bajillion months due to a small surprise. While reading Game Informer, I was looking through the releases for June and I was quite shocked and kind of excited when I saw "100 Classic Books Collection" for the Nintendo DS, which is due to release on June 15. The game was originally released in Europe on December 26, 2008 and released in

Man From the Other Side of the Moon: FREEDOM OVA Review

2010-05-17T13:58:00.012-04:00

Sci-fi tales of a possible post-apocalyptic future have been told more times over the years then the number of flavors Kellogg's comes up with for their Pop-Tarts. What has come to separate one series from another is the direction taken with the concept. While Cowboy Bebop depicts the escapades of a group of eccentric, somewhat enigmatic interstellar bounty hunters, G Gundam in-visions most of

The OG Is Now On FB!

2010-05-16T17:48:00.003-04:00

For all of our faithful Facebook heads, we now have a legitimate page of our own! Come check out all the latest, reviews, previews, news and other random sillyness at our new Facebook link by clicking the URL below or by typing "OG (Otaku Gamer) Spot" into the Facebook search bar. OG Spot's Facebook Page Like us! Comment us! Bookmark us! YES!

"GET ALONG! TRY AGAAAAAAAAAIN!!" Slayers Review

2010-05-16T14:20:00.002-04:00

The year was 1995; Do you remember the mid 90s (those of you that were even born around that time)? SNL was still relatively funny, hip hop was well written and enjoyable, the Playstation (as in the original) had just launched and the Street Fighter Alpha series had just begun. (I know the younger readers are saying preposterous things like "YOU REMEMBER PS ONE!?" or "SNL WAS FUNNY AT ONE POINT!?

Updates: Anime Retro Review Scoring System , New Gaming Retro Review, and More

2010-05-15T13:29:00.006-04:00

Hey everybody, Nado-Kun here. I'm currently about halfway done with the first season of Sailor Moon and am slated to do my retro review of my personal "gateway" anime in the beginning of June. Before that though, I wanted to share my official scoring system for anime retro reviews with you. Like my video game retro reviews, they will have five levels. The levels are as followed: Worth a

CJPs First Impressions of "Working!!" and "Hakuouki"

2010-05-01T15:44:00.002-04:00

As the title of this new segment suggests, in this new segment I voice my initial thoughts/opinions on games of which I've played the demos of or recently premiered anime series that I've watched the first two or three episodes of. Keep in mind that these opinions may change when the full game comes out or I have viewed the series in its entirety. With that said, in this installment I'm going to

Nado's Countdown: Top Ten RPG Franchises

2010-04-29T17:40:00.006-04:00

Hello everybody, Nado-Kun here, back from my brief hiatus to talk about my favorite video game genre: The RPG. The RPG, or Role-Playing Game has been around for a long time. Back in the 70s, several computer RPGs inspired by the legendary table-top game, Dungeons and Dragons, were introduced to the IBM mainframe computers. The bulk of these were of the text based variety like Colossal Cave

The Top Ten Most Awkward Songs in Gaming 2: The Reckoning

2010-04-27T12:06:00.003-04:00

In August of 2009, I brought to everybody's attention the Top Ten Most Awkward Songs in Gaming. You laughed, you cried, you probably had to go through several months of therapy after enduring some of these horrific "compositions". Although, after browsing through my game music library again. I discovered that there were a few...*cough*...gems that were looked over from my first list. Now, with

Duel Review #5: Old School Dance Battle

2010-04-10T13:56:00.006-04:00

Hey everybody, Nado-Kun here and welcome to another duel review. This time though, I'm going to switch things up and review two old school music games. So in a way, it's kind of like getting two retro reviews in one. Anyways, let's get started. Bust-A-Move was released in Japan in the beginning of 1998. It wasn't until near the end of that same year that it was released in the States as

Nado's Retro Review: Shaq Fu

2010-04-06T00:36:00.003-04:00

Hey everybody, Nado-Kun here and I gotta say I feel…a little weird. I woke up not too long ago with a massive headache. There are over a dozen empty beer bottles on the floor, so I guess I’m hung over or something. My trusty knife is lying uncovered next to my bare wrist…and my cat is licking what appears to be a pool of my own tears and vomit. I suppose that only means one thing: It’s time to

Shin's Return

2010-04-01T00:05:00.002-04:00

Salutations, readers of O.G. Spot,Now I know you've seen my name in the list of contributors to The Otaku Gamer Spot. But you probably also notice that I haven't made a post since near the very beginning of the O.G. Spot's creation. That is entirely my fault and I apologize. I had been very busy with school and the like. And thus, I was just too busy to keep up with making reviews and uploading

Nado's [Not So] Retro Review: Final Fantasy XIII

2010-03-31T15:04:00.003-04:00

One could say that it’s hard to believe it’s been four years since the last main addition to the legendary Final Fantasy series, but that statement would be frivolous at best. Throughout the past few years, Final Fantasy XIII has been taunting and teasing gamers with peeks and flashes not unlike that one friend we all have who has been known to simply “get around”. Now that it has been released,

If the "MEGA UPDATE" wasn't enough.........

2010-03-27T22:38:00.005-04:00

Well I happened to stumble upon more exciting news for our Otaku Anime fans....It's the Spring 2010 Anime Lineup!!some titles included in this lineup would be......K-ON Season 2Iron ManIkkitousen: Xtreme XecutorAngel Beatsalso on the OVA section.......Black Rock ShooterOne Piece OVA (Recap)Tales of Symphonia Tethe'alla Chapterand........Super Street Fighter 4!!these are only a few in what's to

It's Big........It's New.......THE MEGA UPDATE!!!!!

2010-03-26T19:10:00.029-04:00

Kunai20 here once again to bring you the latest news in upcoming games.... [1] More from the Kingdom Hearts series being under way "Tetsuya Nomura mentioned that Kingdom Hearts III is on its conceptual stages, but the development timeline will depend on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, which Nomura also directs. He also mentioned that two additional Kingdom Hearts games are in development, one will

A couple of announcements

2010-03-26T00:08:00.004-04:00

Hey everybody, Nado-Kun here with some semi-troublesome news. As you can see it's been a while since I've updated Final Fantasy Month and there are a couple of reasons why. Now I could go through the very long and anger rousing specifics of the situation, but the shorter version of that story is that some weird ass computer error has wiped out three of my Microsoft Word document folders including

Artist Spotlight: XV; The Square in the Circle

2010-03-22T11:31:00.006-04:00

Welcome back my fellow otaku, gamers, ravers, geeks, skaters, cosplayers, or whatever social sub-culture you fall into; welcome the latest installment of Artist Spotlight. This week the spotlight shines on the underground hip hop lyricist who hails from Wichita, Kansas; Donovan Johnson aka XV (actually spoken "ecks vee", not the roman numeral fifteen). Now I myself have slowly but steadily

FF Month: Top Ten Ladies of Final Fantasy

2010-03-16T23:33:00.004-04:00

Final Fantasy as a franchise is home to some of the most beautiful and well developed gals in gaming history. There are so many good choices out there that narrowing it down to a mere ten was rather difficult, but I think I got it. Keep in mind that while sex appeal certainly couldn’t hurt ones chances, this is no beauty pageant. We’re looking for the real deal, full package here. As always, the

CJP's Eclectic Music Tastes

2010-03-16T12:55:00.000-04:00

What's good Otakunites!? (I think I'm going to coin that phrase officially as my own). First and foremost, I haven't forgotten about my posts. Its midterm week this week, so needless to say I've been clamping down on my priorities. As far as games, I've been FF13-ing it up lately. I like it so far. You can expect a review from our ol' buddy Nado in about few weeks or so. I've also been beefing up

FF Month Chapter 5: Jobs, Jobs, and Jobs

2010-03-16T12:43:00.003-04:00

By the end of 1991, the once struggling Square company was on a roll. Each of the four Final Fantasy games received rave reviews in Japan and the two that made it stateside were hailed among the most deep and enjoyable games of their time. Their latest release, Final Fantasy IV, destroyed people’s admittedly high expectations, so it only made sense that in 1992 Final Fantasy V would be released.

FF Month Chapter 4: The Light in the Darkness

2010-03-09T22:40:00.003-05:00

The year was 1991. The Nintendo was done and the Super Nintendo had just arrived. And with it would come one of the biggest RPGs yet. In some ways I’m sure Final Fantasy IV seemed a little restricted at first. For the first time in franchise history, there was no real customization to be done. The characters had predetermined jobs and learned new skill at a predetermined rate. However, not

News Update

2010-03-08T11:11:00.009-05:00

Kunai20 here....bringing the news Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Crystal Dynamics Platform: PlayStaiton 3, Xbox 360 Genre: Action Adventure Origin: North America, Europe Release: Summer 2010 "Here are some new images of Crystal Dynamics' Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for PS3 and Xbox 360, the game will be an arcade style action game with fixed

FF Month Chapter 3: Now With 100% More Orphans

2010-03-07T10:28:00.005-05:00

Final Fantasy III is a very interesting inclusion to the franchise. Up until 2006 where it was remade for the Nintendo DS, Final Fantasy III had never saw life outside of Japan. It made sense mind you, after all, the year was 1990. The Super Famicon was just around the corner and Square was pooling its resources to develop games for the new system. However, that didn’t stop them from releasing

FF Month: Top Ten Worst Final Fantasy Characters

2010-03-06T01:04:00.003-05:00

Not every song can be a chart topping hit. Not every movie can be a blockbuster. Likewise, while the Final Fantasy universe is full of wonderful and diverse characters, there a couple of bad ones in the bunch. And that’s precisely what I’m here to count down today. Keep in mind that the opinions stated here are mine and mine alone. Your list is bound to be a little bit if not completely

FF Month Chapter 2: Early Strides in Innovation

2010-03-05T13:24:00.003-05:00

The original Final Fantasy was met with immense commercial and critic success, much to the surprise to Sakaguchi at Square. Needless to say, a sequel was never thought of initially and was only done after seeing the success of the original. While Sakaguchi remained at the helm for Final Fantasy II, co-designer Akitoshi Kawazu took a more active role in the project, making several key decisions in

FF Month Chapter 1: Birth of a Fantasy

2010-03-04T10:23:00.004-05:00

Hey guys, remember this game? Well, before Final Fantasy, games like Rad Racer here were among the best game that Square had to offer. The game itself was met with great critical success and sold fairly well, but it wasn’t enough to bring the developer out of the funk. By the time the company moved to Tokyo in ’87, they were near bankrupt. It was then that director of design, Hironobu

Final Fantasy Month: The Prelude

2010-03-01T01:42:00.006-05:00

The OG (Otaku Gamer) Spot

News Update

Leveling to a Soundtrack: CJP's Top 15 Favorite RPG Battle Themes

OG Spot Renovation: Lainface's Letter

MOTHER 3 Review

Down to the Last Letter: Tegami Bachi Review

The Next Several Reviews (In Order!? *Gasp*)

Nado's Retro Review: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

Way of the Samurai 3 Review

The Intelligent Gamer: 100 Classic Books Collection (DS)

Man From the Other Side of the Moon: FREEDOM OVA Review

The OG Is Now On FB!

"GET ALONG! TRY AGAAAAAAAAAIN!!" Slayers Review

Updates: Anime Retro Review Scoring System , New Gaming Retro Review, and More

CJPs First Impressions of "Working!!" and "Hakuouki"

Nado's Countdown: Top Ten RPG Franchises

The Top Ten Most Awkward Songs in Gaming 2: The Reckoning

Duel Review #5: Old School Dance Battle

Nado's Retro Review: Shaq Fu

Shin's Return

Nado's [Not So] Retro Review: Final Fantasy XIII

If the "MEGA UPDATE" wasn't enough.........

It's Big........It's New.......THE MEGA UPDATE!!!!!

A couple of announcements

Artist Spotlight: XV; The Square in the Circle

FF Month: Top Ten Ladies of Final Fantasy

CJP's Eclectic Music Tastes

FF Month Chapter 5: Jobs, Jobs, and Jobs

FF Month Chapter 4: The Light in the Darkness

News Update

FF Month Chapter 3: Now With 100% More Orphans

FF Month: Top Ten Worst Final Fantasy Characters

FF Month Chapter 2: Early Strides in Innovation

FF Month Chapter 1: Birth of a Fantasy

Final Fantasy Month: The Prelude

The Next Several Reviews (In Order!? Gasp)