Tuesday, March 19, 2024


Gaming

Legacy of a Legend: Akira Toriyama’s Timeless Impact on Manga, Anime, and Gaming. Legacy of a Legend: Akira Toriyama’s Timeless Impact on Manga, Anime, and Gaming.

(AfroGamers.com) At 68 years old, Akira Toriyama passed on March 1, 2024. He is best known for the iconic Dragon Ball franchise as well as his artwork... 


What Are Builds in Diablo IV. What Are Builds in Diablo IV.

(AfroGamers.com) Builds is a big part of Diablo IV and other action RPGs and online games. There are builds for the Fallout and Elder Scrolls, games I’ve... 


Diablo IV: How is Seasons 3 Holding Up? Diablo IV: How is Seasons 3 Holding Up?

(AfroGamers.com) So, Diablo IV season three—“Season of the Construct”—has been out for a few weeks now and my brother and I have had quite a bit... 


Retro Reflections: How 80s and 90s Game Design and Controls Shaped Difficulty in Gaming. Retro Reflections: How 80s and 90s Game Design and Controls Shaped Difficulty in Gaming.

(AfroGamers.com) I got into gaming at a specific period in time as I’ve mentioned before. It was a time of 2D side scrollers, Mode-7, and actual competition... 


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Anime

Legacy of a Legend: Akira Toriyama’s Timeless Impact on Manga, Anime, and Gaming. Legacy of a Legend: Akira Toriyama’s Timeless Impact on Manga, Anime, and Gaming.

(AfroGamers.com) At 68 years old, Akira Toriyama passed on March 1, 2024. He is best known for the iconic Dragon Ball franchise as well as his artwork... 


What’s Your Preference: Anime or Manga. What’s Your Preference: Anime or Manga.

(AfroGamers.com) As an anime or manga fan, you’ll run into two notable questions of preference. The first which tends to descend into ugliness of varying... 


The Rise and Decline of the 2000s Anime Fansub Scene. The Rise and Decline of the 2000s Anime Fansub Scene.

(AfroGamers.com) We’ve discussed the first boom period of anime in the West during the late 1990s starting with Dragon Ball, Ronin Warriors, Sailor Moon,... 


Let’s Appreciate the Tournament Arc in Anime and Manga. Let’s Appreciate the Tournament Arc in Anime and Manga.

(AfroGamers.com) One of my favorite story arcs in manga or manhwa is the tournament arc. It’s a simple arc that usually starts with news of the tournament... 


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News

Legacy of a Legend: Akira Toriyama’s Timeless Impact on Manga, Anime, and Gaming. Legacy of a Legend: Akira Toriyama’s Timeless Impact on Manga, Anime, and Gaming.

(AfroGamers.com) At 68 years old, Akira Toriyama passed on March 1, 2024. He is best known for the iconic Dragon Ball franchise as well as his artwork in the Dragon Quest franchise and in the game Chrono Trigger. In his over 45 years in manga, anime, and gaming, Toriyama has created numerous one-shot series before moving into a creative consultant role later in his career. I’ve discussed the debut... [Read more of this review]


What’s Your Preference: Anime or Manga. What’s Your Preference: Anime or Manga.

(AfroGamers.com) As an anime or manga fan, you’ll run into two notable questions of preference. The first which tends to descend into ugliness of varying degrees is subbed versus dubbed—often the subbed group starts in on the dunking of dubbed anime. It’s often funny if not unnecessary. For those who don’t know, “subbed” refers to anime with subtitles thus keeping the original language... [Read more of this review]


What Are Builds in Diablo IV. What Are Builds in Diablo IV.

(AfroGamers.com) Builds is a big part of Diablo IV and other action RPGs and online games. There are builds for the Fallout and Elder Scrolls, games I’ve played for decades and never considered making specific builds in.  Hell, there are even retroactive builds where players make powerful builds for older games even if they didn’t have the greatest customization options.  What Are Builds,... [Read more of this review]


Manhwa Spotlight: Swordmaster’s Youngest Son. Manhwa Spotlight: Swordmaster’s Youngest Son.

(AfroGamers.com) Swordmaster’s Youngest Son is a martial isekai manhwa by creator Ice Penguin. I’ve made it no secret that I love isekai and martial arts comics and putting the two together—a popular combo—is the Reese’s Cup of manga. Sure, slice-of-life isekai is fine and who doesn’t like a series like Karate Baka Isekai, Overlord, or Shield Hero?  For those unfamiliar, isekai involves... [Read more of this review]


Diablo IV: How is Seasons 3 Holding Up? Diablo IV: How is Seasons 3 Holding Up?

(AfroGamers.com) So, Diablo IV season three—“Season of the Construct”—has been out for a few weeks now and my brother and I have had quite a bit of time with it. At the time of this posting, I’m past level 85 and yes, I’m running a rogue again.  I don’t know what it is but I really enjoy melee-focused classes in games—especially the heavy-damage dealing ones like rogues, thieves, monks,... [Read more of this review]


Retro Reflections: How 80s and 90s Game Design and Controls Shaped Difficulty in Gaming. Retro Reflections: How 80s and 90s Game Design and Controls Shaped Difficulty in Gaming.

(AfroGamers.com) I got into gaming at a specific period in time as I’ve mentioned before. It was a time of 2D side scrollers, Mode-7, and actual competition between consoles. It was also a period of what appeared a greater difficulty than present games. You might be like “Really? Harder than the games now?” Yes! However, in playing some of those games at the time and playing them now with the... [Read more of this review]


Game Changers: Four Features That Revolutionized Gaming in the 80s and 90s. Game Changers: Four Features That Revolutionized Gaming in the 80s and 90s.

(AfroGamers.com) We went into four features that made games more difficult to tackle in the 80s and 90s 2D era of gaming. It mostly rested in technical limitations and decisions with the mechanics in many titles and not so much in “This Game is hell.” Let’s look at four features that really popped multiple genres over the years. Experience Points   I’d say this is the greatest feature... [Read more of this review]


3 Things That Made Diablo IV My Main Game of 2023. 3 Things That Made Diablo IV My Main Game of 2023.

(AfroGamers.com) In June 2023, Blizzard’s action RPG Diablo IV dropped and it received mix reviews despite its financial success. A lot of the pushback towards the game comes from those who enjoyed Diablo III with a lot of the issues simply being issues about features that we’re either removed or should be standard for games such as inflexibility in the skill tree/builds and eventual repetition. However,... [Read more of this review]


Three Major Pros That Make Outriders Worth Playing in 2023. Three Major Pros That Make Outriders Worth Playing in 2023.

(AfroGamers.com) A while back, my brother wrote about the improvements that People Can Fly made to Outriders, which dropped in April 2021. I started playing Outriders earlier in November 2023—late to the game, obviously. At least I feel I was very late as there things about the game that let you know that a lot of the player base has likely moved on after finishing it. Let’s look at the three pros... [Read more of this review]


Three Glaring Cons in Outriders That Probably Shouldn’t Be Problems in 2023. Three Glaring Cons in Outriders That Probably Shouldn’t Be Problems in 2023.

(AfroGamers.com) So, I went into three pros from Outriders that I felt really made the game fun for a newcomer like myself. For the past few weeks, it’s been my primary co-op game. Of course, all games have some flaws. Some are tolerable but you know they’re there while others will really burn your biscuits. We’re going to look at three cons in Outriders and it’s a mix of programming and gameplay.... [Read more of this review]


Kung Fury Is a Must-See Film That Won’t Eat Up Your Time. Kung Fury Is a Must-See Film That Won’t Eat Up Your Time.

(AfroGamers.com) Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, a lot of media based around 80s nostalgia was made. Films such as Drive became a big thing because of its cinematography and the soundtrack, synthwave/outrun and chillwave were new forms of electronic music which became pretty popular in film, TV, and gaming. Films and shows from the 80s or entirely inspired by the decade started to get more... [Read more of this review]


Could Tromaville and The Toxic Avenger Thrive as a Mainstream Cinematic Universe? Could Tromaville and The Toxic Avenger Thrive as a Mainstream Cinematic Universe?

(AfroGamers.com) Tromaville is the universe where Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Hertz based many of their cult horror comedies and superhero comedies. Produced by Troma Entertainment—with many films based in the fictional Tromaville, New Jersey—the most known film series is The Toxic Avenger. The Toxic Avenger or Toxie was a weak-bodied janitor who fell victim to bullying and Tromaville’s chemical... [Read more of this review]


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