Tag: NSS
No Spandex Saturday: Why Are There Soo Many Gaming Headphones?
The short answer is because sound design has evolved by leaps and bounds in the last decade alone. We went from only having the standard of Dolby Digital in movies to it becoming a...
No Spandex Saturday: Who Are The Best Wrestlers Today?
Like many other fans, I enjoy putting WTF wrestling moments on my Instagram story as I'm watching it and responding to my friend's own clips. Recently, I'd sent a photo of THE best wrestler...
NSS: My Missed Meeting With ANOTHER SIGHT Points Out The Importance of Indies at...
One of the most intriguing emails I received in the lead into E3 was from a PR company representing a developer working on a video game called Another Sight. The game explores a surrealist...
No Spandex Saturday: Cyberpunk Noir and Mystery in TALES OF THE NEON SEA
Do you love Blade Runner but wish it would have looked more pixelated?
A publisher of games from China may have something for you. Developed by Palm Pioneer and published by Zodiac Interactive, Tales of...
NSS-Review: Yakuza 6 brings a satisfying ending to one of the best characters you’ve...
Before jumping into Sega/Atlus Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, I had only started with last year's Yakuza 0 prequel. Years of playing Grand Theft Auto, True Crime, and other games of the open...
No Spandex Saturday: The music of Metal Gear is coming to a stage near...
Hideo Kojima's masterpiece of ridiculous and grounded thematic storytelling, Metal Gear Solid, has taken its place in the video game pantheon but its music will live on this Fall. The official METAL GEAR orchestral concert...
NSS: Is Nintendo Really Selling Cardboard and Still Making Us Love It?
There's games afoot. If you're a parent, or even just someone who bought a Nintendo Switch prepare for a new wave of perishables, which we'll all look foolish using.
This week gaming giant, Nintendo, announced...
NO SPANDEX SATURDAY: Kicking off 2018 with a thought on fandom, tied to my...
You can easily recognize me at anything that ends in con, experience, or even mania by my black zip-up hooded sweater with an unmistakable subculture caricature on the back of it, the Milo. A...
NO SPANDEX SATURDAY: MoviePass. God send for your wallet? Or the next Madoff?
Davey tries out the MoviePass program in this week's non-comics talk. Did he get ripped off?
NSS-Review: Raw Action Plus Cyberpunk Style Equals RAW DATA
While still in its infancy, Virtual Reality has had its share of experimental artistry bringing new ways to play video games. For every handful of great story experiences you'll get in VR, there's one...
No Spandex Saturday: Why Nintendo’s SNES Classic fiasco is on the cusp of making...
Don't let the headline of this editorial fool you. We here at The Beat DO NOT condone or endorse the acquiring anyone's intellectual property by illegal means. This is about why Nintendo's recent SNES...
NO SPANDEX SATURDAY: Another tirade on WWE’s use of Shinsuke Nakamura.
Many of us fans of ALL professional wrestling were halfway expecting Shinsuke Nakamura to win the WWE title his first night on Smackdown after WrestleMania this year. Having the past few months to see...
