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Checkpoint 2/22 – Nintendo-Free(ish)

Welcome to Checkpoint, a segment from the authors here at LevelSave designed to quickly let you know what is on our minds, how we are reacting to current news and trends, and some looks into content coming soon from LevelSave.com.  February 22, 2017 We have been focusing on Nintendo a little too much lately. What is the rest of the industry up to? Checkpoints: Horizon Zero Dawn reviews have been pouring out and it looks like the game is a hit. Currently sitting at a solid...

News

Pokemon Go for Apple Watch

We were treated to a variety of gaming updates at the Apple iPhone reveal event. It was a pleasant surprise when Shigeru Miyamoto gave us Super Mario Run, read more here. However, Niantic stole the show with Pokemon Go for Apple Watch. Many Pokemon Go players and critics alike were under the impression that Niantic’s own accessory, the Pokemon Go Plus tracker, would be the only foray into shifting Pokemon Go off the experience on your phone. However, Niantic made a...

E3 2015

Review: Nintendo Digital Event 2015

Going in many believed that Nintendo had a lot to prove at this year’s E3. With the previous announcement of Zelda not showing up for the Digital Event people were looking forward to what Nintendo would show to fill the giant Ganon-sized hole, however it was not filled very well. Nintendo opened their press event by showcasing the new Star Fox title, Star Fox: Zero. Seemed like a pattern this year to open the event with the most anticipated game. Sony did it with The...

E3 2015 • News

Yo-Kai Watch Announced for North America//Nintendo Digital Event

  Nintendo has just showcased a truly Japanese game in all its glory, the new Level 5 game Yo-kai Watch is revealed for North America. Yo-kai Watch is game where you capture and fight ghosts or “Yo-Kai” with a team of your own ghosts meant to battle evil Yo-Kai in the world. The RPG elements will feel similar to the game where you have to catch em’ all and this is definitely a title you have to keep your eye on.   The Japanese Pokemon-like...

Features • Giving Up Gaming • LS Life

Giving up Gaming 3 – The Bells of Change

One. Month. It has been one month since I started cutting games back to one day a week, and good things are going down! So let’s start this update with something I am very proud of, something I’ve always wanted to do. With my new found time I was able to go ring the bell for the Salvation Army. I live in a very poor area and so I did not expect to see much come out of my community. I was wrong. In the one hour I rang for (wanted to do more, couldn’t) I saw...

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LevelSave’s Game of the Year 2013

We are quite late with this but here it is, LevelSave’s Game of the Year. Last year, we did a podcast in which some of us argued for our favorite games and that’s how we got our GOTY. This year, we decided to try something slightly different. We had our writers vote on their top six games. The games that were voted on the most, made it to the next round. We voted again with the three games that got the most votes getting GOTY honors. Just like last year...

Podcasts • This Game Is Broken

Podcast: This Game is Broken – Episode 7

Hey everyone! We had a small break as Barry went to CES and subsequently started knocking on death’s door. We cast Ensuna and got him back just in time for another episode of This Game is Broken. In this episode we talk about HoHoKum, Pokemon, CES, The Steam Machine, Making it Stinky, Cheese Bacon Controllers, Brothers, The Last of Us, The Piston, Disassembling a Piston, HoHoKum, Potty Gaming, and Flappy Bird. Were now on iTunes! This game is broken 7 If there’s...

Podcasts • This Game Is Broken

Podcast: This Game Is Broken – Episode 3

Barry, Matt, and Chris sit down to discuss what they are playing. Topics cover Thanksgiving Food, Black Friday, Lap Dogs, Resogun, Pokemon, Don’t Starve, Bioshock Infinite, Bee Toilets, and Drunken Kinect orders. Apparently Chris was trying to eat his microphone this time, he is sorry and will try harder next time. This Game Is Broken 3 Were now on iTunes! The final song is My 8-bit by OrangeBlob. If there’s something we can do to make downloading the podcast easier...

Features • Watch This Wednesday

Watch This Wednesday: Be the Very Best in Pokemon X and Y

So you want to be the very best, like no one ever was? Well tough, because everyone is better at Pokemon X and Y than you. Their team is stronger, faster, and flat out cooler than yours. Want to know why? Because they EV train, IV breed, and catch those sweet sweet shinies. So how do you get shiny super Pokemon? Well, the methods are pretty simple, if just a bit time consuming. The best video guides I have found, that are also directly concerning X and Y are by...