Authors: Thomas Winkley
Nintendo Airstream Preview Event
Last week, Nintendo of America began their coast to coast tour giving lucky press members time to try out the Wii U and some of the newly announced content. SLUG had the chance to check out The Wonderful 101, Zombi U, and the latest installment of the Pokemon series. … read more
8-bit Death Skating: The Plans of Fryza
The folks at the Salt Lake-based mobile app developer Fryza plan to bring back the satisfaction of old school video games with their own 8-bit death skating experience: Retro Skate. SLUG spoke with Fryza CTO Mark Price, Chief Cook Jason Brewer and CEO Kevin Flint about the project, which is currently in development for iPhone, iPad, Android, PC, Linux, Mac and OUYA. Retro Skate is being funded through Kickstarter, and the campaign ends on December 7th. … read more
Civic Day of Hacking 06.01
In a back office at the Leonardo, Open SLC, a group of individuals who believe all public record should be available in human and machine readable format, gathered ready to solve problems for our city. … read more
Video Game Reviews
The good folks at Nintendo rolled their Mario-branded airstream through Salt Lake in September, giving SLUG a chance to preview their tasty offerings for the upcoming holiday season. The trailer was packed with a message of values and love. With a slew of new titles releasing for the Wii, 3DS, DSi and DSi XL, hardcore and casual gamers alike can find a great pile of items to spend their hard-earned cash on. … read more
Nintendo Direct Showcases New Games For 2014
Nintendo took to the Internet on Tuesday, Dec. 17 to tell everyone what is in store for you in 2014, reminding folks everywhere that the WiiU you obtained by murdering that grandma in Wal-Mart on Black Friday was well worth the struggle. … read more
FanX 2014: Smash Bros Heats Up the FanX Game Room
Unless you look closely you wouldn’t know that there is a pretty intense scene focused around Super Smash Bros: Melee. These Smashers focus around 1 on 1 combat, perfecting their characters and tactics to bring their opponent to shame. I say shame because the intensity with which they play leaves the opponent disappointed and sad, with the victor exploding from their chair. … read more
FanX 2014: Day One At Salt Lake Comic Con
When 40,000 people descend upon Salt Lake City with the intent of showing off their inner passions you have to know that something incredible is about to happen. April 17 kicked off like Christmas at age 6 when I started my morning by wandering through downtown SLC towards the mecca of nerd, also known as Salt Lake City Comic Con: FanXperience. … read more
FanX 2014: Day 2 Adventures
Salt Lake City lit up again today as roughly 14 quadrillion (that’s a real number) people descended upon the Salt Palace for day 2 of FanX. The beautiful thing about this con is the incredible range of activities available for everybody attending. No matter your cup of tea, it is still entirely possible to get lost in a sea of incredible cosplay and vendors offering everything under the sun. … read more
FanX 2014: Starcraft II Midwest Pro Am
After six hours of intense combat, Polt became the Midwest Pro Am champion, and the audience funneled out into the crowded convention hall. It is a rare occasion that Salt Lake is graced with gaming royalty, and an even better moment when our locals get to take a shot at beating them live. … read more
E3 Day Zero: Press Conference Madness
Day 0 of E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is comprised of back-to-back press conferences from gaming industry giants, showing off their latest wares to the public. As the conferences rolled on it became quite apparent that gaming is in a weird transitional state more so this year than any year before. … read more