The Road to “V” Top 5 | How can SFV Improve?

Street Fighter V is in an interesting predicament. When launched, it faced countless issues including missing content, network errors, and the 8 frame delay. Fast forward to today, and we still have a myriad of issues plaguing the title. It’s by no means a bad game, or one undeserving of your hard earned money. But…

Rick and Morty: Total Rickall (Card Game) Review

Rick and Morty: Total Rickall is a card game based on the Rick and Morty episode of the same name.  The premise is that the Smith family has found themselves surrounded by parasitic alien creatures that inhabit memories and take on the form of imagined companions.  Rick has put the house on lockdown, and won’t…

Black Oni Podcast 57 | Dat E3 Hype

Download mp3 Episode 57: Dat E3 Hype Doe Agenda 1- Ice Breaker!! 2- Gamin’ News 3- Hot Topic 1- INTRO/ I-I-I-ICE BREAKER!!! • Guests: Dream Manifested, IcaRu5h, Black Billi, Ice Breaker: Who is your male and female gaming crush? I wanna get to know ya- 2- GAMIN’ NEWS • Whatcha playin’? News: •E3 3- HOT…

Has Gen 8 of Consoles Just Begun?

Big news coming off the heels of E3 as Microsoft has dropped a megaton bomb that they are in fact releasing a new console in the 2017 holiday window. Microsoft’s console will be called the Xbox Scorpio, and that bad boy will come packed to the brim with features that cannot be currently found in…

Through the Lens: Street Fighter V

Welcome to yet another “Through the Lens” article, a segment in which I give you detailed visual analyses of games through the lens of an artist! Here, we will take a look at Street Fighter V, and talk about the unique characteristics that set this game apart from others and how that stylistic difference impacts the overall feel for the game.…

Black Oni Podcast Episode 54: Blood Pax. The Black Oni Collective is Born

Download here Black Oni Podcast Episode 54: Blood Pax. The Black Oni Collective is Born Thanks for joining this podcast! This may be a long one, I’ll be introducing the “Black Oni Collective (youtube.com/blackonicollective) as a broader scoped unifying network of people in the Black Oni Crew, or “Collective” if you will. I’m thrilled to…

Black Oni Podcast Episode 53: Butt Why?

Download here Episode 53:  Butt Why? w/ special guests Mona & Maie Aiyed & Christine We are thrilled to welcome Cosplayer Christine, Maiye Aiyed, and Mona Aiyed in addition to our usual cast to this people packed podcast. During some ongoing chats in the Black Oni Podcast message thread, we thought it would make sense…

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Will a Fightstick Make You a Better Player?

Will “Black Oni” Wiggins here to discuss the viability of using a Fightstick over a traditional controller. With SFV quickly approaching, you may be asking yourself “Do I need a fightstick?” “Will it make me a better player?” “Are there any actual pros or cons of using a fightstick over a controller?” I’m here to…