This is why I love my pasttime as a gamer. It’s the whole culture around it and the many things the fans create surrounding this cool hobby! Take for instance this latest blending of two genres. Hip Hop and the all time classic Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. The folks over at Team Teamwork (love the play on words) found the need to lay some of Hip Hops famous mcees over some of the unforgettable samples from Ocarina of Time in their new mix cd “The Ocarina of Ryhme”. And with some good results. Give it a listen and see why we are all part of one of the coolest forms of entertainment period! Read the rest of this entry »

What’s up people. For Black History Month, we’ve decided to cull together a list of the Top 20 Black Characters in Gaming. Counting down from 20, we’ll be hitting you with a new one each week day until we get to number 1. Let’s get to it:

#14 on TGH’z Top Black Video Game Characters list goes to Marcus Reed of True Crime New York City.

Before GTA thought about bringing open world video games to the NYC, a little game called True Crime developed by Luxoflux for Activision, followed up their sleeper hit True Crime LA with an NYC version. I personally think they did a better job recreating Los Angeles as that game was pretty much street for street like the real thing. Maybe it was a rushed job to create NYC, but they took some liberty (no pun intended) with the geography of Manhattan. The streets are longer for instance and there aren’t that many landmarks.

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