Much like a lot of the geeky things from the late 80s, and early 90s the “Ghostbusters” movies hold a very dear place in many gamers’ hearts. They may not have been as nerdy as “Tron” or “War Games,” but they were still part of the culture that birthed today’s dorks, nerds, and fanboys, and, while the size of the role that it played is different for everyone, no one can deny the fact that the movies weren’t an ingredient in the recipe. It’s this nostalgia that could have ignited a firestorm over the franchise’s latest game released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (also the Wii, but that’s a whole different story) if the game wasn’t treated with the love and respect it deserved. Fortunately, once gamer’s knew that Harold Ramis and Dan Akyroid signed on to write the script for the game, it seemed like it could actually head in the right direction, but did the finished project continue down that path, with the finished product living up to the “Ghostbusters”’ name? Thank God it did. 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:

#16 on TGH’z Top Black Video Game Characters list goes to Zack of the Dead or Alive Series.

This cat Zack… what can we say about this guy? He went from a pretty Non-descript dude in the first version of DOA on the Sega Saturn, to an outlandish punk-rock emo typ guy in DOA2. That’s where the connection to the at the time all over the news Dennis Rodman comparisons came about. Not to be outdone, famous (former) Tecmo developer Tomonobu Itagaki, decided to fully convert this Zack guy to a Dennis Rodman clone.

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