Author Archives: Michael Kotey

Old Gen on the New Gen

By Michael Kotey | Published: December 1, 2010
Being born in the 1980s and becoming a gamer during the 1990s, I grew up playing Nintendo and the various Sega Consoles that were popular systems during that time period I like to call the Cartridge Era.
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Kinect with your XBOX 360

By Michael Kotey | Published: November 29, 2010
Gaming has improved by leaps and bounds in the last decade from much more powerful gaming systems to increased controller ports and wireless controllers. At the close of the decade on November 4th, gaming took another leap with Microsoft’s Kinect for the XBOX 360.
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Game+Art = ARTISAN developed by DracoSoftware and Interrobang! Studios

By Michael Kotey | Published: September 14, 2010
Everyone remembers the first time they fired up their Super Nintendo with a copy  of Mario Paint and the SNES mouse. You played the game and then you turned it off and went on your way.  Even though it was one of a kind, did it actually help you with your artistic ability? I, personally, [...]
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Baltimore ComicCon 2010 – Comics, Costumes and Games

By Michael Kotey | Published: August 30, 2010
Yet again the Baltimore Convention Center was the focus downtown at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, but this time it was for Baltimore Comic Con. This was the 11th year that this event was held at the convention center and it was packed as ever but this year as they were only in one of the larger [...]
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Otakon 2010: Game Tournaments, Anime, Music and Breakdancing

By Michael Kotey | Published: August 2, 2010
It was that time of the year again, when Baltimore is host to the largest Anime/Manga convention on the East Coasts. People of all ages came from all over the country to participate in the many things the convention had to offer from Gaming to cosplaying (dressing up like characters) to collecting of domestic and [...]
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