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• Is Ubisoft giving away more Vita games?

  18 Feb 2012

  Destructoid recently posted an article about Ubisoft dropping the ball on uploading the full version of “Micheal Jackson: The Experience” as  a demo. An error that allowed you to acquire a full copy of the game just by downloading the demo. This might seem like quite a large oversight but, it’s not the first time [...]

• Vita Games: Look At How Small You Are

  11 Jan 2012

  While a lot of us have seen the PlayStation Vita box art style and pictures of the boxes themselves, I personally haven’t seen anything on the net that has shown scale. While in our local Gamestop this morning, I spotted their new Vita section and figured I’d give it a look. What I found were [...]

• A “newer” year a “newer” FFoP

  09 Jan 2012

  It’s hard to think that we have been doing this for a year, and its even more difficult to think that we’ve been doing this for even longer. A year ago, I wrote this. http://www.fistfullofpotions.com/coasters-gonna-coast/a-new-year-a-new-ffop/ Did we hit our mark? Did we deliver what we said we would? How was 2011 for FFoP? And what [...]

• No Podcast This Week

  02 Jan 2012

    If you haven’t already noticed, there will be no podcast this week. We’re sorry to say that your first dose of FFoP for the year has been delayed until this Friday. This is due in part to Ryan catching the plague and me being in an extremely blah New Year’s mood. Don’t worry though, [...]

• New Year, New Games

  01 Jan 2012

  The new year is upon us and with it comes a ton of new games. Like the image implies… oh crap! Continue reading for a quick overview of what’s to come in the first few months of 2012.

• Comments! … or spam…

  18 Dec 2011

  Have you commented on one of our articles lately? Maybe you laid out a funny remark about our podcast? But you don’t see it on the site? Well that’s due to the fact that we filter all of our comments. Originally we had the filter turned on, so that we can keep track of the [...]

• Its quiet, “too” quiet…

  28 Nov 2011

  Most of you who frequent our modest little blog, are probably looking around and asking yourself. But that’s ok because, we’ve been asking our selves…

• I’ve Been Around

  22 Oct 2011

  So, how ’bout that schooling Jason? You learning anything? Eh, not really. I am catching up a bit on some games though! Been busting out all sorts of stuff, like Wizorb, Killzone 3, Resistance 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and more. This is the big ol’ review roundup.

• Glitch in Gran Turismo 5 Spec 2.0?

  12 Oct 2011

  I decided to try out GT5′s new mid race save feature this evening . I started a 4 hour race, did about an hour and then saved. When I came back a while later, everything seemed fine. I started the race back up and all the cars were driving like there was a flag thrown [...]

• Life’s A Roller Coaster

  05 Oct 2011

  Well life sure has a funny way of throwing our emotions out of whack, and today was one crazy day.

• Video Game Advertising

  05 Oct 2011

  Over the years, there have been some pretty awesome, and pretty terrible ways of advertising video games and their respective systems. At this point I could do a long drawn out “top 20 best” list, but lets face it. Anyone who reads top “whatever” lists, just jumps to number one anyways. So instead of a [...]

• 404: Podcast Not Found

  30 Sep 2011

  Having problems with downloading our latest work of art podcast? Well, hit the jump and let me tell you what’s up.

• Ni No Kuni Coming Stateside

  16 Sep 2011

  Level 5 + Studio Ghibli =

• PS Vita AR Cards?

  28 Aug 2011

  Little is really known about the Vita’s Augmented Reality capabilities or features other than a few trailers of upcoming games and some “tech demonstrations” about Sony’s development into this technology. One bullet point that we know is that the Vita (formerly NGP) will not require AR cards to measure its distance or understand its bearings [...]

• Psychic Prediction Time

  05 Aug 2011

  All my psychic Pokémon got a crazy wicked prediction about the future today, and the prediction was this: There will be three new Nintendo Select titles on the Wii. More specifically Mario Strikers Charged, Super Paper Mario, and Punch Out. These titles will be available starting on August 28th for $19.99 each. Stay tuned later [...]

• Mortal Kombat Legacy: Web Series Review

  26 Jul 2011

  Director Kevin Tancharoen has created an 9 part web series based on the Mortal Kombat Franchise. Catch yourself up to speed with the link below, before reading the rest of this article. http://www.youtube.com/show?p=VkIoQKmEa4I&tracker=show_av Let me preface this with a little back story of myself, so that you can better understand where I’m coming from on [...]

• Mega Man: Legend Beyond Death’s Grasp

  19 Jul 2011

    For those of you that read the blog when Mega Man Legends 3 was first announced, you saw how excited I was regarding it. On July 18th, 2011, that dream was shattered. That’s right, despite showing footage which suggested it was playable (the Prototype “demo,” at least), the MML3 tab was taken off the [...]

• I miss the good ol’ days of gaming… or do I?

  25 Jun 2011

  Remember back when you got your first gaming system? Remember how crappy the graphics were and how simple the game play was? It was almost a better time for gaming, because games were being designed as, well… games. At what point did we decide that we need movies in our games? What happened to Rocket [...]

• E3 Press Conferences – Monday

  07 Jun 2011

  All right, so I’ll admit that I didn’t think I’d have to really write anything today. Chris and Ryan were going to watch the press events and then do a podcast about them, and I was just going to relax. Turns out I watched them all and they didn’t see any (except part of the [...]

• FFoP is going to E3 for you!

  05 May 2011

  This is not a joke, this is not a test, this is not a dream. Yours truly and FFoP member Chris will be attending E3 2011. How did such a pokey little blog gain attendance into the biggest gaming trade show of the year? Well, initially we tried signing up for various contests to win [...]

• The Hidden Benefits of PSN Downtime

  28 Apr 2011

  As you may know, Sony’s Playstation Network is experiencing some serious downtime. Mostly due to hackers breaking in and swiping as much shit as they can (both free games and Sony customer’s private info). Depressing though it is, this list will prove that there’s almost always a silver lining. Here are some hidden benefits for [...]

• Jaime, My Intentions are Video

  14 Apr 2011

  A day late! Ahhhh, my perfect posting record… I apologize. I was off seeing Chk Chk Chk (also known as !!!) yesterday, along with Who Cares. Was a pretty good show, though the audio sort of sucked. It was very… bass driven. In any case, since I’m the only one that posts anymore (for now), [...]

• Sucker Punched

  06 Apr 2011

  Maybe you loved it, maybe you hated it. I just saw it, and I can say that it… hmm… well, you see… How should I put this? Well, the tagline is correct – you will be unprepared.

• An Hour a Day Keeps the Gamer Away

  30 Mar 2011

  As was noted a few podcasts ago, Chris and Ryan (mainly Chris) have finally gotten into Telltale’s episodic games (most notably Sam and Max, Back to the Future). As much as you may dislike the format of playing an episode and waiting however long it takes for the next one (a month in the case [...]

• The Entertainment Consumers Association

  23 Mar 2011

  Let me preface this with the fact that I’m tired, lazy, and don’t feel like thinking. It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned the ECA, and with the revamping of their site and forums, I figured it’d be good to bring them up once again. So… what is the ECA?

• Diminishing Quality

  16 Mar 2011

  On Tuesday I went to the doctor for a physical. This was my first physical since … hmm, years ago. Now, as far as I’m concerned, a physical only gets worse in terms of what they do to you as you progress in age. The last time I went I had to undress entirely, go [...]

• First Impressions: Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

  16 Mar 2011

  Dissidia 012 [Duodecim] Final Fantasy is set to come out next week, and I’ve got some first impressions I’d like to share with you all.

• The Inferior Grade

  09 Mar 2011

  The other day when I was at Ryan’s for the FFoC recording, something caught my attention. I was washing up and saw a jar of honey that said Grade A on it. This got me thinking… why doesn’t anyone put Grade B or C on their products? I mean, honey has no government certification and [...]

• The 4 Greatest Moral Dilemmas In Video Game History

  07 Mar 2011

  Video games are an interactive way to tell a story. No really, it’s true. It only makes sense, then, to use them to create unique moments of introspection when the player is forced to decide between two or more things of incomparable value, and then deal with the consequences of those choices. In this way [...]

• Jay Pavlina – The Creator in Real Life

  02 Mar 2011

  I recently had the opportunity to meet up with this man to get to know him before the interview, see how we connected (or if we didn’t get along), etc. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, it’s pretty obvious how it went. If not, I’ll give a summary of the events below.

• 3 Iconic Games That Were Almost Other Games

  28 Feb 2011

  Video games often change during their development. It’s a peaceful, natural process. Ideas evolve, and the game world becomes more fully realised. Things are changed and tweaked. Sometimes though, the developers just throw their hands in the air half way through the development of a game and say “Screw this”, then change the whole formula.

• Breathing Fire

  23 Feb 2011

  Breath of Fire is a series not too many people got into, and that’s really a shame… because it’s one of the better RPG series’ to ever grace video game consoles. Why is that? Why is it called Breath of Fire? If I told you the main character’s name is Ryu, would that give you [...]

• I Choose You Pokémon Grey!

  22 Feb 2011

  Alright guys, calm down, it’s not real… just a really awesome box made by someone called t7fu8. However, this is the subject of my post this week.

• The Day the Gaming Industry Died (A Little More)

  21 Feb 2011

  Dave Chappelle once said “Chivalry is dead. And women killed it.” If he were a fan of video games (but not in a Soulja Boy being high and playing Braid kind of way), and also not a comedian, he might have said “Creative video games are dead, and you dipshit consumers killed them.” I say [...]