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RoK the Reaper
A serious gamer & hardcore otaku who loves anything gaming, anime, or manga! I hope to bring you the best content for these subjects I love in the form of news, reviews, interviews, and in-depth editorials! さよなら!

Akai Katana Shin 赤い刀・真 Coming to Xbox 360

by | May 11th, 2012 |

Akai Katana Shin 赤い刀・真 is a Schmup (Shoot em’ up), “Bullet Hell” type game that originally debuted back in 2010 is getting an HD port and is now making its way to the Xbox 360 on May 11 (Europe)/May 15(North America) 2012 from CAVE Interactive (Known for its manic schmup games like DoDonPachi). In this 2D Shoot […]

Anarchy Reigns (Max Anarchyマックス アナーキー)

by | May 11th, 2012 |

Anarchy Reigns (Max Anarchyマックス アナーキー  in Japan) is the next big thing coming from Platinum Games;  known for working on Vanquish, Bayonetta, and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Revengeance (Formerly known as Metal Gear Solid: Rising). This is a beat-em-up brawler that is fashioned more akin to how Power Stone played back in the days of the […]

Evolution 2012: List of Major Tournaments Finalized

by | January 12th, 2012 |

Evolution Championship Series or “Evo” is held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada (Since 2005) and is one of the longest ongoing fighting game tournaments and is one of the most, if not the most, popular.  Evo is kind of a international Superbowl where challengers all over the world go to compete for the glory […]

Sherryjenix: Street Fighter Player & Import Car Lover

by | January 2nd, 2012 |

  With the release of Street Fighter IV we began to see fighting games pull back to the forefront.  We saw the return of old faces and an influx of new ones, some of them you see constantly and never know who they really are. You have probably seen her at tournaments, on live streams, […]

Otaku Culture: Husbando & Waifu

by | December 26th, 2011 |

A trend that picked up before I knew it within the otaku community consisted of people asking, “Who is your Husbando or Waifu?”; basically, who would you have as your Husband or Wife if you had the ability to marry an anime, manga, or video game character. I want to talk about this subject and […]

Anime Review: Freezing (フリージング)

by | December 25th, 2011 |

Freezing is about a future when things called “NOVA” show up through dimensional fissures for unknown reasons while “Pandora”(Genetically enhanced women with “Stigma” capable of different powers) and their partners “Limiters” (A younger male who acts as the partner for a Pandora to activate the “Freezing” effect on Nova) are tasked with defeating the NOVA. […]

Top 5 Tuesdays: RoK’s Top 5 Game Openings of All-Time!

by | December 7th, 2011 |

Very important in nearly all games is the introductory animation or the “intro”.  A montage of images and animation featuring characters, locales, and action that may be related or unrelated to the story. Immediately someone can become interested or disinterested just from witnessing an intro and can setup initial hype that can span long enough […]

Top 5 Tuesdays: RoK’s Top 5 Anime Opening’s of All-Time!

by | November 29th, 2011 |

Very important in nearly all anime is the introductory animation or the “intro”.  A montage of images and animation featuring characters, locales, and action that may be related or unrelated to the story. Immediately someone can become interested or disinterested just from witnessing an intro and can setup initial hype that can span long enough […]

desk: Interview with an Execution God

by | November 25th, 2011 |

Anyone who is a fan of the Street Fighter IV series, Marvel vs Capcom 3 series, game breaking glitches, or just a lover of high execution combo videos has more than likely heard the name “desk”.   Springing from seemingly nowhere with technical ability that was completely unheard of, performing combos consistently that others relied on […]