Nikki and her female Rathalos Blade Master Armor set from MHU Nikki Tan is a multi-awarded cosplayer and has graced Philippine media representing the cosplaying craft and local otaku cultures. Some of her awards are: GX-Con 2007 (Group Cosplay 2nd Place Winner) - Resident Evil 4 Group Cosplay Mania X 2010 (Solo Cosplay Best Video Game Category Winner) - Rathalos Female Blade Master Hero Face Off 2010 (Solo Cosplay Grand Winner) - Rathalos Female Blade Master Hero TV Special Episode 2010 (Hero vs Hero Winner) - Rathalos Female Blade Master Cosplay Costume of the Year 2010 (Runner up) - Rathalos...

Loki in her Award winning Archbishop cosplay last 2012 at RWC 2012 Loki Heart is a gamer and seasoned cosplayer who has been renowned with her impeccable cosplays as well as providing costume tailoring services with her online shop Loki’s Haven. She won Ragnarok World Championship’s best female cosplayer competition last 2012. She has also been invited as a cosplay mentor and judge in such event as Oh-No! Manga cosplay camp. Here is a little interview to get to know her better B2G: What makes you cosplay a video game character? Loki: The first thing that attracts me is the...

Ten years ago, American McGee made a re-telling of the classic novel “Alice in Wonderland” wherein the heroine was immersed in a dark wonderland due to an unfortunate accident. Later, a sequel is made and Alice must re-visit old nightmares she thought she has defeated. This is the premise of the sequel “Alice: Madness Returns”. The new game immediately takes place a year or two after the first game. Alice has defeated the Red Queen, left the mental asylum she was held in and seemingly regained her sanity back. Alice now resides in an orphanage where she continues to get...

While the Nintendo DS is gracefully closing its curtains to make way for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS; it doesn’t mean that it’s game over for this nifty little console. They say sometimes you save the best for last, and it certainly proved this way for “Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.” Ghost Trick was published early January (around June for the Japanese) and was created by genius Shu Takami the same creator of Ace Attorney Series. It was voted 2nd best DS game of 2010 just trailing after Okamiden and it certainly did not disappoint. Ghost Trick is well you guessed it…about...

Life has become more fast-faced and gaming is no different. Young and old alike are trying out their hand on video games as we are now in the digital age. For those who can’t spend hours and hours completing their favourite RPG or that epic flat-form game; the industry introduced the mini-games. Arcade style games usually covered by hand-held systems designed to be short and simple for the non-avid gamer. They had recently become popular especially for girls. Here are some of the prominent categories of mini-games: The puzzle games: These are the type of games to test your intelligence....

From the earlier generations of gaming, a company called SEGA topped the console world and they had this endearing character named “Sonic the Hedgehog” that also became the flagship of their titles. If you are on this site then you probably know what I’m talking about. Sonic the Hedgehog has taken numerous changes to keep up with the times and still uphold Sega’s legacy even though it’s not so strong compared when the company still produced consoles. Sega released various Sonic games from different themes (which sadly most had bad reviews) to the tried and tested remakes such as the...

In life there will always be stereotypes and gaming life is no different. According to Masanobu Endō a game designer, president of Game Studio and Mobile & Game Studio and the director of Digital Games Research Association Japan; he divided gamers into two classes. One type is known as a “game elite” and another as a “light gamer”. As the name indicates, a game elite is someone who takes gaming quite seriously more than normal people would. They consider gaming a lifestyle and would most likely enjoy a career out of it. Light gamers are casual gamers who simply plays for the enjoyment of it...