Taking You For a Ride - The State of Fighting Games in 2024

June 18, 2024 by Neoplasmic in Video Games, Arcade Reloaded (vol. 3), Articles, Rambling About Games

Hello, Renegades! Neoplasmic here with an article on the announcements of Street Fighter 6 Year 2 DLC characters, including some guests from the SNK universe! Also, hot and fresh from the Nintendo Direct on June 18th, we have the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection reveal! More Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves characters fill out the roster! And we talk about 2XKO, Tekken 8, Mortal Kombat 1, and some indie fighters like Coreupt and Umbral Core!

Why We Need Escapism - Musings #2

May 22, 2023 by Neoplasmic in Articles, Editorial, Musings, Arcade Reloaded (vol. 3)

Hello, fellow Renegades! We’ve decided to try something a little bit different with this piece in the interest of adding some visual variety and a little bit of an exploration of what it means to utilize media as a form of escapism. The world’s going to Hades in a handbasket, so a break from the harshness of reality is always welcome. Anyway, hope you enjoy this experiment!

Dead By Daylight Review - By Hook or By Crook

November 11, 2022 by Neoplasmic in Arcade vol. 2, RPC Gaming, Video Games, Review, Articles

Dead By Daylight is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror title featuring 4 players trying to survive against 1 unstoppable killer. The survivors must band together and use what resources they can to outwit the killer, while the killer must track and incapacitate them before they escape. Developed by Behaviour Interactive and released in 2016, the game has captured the imagination of horror fans through its cast of licensed characters and solid gameplay loop. Read on for our review!

RIP Kevin Conroy, the Definitive Batman

November 11, 2022 by Neoplasmic in Articles, Comic Books, RPC Capes, Animation

I can’t believe I’m writing this. I’m sitting here, tears welling up in my eyes, as I think of what this man’s work, and his career, have meant to me. RIP, Kevin Conroy. The voice of Batman for 30 years. The man who owned the role for so long. The Greatest of All Time. I’ll miss him.

Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose DLC Review - A Rose by any other name...

November 02, 2022 by Neoplasmic in Video Games, Arcade vol. 2, Articles, RPC Gaming

With the release of Capcom’s Resident Evil Village Winters’ Expansion comes the debut of the Shadows of Rose DLC, which serves as the finale to Ethan Winters’ time as the current series protagonist. Here’s BioShocker with her verdict on the DLC!

A Plague Tale: Requiem Review - At last, the rats have their revenge!

October 27, 2022 by Neoplasmic in Arcade vol. 2, Articles, RPC Gaming, Video Games

How far would you go to protect the one you love? We attempt to answer that question with our review of A Plague Tale: Requiem, the follow-up to Asobo Studios’ award-winning 3rd person stealth action title. Click the link to discover our verdict!

Marcel The Shell With Shoes On Review

July 31, 2022 by Jacob Krehbiel in Movies, Articles, Animation

Tonight, Captain Kaye reviews the latest critical darling from A24, directed by Dean Flescher Camp and starring himself, Jerry Slate, Isabelle Rossellini, Rosa Salazar, and Thomas Mann, Marcel The Shell with Shoes On!

2021 Animation Wrap-Up: Interesting Shows We Forgot to Cover

February 24, 2022 by Joshua Lozano in Animation, Articles, Editorial, TV

No podcast this time, but The Animation Guru has some choice words for you, as he runs us through some of the shows he saw in 2021 that he didn’t get to tackle in Renegade Animation!

The Covid Box Office Chronicles Part 2: January - March 2020... The Calm Before the Storm!

February 13, 2022 by Joshua Lozano in Articles, Editorials, General Discussion, Musings

Last time, in a series of editorials by The Streamin’ Demon himself, we took an analytical eye to the last “normal year“ the cinematic landscape had before COVID-19. And now… he looks at “the calm before the storm,“ those first few months the world changed…

The Legend of Vox Machina: Captain Kaye's First Impressions

February 03, 2022 by Joshua Lozano in Animation, Articles, Editorial, Editorials, General Discussion, Musings, Renegade Animation, Review, RPC Animation, Tooned Up, TV

Roll for initiative! The new Amazon Prime series “The Legend of Vox Machina“ has just released, thanks to the Critical Role guys, and Captain Kaye has his thoughts on the first few episodes!

I'm Feelin' 22! - Renegade Animation #45

January 09, 2022 by Joshua Lozano in Animation, Articles, Film, Movies, Musings, Podcast, Renegade Animation, RPC Animation, RPC Movies, Tooned Up

Tonight, on the first episode of 2022 for Renegade Animation, The Animation Guru and our beloved Captain Kaye reflect on some unfinished discussions of last year, and give a big overview of what to expect in the year to come!

The Covid Box Office Chronicles Part 1: 2019... The Peak!

January 09, 2022 by Joshua Lozano in Articles, Editorial, Editorials, Film, General Discussion, Movies, Musings, RPC Movies

In a special series of editorials from The Streamin’ Demon, he takes a look at the journey the box office has taken in a post Covid world by taking a look at the last “normal year“ film had…

The Guru's Impressions: Arcane

November 06, 2021 by Joshua Lozano in Animation, Articles, Renegade Animation, RPC Animation, TV, Video Games, Arcade vol. 2, Editorial

The Animation Guru returns to give his first impressions on the latest video-game-to-series adaptation Netflix has spawned: Arcane!

The Guru's Impressions: Animaniacs Season 2!

November 03, 2021 by Joshua Lozano in Animation, Articles, Editorial, Editorials, Musings, Renegade Animation, RPC Animation, Review, Tooned Up

The Animation Guru gets zany to the max as he got to check out some of the newest episodes of Hulu’s Animaniacs reboot! Was it animany? Totally insaney? Andromeda Strainy?!

On Loss and Change - Musings #1

February 02, 2021 by Neoplasmic in Mental Health, Articles, Musings

Loss and grief are difficult emotions to process and live through, but they can also lead to change. Neoplasmic shares a personal story about how he coped with the ending of a relationship and how it led him to redefine himself, and how it prepared him to launch this website with his friends. TW: suicidal thoughts and depression are discussed.

Joker Wars and X-ing Swords - The Comics Column #2

October 08, 2020 by Neoplasmic in Articles, Comic Books, RPC Comics, The Comics Column

Good evening, citizen, and welcome to issue 2 of the Comics Column! Neoplasmic here with more thoughts and musings on the comics I’ve been obsessed with over the last few days. We start with the latest doozy of an X-Men crossover, move over to the Joker War in the Batman titles, and end with a few indies. Let’s get to it!

Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 Series Launch Issues - Tech View from Hawaii

October 05, 2020 by Neoplasmic in RPC Tech, Articles, Editorial, Video Games, Renegade Arcade

Randy here with an update from the frontlines of the GPU Wars! With the release of Nvidia’s latest set of graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 30 series comes both good news and bad news. In short, the good news is that they’re awesome! The bad news is that some users are experiencing issues while playing games. That is, if they’re lucky enough to even find one of the 3080s or 3090s to buy in retail stores! <Sigh> Yet another tech shortage. Goodie.

The Comics Column #1: Dreams and Awakenings

October 05, 2020 by Neoplasmic in Articles, Comic Books, Editorial, RPC Comics, The Comics Column

Greetings, citizens of Earth-Prime! Neoplasmic here, with the first installment of the latest RPC feature series, The Comics Column! I’m going to be covering a bunch of comics I’ve been reading, some current and others a bit older. This time around, I’m going to discuss Artemis & the Assassin, Gotham Central, X-Men, Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team, Sandman, Lonely Receiver, and Marauders, so we have an eclectic mix to get through! Suit up and get ready to fly, everyone!

A look at Blake J. Harris' Console Wars - Rambling About Games #3

September 20, 2020 by Neoplasmic in Articles, RPC Games, Video Games, Editorial, Renegade Arcade

Neoplasmic here, with some thoughts on Blake J. Harris’ excellent non-fiction novel, Console Wars! Nostalgic, informative, and fast-paced to the point that I could barely put it down, Console Wars recounts the years-long battle for video game industry dominance between Nintendo (the big N, perennially in control of the market) and Sega (the scrappy, edgy underdog). Whichever one you owned or rooted for back then, the competition between both entities certainly resulted in an exciting time for those of us who remember the first Console War. Suit up, click the link, and be ready to enter the front lines!

GPU Buyers Guide: Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 Series vs. AMD Radeon RX 6000 - RPC Tech #1

September 15, 2020 by Neoplasmic in Articles, RPC Tech, Editorial, Video Games, Renegade Arcade

Welcome to the first installment of RPC Tech, our new article series on the world of technology! Leading us off with an article on the latest GPUs from Nvidia and AMD is Randy, aka rKochi, the newest addition to the RPC family! He’s giving us the view from Hawaii on the most cutting edge GPUs known to mankind! Enjoy the article!