There’s a new game in town—a game store, that is! Fresno’s Tower District is now home to GoBack Gaming, a throwback game shop big on 90s nostalgia and classic trading card games. Kings River Life caught up with owners Victor Gutierrez and Yvonne Stever to chat about Pokémon, the 90s heyday of trading cards, and the future of going back.
When it’s raining, or the temperature drops below 40 degrees, there won’t be a single activity that you can do without shivering. Although there are lots of benefits and perks to being active outdoors, it can cause you harm, as well.
Fresno’s game scene is ever-evolving, but the Fresno Board Gamers have remained a bedrock within the swiftly-moving stream of gaming culture, gathering weekly for over ten years. Kings River Life caught up with group co-organizer John Bowling to talk about the group’s origin, its evolution, and the enduring appeal of tabletop gaming.
Seeing vampires and space aliens run around the Independence Square Mall is not an unusual experience for Ten Again tabletop gaming store owner Autumn Sinclair. She doesn’t enjoy mediating between players who claim to have been unfairly assassinated due more to being obnoxious than their strength levels, but Autumn loves making her store a safe place for her nerdy customers.
Do you remember the days of good old-fashioned table-top board games or video games that you played side-by-side with friends and family? Game Qore owner C.B. Thompson is bringing everything back, right here in Downtown Visalia.
In 2013, several new businesses have opened up in Reedley--Urban Roots, MCC Cafe, Mooner's, and now Morgan's Pair-a-Dice. Each trying to bring something new and unique to Reedley's downtown.
Find out the latest news on Fresno's own hockey team, The Fresno Monsters in the Monsters Weekly right here at Kings River Life every Wednesday when the team is playing.
I first hesitated buying Dragon Age 2, not having played the first game Dragon Age: Origins, but having heard many good things, I decided what the hell I have time to kill. And boy was I not disappointed.
Missed opportunities were the underlying story as the Reedley College Tigers opened the 2010 football season with a 23-20 loss to the Foothill College Owls Saturday night in Los Altos Hills. The Tigers had three possessions that started in Owl territory in the First half and scored no points in any of the three. Tiger place kicker Curtis O’Neill, an all-conference selection last season had a miserable night,
God of War III, the capper to PlayStation’s flagship series, is an amazing game that utilizes all the new and amazing technology offered by the PS3. It also ends the epic story of the anti-hero Spartan Kratos…
