Jared Russo

New York

Editor at Digg

Co-founder of Video Game Town. Turn off my retweets ASAP.

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Grant And Jared Try Their Damnedest To Date Everything

1 week ago | videogame.town | Grant Brunner |Jared Russo

Grant And Jared Try Their Damnedest To Date EverythingJared went in skeptical, but was won over completely by a rapping toilet man.
Jared’s Salty Spittoon: A European Soda Review Round-Up

1 week ago | videogame.town | Jared Russo |Grant Brunner

Hello, everyone. My name is Jared, and I’m a lifelong soda fanatic! I’ve been reviewing sodas, mostly new Mountain Dew flavors, for years now, and if you feel like digging up my old ones, you can check them out here. But moving forward, I’m going to also be using my new website, the one you’re reading right now, to upload them.
The Top 50 Characters We Want In ‘Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls’

1 week ago | videogame.town | Jared Russo |Grant Brunner

Since Sony attempted to take ownership of Capcom’s entire fighting game catalog (successfully by purchasing EVO, unsuccessfully by making “Street Fighter V” an exclusive), they’ve been obsessed with owning a Marvel fighting game all for themselves. Much like them holding Spider-Man hostage in both film and gaming, they took a liking to funding “Marvel vs.
Is ‘Mario Kart World’ Even A Good Kart Racer?

1 week ago | videogame.town | Jared Russo |Grant Brunner

Whew. Where to start with this one? This is ostensibly a review of the only proper Switch 2 launch game, and long anticipated entry in the best-selling “Mario Kart” series. I’d love to just be rhapsodic about it, but, instead, I wanted to briefly go over what I think the best games are, ranked in order, to contextualize what I think of this game. I’m a lifelong fan, a fanatic if you will, so I have some hot takes to extol.
Video Game Town Hall Episode #003

1 week ago | videogame.town | Grant Brunner |Jared Russo

Join Jared and Grant as they reminisce about E3s and console launches of yore, make some predictions about the second half of the year, and play an electric game of “License to Shill.”Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcatcher of choice.
Who ‘Won’ Every E3 and Summer Game Fest: Part 3 (2015-2025)

2 weeks ago | videogame.town | Jared Russo |Grant Brunner

If you’ve already read the first two parts of this series, you’re probably excited to see how the last decade or so stacks up to the olden days, right? Well, now that Summer Game Fest 2025 is officially over, I’m ready to weigh in with the hottest of takes. E3 2015 was dominated by the “Summer of Dreams” announcements at Sony’s show. “The Last Guardian,” “Final Fantasy VII Remake,” and “Shenmue III” were among the biggest bombshells dropped in succession on an E3 stage.
Who ‘Won’ Every E3: Part Two (2005-2014)

3 weeks ago | videogame.town | Jared Russo |Grant Brunner

We already know who won every E3 from its beginning through 2004, but now’s the time to tackle E3 at its peak. Who will come out on top? Certainly not the poor people who had to cover these events in real time — I’ll tell you that. I might get a lot of shit for this, especially in retrospect, but it’s impossible not to think Sony single-handedly won the “next generation” with these graphics, at the time.
Who ‘Won’ Every E3: Part One (1995-2004)

3 weeks ago | videogame.town | Jared Russo |Grant Brunner |Jack Miller

Let me be perfectly clear: No one entity, person, or game can truly “win” E3. You cannot win a convention that isn’t a real competition or match or contest. The silly idea that every year us gamers chronicle, in magazines or on the internet, a “winner” to a trade show is preposterous.
Why Do FGC Members Keep Taking Their Shirts Off?

3 weeks ago | videogame.town | Jared Russo |Grant Brunner

If you were on social media over the past few weeks, you might have seen some footage of men without shirts at a fighting game tournament. Specifically, playing Tekken, as a wild and raucous crowd egged them on. In an effort to share one of eSports’ more peculiar traditions, I feel compelled to break this down from the start. Below, you’ll find the timestamped moment when Combo Breaker 2025 in Illinois turned into a pepperoni fest. The shirts came off, and the matches really got going.
Video Game Town Launch Day ‘Jackbox’ Stream

3 weeks ago | videogame.town | Grant Brunner |Jared Russo