Order these retro gaming publications in time for Christmas!
2025-01-12
All the publishers and producers are getting their retro book and hardware projects announced and out before Christmas…Read More →
5 new things you can do with DOOM
2025-01-10
I first played DOOM back in 1999, a few years’ after its birth and its contribution to the (almost-) death of the Amiga. But, of course, I bloody loved it, and for good reason. Short of dropping a DOOM review on you now, if you’re a fan of DOOM, thereRead More →
BASIC is 60 years old: 5 classic games to try
2025-01-10
BASIC was first released in 1964, making the programming language an incredible 60 years old. For me, that is pretty mind-blowing, as it means BASIC was already 20 years old before I tried my first type-in program. To celebrate BASIC’s anniversary, here’s a look at the language’s origins, along withRead More →
Top 10 worst games on the Playstation
2025-01-10
There are some mighty games on Sony’s grey box, but there are also horrors better left to the dark pages of gaming history. This list is dedicated to those titles that missed the mark and are memorable for all the wrong reasons. Here are my picks for the top 10Read More →
Personal but fact: A PlayStation top 5 in art direction
2024-02-18
Art is so important in video games. See if you agree with this PlayStation top 5 of art direction examples… Style stands out. Sometimes embarrassingly so. See your teenage years. But get it right and you have aesthetic, design and sophistication. See no album cover, ever. Video games have itRead More →
The final countdown: Top 5 video game mascots
2023-12-05
You either love video game mascots, or they pass you by. But if you’re a fan of these cultural cheerleaders, which one is best? We all like to gather around something. A lovely pub bar for instance, or row after row of classic cars in a field, or perhaps theRead More →
Top 5 retro gaming aesthetics: A personal peepers retrospective
2023-11-08
Some games look better than others — it’s a fact. Retro gaming is often tarred with the 8-bit aesthetic, but really, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder, regardless of how many pixels you use. CyberPunk 2077 has its art direction sorted, so much so, that watching itRead More →
Top 5 PlayStation Horror Games for Halloween
2023-10-11
Here are the best PlayStation horror games to make this halloween suitably spooky, but in a retro gaming way. The original Sony PlayStation was a revolutionary system with a vast library covering almost every genre you can imagine. Halloween is right around the corner at the time of writing, andRead More →
Quite Literally the Top 5 GamesMaster Challenges
2023-09-21
GamesMaster, that most 90s of shows; The Word for people who were into Microsoft Word, presented by Dominik Diamond, a man who put the Gear into Game Gear. A show lost to time and perhaps, judging by recent efforts, recreation. Like many, I grew up on this show, loving theRead More →
