Busy week and year… This week has been one of the most busiest weeks I’ve had in a while. Before the week even began there was MCM London, 3 days of games, cosplayers, (and to a lesser extent) movies, TV and comics. I had one day to recover then I…
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Retro Monday – “Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem”
Slow week. Except for… You know… Only two major things happened this week. The first involves #GamerGate so I’m going to gloss over it swiftly with only the facts as not to offend the vocal. Anita Sarkeesian (yes her) was to do her usual talk at the Utah State University.…
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A Retro Gamers Buyers Guide (Part One)
A Retro Gamer’s Buyers Guide. Buying new games is a fairly easy and straight forward affair. You pick up a game off the shelf, take it to the counter, were the person behind the counter takes your box and disappears out the back for what seems like several hours, before…
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Retro Monday – “Enter the Matrix”
Comment water test… With the now full closing down of PlayStation Home which was revealed this week, I can say that I think that the bubble of virtual world games/simulations/lives is now on the way out. Considering where I’m saying these things I feel like I should prepare a tirade…
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Retro Monday – “Pokémon Trading Card Game” (GameBoy Colour)
Well I’m back at least… I have to admit that I am making this rather late in the day as other articles go. That being that I’m only starting this on the Monday morning rather than the Saturday because I arrived home from some time off on what can be…
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Retro Monday – “Singstar”
Title: “Singstar” Developer: SCE London Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Released: May 2004 “Singstar” was a game from a now by-gone age of party games. It was one of the first games that popularized the system of using a peripheral device to sucker people in and make proprietary tech you had…
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Retro Monday: “Theme Hospital”
Considering what I wrote last week I think it would be good to have an update to the Crytek UK situation. And the update its not good. “Homefront: The Revolution” game director Hasit Zala resigned from his position at Crytek UK reports said this week. This adds to the leaving…
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