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Celebrate Diddy Kong Racing’s 20th Birthday with Future Dance Land from Materia Collective

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Not wanting to age anyone reading this but Diddy Kong Racing has just celebrated its twentieth birthday.  Now you expelled those expletives, you may be interested to know that Materia Collective are celebrating this classic piece of gaming history by releasing Future Dance Land: An Electronic Tribute to Diddy Kong Racing.   Clocking in at […]

Heart&Slash coming to the Nintendo Switch this December

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Arriving on the Nintendo Switch in December, from publishers Badland Games and indie developers Aheartfulofgames, is Heart&Slash.  This 3D Roguelike Brawler comes to the Switch not only bringing huge praise with it but also:- 71 missions, 135 pieces of equipment, 6 selectable characters and 93 different enemies.  It frantic, fun and will certainly pick up […]

Red Dwarf XII Episode 6 Review – ‘Skipper’

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Villordsutch reviews Red Dwarf XII – Skipper… Well this is it.  The final episode of Red Dwarf XII and it’s safe to say that this latest series for one of the UK’s longest running sci-fi comedies, has been a winner for Dave.  Practically every episode in this twelfth series – from Doug Naylor – has had […]

Red Dwarf XII Episode 5 Review – ‘M-Corp’

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Villordsutch reviews Red Dwarf XII – M-Corp… They say “time flies when you’re having fun” and here we are – rather shockingly – at the penultimate episode of Red Dwarf XII.  This weeks episode “M-Corp” sees Doug Naylor (again both writer & director) take such a subtle swipe at capitalism you may just miss it.  I […]

Sonic Forces: Speed Battle available now on iOS

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Available now on iOS from SEGA Networks Inc. and HARDlight, the UK-based studio known for Sonic Dash, Crazy Taxi: City Rush, and Sonic Jump is the much-anticipated Sonic Forces: Speed Battle.  This real-time multiplayer features fifteen playable characters from the upcoming Sonic Forces console game, and here players from around the world go up against […]

Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon – Crimson Invasion expansion officially launched

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Pokémon Trainers the time has finally arrived for you to get to start building your new decks, for the latest Pokémon TCG expansion “Sun & Moon—Crimson Invasion” has now officially been released in the UK.  With over 110 new cards including new supporters and eight Pokémon-GX, it’s time to start tearing open those shiny foil wrappers.This […]

Red Dwarf XII Episode 4 Review – ‘Mechocracy’

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Villordsutch reviews Red Dwarf XII – Mechocracy… After last week’s Red Dwarf XII “Timewave” in which our favourite sci-fi/comedy show took a serious nosedive, switching on the latest offering from Doug Naylor (again on writing and directing duties) is taken with a wee bit of trepidation.  However come the close of Mechocracy all my negative […]

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – ‘Human Is’ Review

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Villordsutch reviews Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: Human Is… And so we come to the end of the first season of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.  Our latest tale, titled “Human Is”, comes from all the way back within the pages of Startling Stories magazine in 1955 and here in 2017, we find this latest […]

Spectrum Addict: Load “Film 2” – A documentary for all ZX Spectrum fans

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Back at the end of September we reviewed Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict from Andy Remic.  A documentary feature film based on Andy Remic’s memoirs growing up with the ZX Spectrum; part cinema drama, part interviews, part nostalgic journey.  We awarded the documentary 4 out of 5 stars saying of it, “If you lived in […]