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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #18 – Underwurlde

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As Eric completes is task of mischief, depositing his report back in the safe and leaving half the school drunk as skunks, we eject Back to Skool and head towards our next helping in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  At No.#18 is another release from the software house Ultimate Play the Game – on first glance […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #10 – T.L.L.

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When people question whether there is any validity in war, maybe in the form of a song, you could respond with, “Gaming on the ZX Spectrum!”, for just the other day – at No.12 – we had Carrier Command and though yesterday’s Sim City may not have been war like it did end in tears.  Today […]

James Bond 24 titled Spectre – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react… Announced earlier this morning, Sony and MGM have revealed the new title for Sam Mendes’ Bond 24 – Spectre. We also have new cast members including Dave Bautista, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci and Christoph Waltz. But what did our writing staff make of the title, cast and new car? Martin […]

60th BFI London Film Festival – A United Kingdom Press Conference Report

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A look at the trailer for A United Kingdom, the opener at this year’s London Film Festival, might give the impression that its star, David Oyelowo, is in serious danger of being typecast.  After his star-making turn as Martin Luther King in Selma, he’s delivering more inspiring speeches as future ruler of Botswana, Seretse Khama. […]

Event Report – 2000 AD Prog 2000 signing at the Travelling Man, Manchester

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Last Wednesday – 28th September – marked a rather momentous day in British Comic Industry as 2000 AD celebrated a mammoth landmark with Prog 2000 – that’s correct 2000 issues of Earth’s mightiest comic! Not only was there a rather excellent celebratory comic released for this day [read Mark Allen’s review here], which saw the excellent […]

Spectre: Time to worry about the future of James Bond?

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Ozzy Armstrong on whether it’s time to worry about the future of James Bond… After the announcements on Thursday regarding Bond 24, now known as Spectre, Bond fans took to the internet to announce their excitement for what’s in store. At the same time, there was also me. I’m not excited for Spectre, I’m nervous. […]

Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania III

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In the build-up to Wrestlemania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous instalments of the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’. The Card: The Can-Am Connection vs. Bob Orton Jr. & Don Muraco w/Mr. Fuji Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules w/Bobby Heenan (Double Count-Out) King Kong Bundy, Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo vs. Hillbilly Jim, […]

Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania V

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In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’.   The Card: Hercules vs. King Haku w/Bobby Heenan The Twin Towers vs. The Rockers Ted Dibiase w/Virgil vs. Brutus Beefcake (Double Count-Out) The Rougeau Brothers w/Jimmy Hart vs. The Bushwhackers Mr. Perfect vs. […]

Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania VI

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In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Show case of the Immortals’. The Card: Koko B. Ware vs. Rick ‘The Model’ Martel WWF Tag Title Match: Andre the Giant & Haku w/Bobby Heenan vs. Demolition Hercules vs. Earthquake w/Jimmy Hart Mr. Perfect vs. Brutus Beefcake […]