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The Best TV Shows to Binge This Halloween

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Hasitha Fernando with a selection of TV shows for you to binge this Halloween… Spooktober is upon us once again, so I guess it’s time to binge-watch some awesome horror related content, right? Easier said than done, however, in an age where streaming services rule supreme, choosing what to watch have never been harder. So, […]

The Best Halloween-Themed Television Episodes

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EJ Moreno on the best Halloween-themed TV episodes… As long as television has been around, there’s been Halloween episodes. Like its cheerful Christmas counterpart, creators know there’s time for intense drama and hilarious comedy on Halloween night. To get into the spooky spirit, let’s dive into some of television’s most fantastic All Hallows’ Eve adventures. […]

Top Gun: Maverick and the Success of Simplistic Cinema

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Anghus Houvrouas on the success of Top Gun: Maverick… Top Gun: Maverick is the kind of massive, crowd pleasing blockbuster that felt almost extinct after a global pandemic threatened to end the theatrical experience. Loved by both audiences and critics, the movie has become a phenomenon and the most successful movie of 2022. I always […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #71– Frankie Goes To Hollywood

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With Hijack and it hellish lifts safely behind us, we now set sail for a completely different location as we head for Liverpool, Merseyside to both solve a murder and find our way to the Pleasuredome.  We’ve arrived at No.#71  in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and it’s the completely bizarre Frankie Goes to Hollywood. […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #12 – Carrier Command

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Leaving the simple, if not deadly, life of Hen-House Harry behind us with Chuckie Egg, we step into the world of futuristic warfare with our next instalment in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  Sailing in at No.#12 is Carrier Command from Rainbird. Carrier Command arrived on the ZX Spectrum back in 1989, programmed by Realtime […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #27 – Super Hang-On

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Our brains have clearly been taxed enough over the past couple of days and as Deactivators is ejected from our communal cassette deck, we pick up an adrenaline-filled serving from the Your Sinclair Top 100 and smile as we realise that No.#27 is Super Hang-On from Electronic Arts. Super Hang-On was originally released by SEGA as […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #33 – Knight Lore

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Leaving the piece of art that was Deus Ex Machina and praying there is no cyber-gift shop on the way out, we can only hope that our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 is a better effort than the previous two servings.  With the publisher of Ultimate Play the Game already appearing on […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #81 – Dark Star

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After being firmly grounded in the Hyperaction’s mazes, we now take to the stars once again with Design Design’s Dark Star which arrives at No. 81 in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  According to the World of Spectrum the game was supposedly inspired by John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon’s film of the same name, though anybody who […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #31 – Lunar Jetman

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With a heavy heart we leave Jet Set Willy and continue counting down in the the Your Sinclair Top 100 and it appears we’re in luck as what floats in at No.#31 is another Ultimate Play the Game release – this time it’s Lunar Jetman. Lunar Jetman bobbed into view back in 1983 from Tim and Chris […]