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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #46 – Bobby Bearing

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If you’ve enjoyed your life as a common garden bumble bee in Antics (or not) it is now time to move on, or in this case roll on, as trundling into the No.#46 slot of the Your Sinclair Top 100 is Bobby Bearing from software publishing house The Edge. Bobby Bearing was released back in […]

Exclusive Interview – Andrew Krausnick discusses Troves’ arrival on the PS4 and Xbox One

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Trove is about to celebrate its first birthday; this free-to-play MMO combat adventure game is played by millions of gamers on the PC, spanning over a 100 different countries every month and it’s still growing! And announced today is the news that Trove, the game that has blended both MMO plus the building sandbox genre […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #47 – Antics

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You’d think that after the serious amount of bloody noses you’ve dished out in yesterday’s gaming classic Renegade, that the Your Sinclair Top 100 would be ready to deliver us another game which rocked the home computer world, one with thrills, spills and that is etched into gaming lore.  You’ll be rather surprised then to […]

Hail Hydra: Nick Spencer, Captain America, and the increasing reliance on shock value

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Anghus Houvouras on Nick Spencer, Captain America, and the increasing reliance on shock value… Hail Hydra. Two words that broke the internet last month after writer Nick Spencer debuted his epic new arc on Captain America. The reveal on the final page seemed to imply that Captain America has been a deep cover agent for […]

You Should Be Watching… Inhuman Condition

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Tony Black on why you should be watching Inhuman Condition… Let me fess up from the beginning – Inhuman Condition was made by a friend, someone I’ve known for quite some time, so I’ll do my best not to let bias creep in during my thoughts on his brand new web series, released on YouTube via […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #48 – Renegade

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After the peace and quiet has passed with a few rounds of Tetris, it’s only right our attention returns to some real action.  What better way to do this that with smacking somebody in the teeth, then following this up with high-kick, knocking them straight off the edge off a train station!  Obviously we’re not advocating this […]

Star Trek: Beyond Political Correctness

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Anghus Houvouras on Sulu’s sexuality in Star Trek Beyond… “God save us from people who mean well.” – Virkram Seth Diversity has become such a buzz word and used so frequently that it has almost lost all value. All we hear about is the need for more diversity in entertainment, constantly berated with columns about Hollywood’s lack […]

VOD is Beating Cinema, and Maybe, Just Maybe, That’s a Good Thing

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Samuel Brace on the rise of VOD… Sometimes you have to go off the beaten path to find quality films these days. Gone is the time where you could solidly rely on what was top billed at your local cinema to be the cream of the crop. Those days are well and truly over. If you […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #49 – Tetris

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After the adrenaline, wheelie filled world of Enduro Racer we need a come down, and what better game to take with us to our quiet corner than the one resting at Number #49 in the Your Sinclair Top 100, which is Alexey Pajitnov’s classic Tetris. Tetris is the game that quite possibly everybody on the […]