Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Book Review – Push Start: The Art Of Video Games

by

Villordsutch reviews Push Start: The Art Of Video Games…As a fan of all things gaming since, well, since as far back as my aging mind will allow me to remember, the visual appearance of Push Start has already has caught my interest.  With one of Tomohiro Nishikado’s Space Invaders staring at me from the fantastically […]

Video Game Review – Layers of Fear

by

  Tom Powter reviews Layers of Fear… Clichés are often seen as a hallmark of lazy writing, designed to be used for maximum effect, but can come across as a laughably familiar. However, if used effectively, clichés can work in the writer’s favour. Layers of Fear, developed by Bloober Team SA, is packed full of clichés […]

Video Game Review – Foul Play

by

 Kris Wall reviews Foul Play…Foul Play casts you as renowned Victorian daemonlogist, Baron Dashforth as he recounts his greatest adventure live on stage,  FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! Aided by his loyal sidekick, Mr Scampwick, the duo must battle their way across 5 acts in a series of side scrolling brawls that harken back to days […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #96 – Cruising on Broadway

by

Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games…Continuing with the countdown we arrive at No. 96 and with this we hit Cruising on Broadway from Solarsoft, released way back in 1983.With the box art and title – seen above – you’d probably be expecting something flash and filled to the back teeth with […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #90 – Bounder

by

Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games…From Avalon yesterday we bounce towards the life of a sentient tennis ball with the first Gremlin Graphics game (and it certainly won’t be the last) to grace our countdown, as Bounder arrives to truly shatter our nerves.Gremlin Graphics was the software house that delivered numerous titles that have […]

The Week in Star Wars – Everything you need to know about the Rogue One reshoots, Han Solo movie update and more

by

It’s been a big week for Star Wars this week – and not all of its good. We’ve got the latest on those Rogue One reshoots, an update on the Han Solo spin-off movie and more…Blimey, we know what we’re kicking things off with this week don’t we? It was reported by Page Six on […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #77 – Gyroscope

by

After the two rather excellent games of Flying Shark and Atic Atac we descend rapidly towards Number #77 in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and scream towards the arcade-puzzle game Gyroscope from Melbourne House.Our second game from Melbourne House in the chart so far (the first being Sir Lancelot just last week), Gyroscope spun into existence back in 1985 […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #56 – Bounty Bob Strikes Back

by

As we leave the truly immersive Celtic folklore world of Dun Darach we stumble and repeatedly fall into our next helping in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  Delivered to us at No.#56 in what seems a rather hurried heap is Bounty Bob Strikes Back and you may need a hat to hide the patches of […]