Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

The 64 team reveal a list of classic games to appear on their machines

by

The 64 team released some updates as usual at the end of the week, to keep backers (and future buyers) abreast of what’s happening with this future slice of returning retro.  With glimpses of the future machine and games titles included there’s enough to wet a few C64 lovers whistles. There are pictures of the […]

Resident Evil producer thinks the reboot should have “more action”

by

It didn’t take long after the release of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter [read our Blu-Ray review here] for Sony Gems and Constantin Films to announce a reboot of the video game movie franchise with James Wan at the helm. Since then, fans have been wondering what kind of direction the reboot will take. Well, […]

Star Wars Battlefront II will feature “more than three times the content” of its predecessor

by

It seems that EA is going all out in an effort to get Star Wars fans back on board for the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront II following criticisms of the first game and its lack of content. We’ve already heard that the sequel will be “dramatically larger” than its predecessor, and now EA CEO Andrew […]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie gets a new trailer and character posters

by

Illumination Entertainment and Nintendo have released  a new trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the upcoming animated feature adaptation of the iconic video game series, which sees Chris Pratt and Charlie Day voice the iconic brothers Mario and Luigi and follows the duo as they team up with Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Toad […]

Exclusive interview with Cris Velasco, award winning video game composer

by

Tai Freligh chats with award-winning composer Cris Velasco… Cris Velasco is a multiple award-winning composer of epic orchestral, dark experimental and modern hybrid music scores for video games, film and television. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Music Composition, Velasco pursued his passion to write music for visual media; his first major release […]

Former Hearthstone developers working on new Marvel game

by

Marvel Entertainment has announced that Second Dinner, an independent game developer founded by Hearthstone director Ben Brode, executive producer Hamilton Chu, and several ex-Blizzard employees, is currently working on a new Marvel video game title. “I’ve worked with Hamilton [Chu, former Hearthstone Executive Producer and Second Dinner CEO] and Ben [Brode] for years and they […]

Marvel Games Creative Director: “We want all of our games to tell an original, all new story”

by

During DICE 2017, Marvel Games Creative Director Bill Rosemann opened up a bit about the direction that upcoming Marvel games will take. Speaking to IGN at the event, Rosemann stated: “We want to give [developers] freedom to tell their story and we want to make it an original story… We want to give our partners…freedom to look […]

Book Review – Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino

by

Villordsutch reviews Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino… The original Atari 2600 was a truly fantastic looking console.  It came with faux-wood panelling to give it an extra special piece of class that other gaming consoles – like the Binatone – just couldn’t bring to the sophisticated buyers home (yes Intellivisison tried but it couldn’t match the Atari […]

Music Review – The Spectrum Works by Allister Brimble

by

Villordsutch reviews The Spectrum Works by Allister Brimble… If you asked most classic gamers if they would like to sit down and listen to the tunes of a ZX Spectrum for just under an hour, they’d probably look at you like you’re a fool.  Expecting to be blasted in the ear with the migraine inducing screech […]