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Interview: Composer Jesse Harlin on giving video games such as Mafia III and Star Wars: The Old Republic life through music

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We chat with composer Jesse Harlin… When one’s first credit in the video game industry is a franchise like Star Wars: Republic Commando, becoming a seasoned veteran is destined to happen pretty quickly. Over a decade later and having worked on such highly acclaimed titles as Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, […]

The Year in Disappointment: 2016

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Anghus Houvouras on the biggest disappointments of 2016… By all accounts, 2016 was a pretty disappointing year. It will go down in history as one of the most despised spans of time in human history. There was so much negativity. So much raw hatred and ignorance. Feuding sides that seemed to revel in the other’s […]

Video Game Review – Crazy Kong City – Episode One: Saving Helen Blond on the ZX Spectrum

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Villordsutch reviews Crazy Kong City – Episode One: Saving Helen Blond on the ZX Spectrum… Everyone on the planet is more than aware of Donkey Kong from Nintendo.  Here we find Mario, actually known as Jumpman on the original release, who must scale numerous iron girders to rescue his current squeeze Pauline (Princess Peach was yet […]

Video Game Review – Mantis Burn Racing

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Villordsutch reviews Mantis Burn Racing… I’m a fan of racing games, though I tend to shy away from the ultra-realistic games with a hundred or so real-life models, engines fine-tuned to meet race-worthy standards and handling so sensitive a fool like me – who doesn’t understand the meaning of “brakes” – is guaranteed to slam into […]

Video Game Review – EVE: Valkyrie

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Tom Powter reviews EVE: Valkyrie… Ever since virtual reality has been thrust into the industry spotlight, many have clamoured for a so-called ‘killer app’ – a game that would make the purchase of a virtual reality headset an absolute necessity. A game that would push virtual reality to the forefront of gaming and make people understand […]

Book Review – The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey (Extended Edition)

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Villordsutch reviews The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey (Extended Edition)… For anyone who enjoyed gaming during the 1980’s and 90’s then the work of Oliver Frey is quite possibly something you’ve looked at and studied for a fair amount of time, and in this latest book – from Fusion Retro Books – The Fantasy Art of Oliver […]

Video Game Review – Batman: Return to Arkham

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Thomas Roach reviews Batman: Return to Arkham… Batman: Return to Arkham bundles together the acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City full remasters for the current generation. Having been disappointed with Batman: Arkham Knight it has certainly been nice to return to what I consider superior games, and if it were not for the remaster it […]

Video Game Review – Ace Banana PSVR

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Thomas Roach reviews Ace Banana on PSVR… Ace Banana is one of the first games I have played on my own PSVR. Having only dabbled with virtual reality a few times before its official release a few days ago I needed to experience something I had not played before. Ace Banana is an arcade style shooter […]

Has Sony Ruined Everything with the PS4 Pro?

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Samuel Brace on the PS4 Pro… In 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, enacting operation Barbarossa, a huge tactical error on its behalf that eventually led to their own downfall. It was one of the biggest self inflicted wounds in history. If they hadn’t felt the need to end the Soviet Union, the world could […]