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Video Game Review – Z-Exemplar on PC Steam

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Villordsutch reviews Z-Exemplar on the Steam… Back in 1987 Irem released a side-scrolling shooter called R-Type upon the arcade houses across the world, and this caused Gaming Waves that are still being felt today.  It was a glorious game, with swarms of enemies, bosses so huge and grotesque that they were in fact morbidly beautiful at the […]

Sega’s Altered Beast and Streets of Rage being adapted for the screen

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Stories International has announced that it has partnered with Circle of Confusion, executive producers of The Walking Dead, Powers, Outcast and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, to develop filmed adaptations of the hit Sega franchises Altered Beast and Streets of Rage, and will explore opportunities for both titles in film and television. Stories is already […]

Capcom to focus on reviving dormant franchises

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When thinking of developers that are sitting on a veritable wealth of under-utilized franchises, Capcom comes close to the top of that list. While we may be getting the next entry in the Resident Evil series next month, and Capcom has just announced Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, there are a number of series that fans wish […]

Does The Last of Us Need a Film Adaptation?

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Graeme Robertson on whether The Last of Us needs a film adaptation… Video game adaptations are nothing new; with Hollywood in its infinite wisdom thinking that whatever works on the games console, must surely work on the big screen, churning out video game movie after video game movie. We’ve had film versions of Resident Evil, […]

Video Game Review – Small Radios Big Televisions

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews Small Radios Big Televisions… Small Radios Big Televisions, a new puzzle offering from Adult Swim games, surprisingly has absolutely nothing at all to do with radios, or indeed televisions.  What it is to do with is classic point and click adventuring… and tapes.  Remember them?  Analogue media is the focus of this puzzling […]

Video Game Review – Merry Christmas From Horace on the ZX Spectrum

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Villordsutch reviews Merry Christmas Fom Horace on the ZX Spectrum… Horace, the no necked, vacant staring shape of a being is – in some classic ZX Spectrum owners hearts – the official mascot of the their machine.  Yes, we have Miner Willy from Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy, Monty Mole from a cluster of games […]

Video Game Review – Batman: The Telltale Series Episode Four – ‘Guardian of Gotham’

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Thomas Roach reviews Batman: The Telltale Series Episode Four – ‘Guardian of Gotham’… After a great cliffhanger at the end of New World Order – the previous episode of Batman: The Telltale Series – Guardian of Gotham had a lot to live up to. This episode opens with the player witnessing the brutal beating of Oswald […]

Interview – Michael Ramova, director of the NES Friday the 13th fan film

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Jordan Jones chats with Michael Ramova, director of the NES Friday the 13th fan film… Nostalgia is a powerful force. It can paint vivid memories of the most bizarre, or mundane things in our lives. As gamers, and cinephiles, we tend to have a soft-spot for anything retro. Especially when it comes to horror. Bad, […]

Video Game Review – Party Hard: High Crimes DLC

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews Party Hard: High Crimes DLC… Released in 2015 to mixed reviews, the original Party Hard was what could be best described as a stealth murder simulator.  Viewed from above, you guided your tiny pixellated Michael Myers-esq character around various parties, slowly killing the guests without being discovered.  Why?  Because they were keeping […]