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Video Game Review – Vade Retro on the Spectrum 48K/128K

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Dave Edwards reviews Vade Retro on the Spectrum 48K/128K… If you’re an evil sorcerer with the power to zombify at will, you probably think the town’s blacksmith isn’t going to give you a lot of trouble. That’s what Senor Delcram thought anyway when he started throwing his orb around zombifying the eastland inhabitants of Ye Olde […]

Video Game Review – SUPERHOT

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Mike Mc Grath reviews SUPERHOT… SUPERHOT is one of those games that would be made even better with a VR device, so until the Flickering Myth higher-ups give me one….. No? OK. The gameplay is pretty simple; time only moves when you move and 1 hit kills on both you and your enemies. While this […]

Video Game Review – Superhot VR

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Shaun Munro reviews Superhot VR… Pretty much anyone who’s ever seen The Matrix has surely fantasised about pulling a Neo and bending backwards in slow-motion while performing a gravity-defying bullet dodge, right? Well, that dream has finally become a reality with Superhot VR, which mostly makes good on bringing last year’s original 2D version of the game to […]

Video Game Review – Farpoint

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Shaun Munro reviews Farpoint… Impulse Gear’s much-anticipated VR shooter Farpoint has been touted as something of a killer app for the PSVR, which though swimming in dozens of titles and “experiences”, has served up few certifiable must-have AAA games so far, the most high-profile being the magnificent Resident Evil 7. Though Capcom’s terrifying VR jaunt remains […]

Classic arcade game Galaga heading to the small screen for animated series

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It looks like Galaga is set to become the latest video game to receive an animated adaptation, with Variety reporting that production company The Nuttery Entertainment has signed a deal with Bandai Namco Entertainment to develop an animated series entitled Galaga Chronicles, along with “other extensions” of the classic arcade game brand. “We are incredibly honored […]

Favourite Video Game Soundtracks – Panzer Dragoon

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With the resurgence of vinyl, and many classic game soundtracks seeing a re-release on the format, the Flickering Myth writers look back at some of their favourites; next up is Emma Withington with 1995’s Panzer Dragoon… Turkey Dinosaur fueled junkie that I was in my early years (with a penchant for rusks), I latched onto […]

Video Game Review – Space Hulk: Deathwing

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews Space Hulk: Deathwing… Ever since the original Space Hulk board-game was released by Games Workshop in 1989 there have been many computer games that have born the name, and pretty much all of them have been slow-paced strategic titles that require patience and planning to succeed.  For those familiar with Space Hulk, […]

Favourite Video Game Soundtracks – Final Fantasy VII

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With the resurgence of vinyl, and many classic game soundtracks seeing a re-release on the format, the Flickering Myth writers look back at some of their favourites; next up is Eric Bay-Andersen with Final Fantasy VII… Before Final Fantasy VII came along, I thought of video games as an amusing way to spend time after school, […]

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 […]