Ladies, and gentleman, it’s finally happening. Friday the 13th for the NES is being made into a live-action film. I remember the first time I popped Friday the 13th into my NES. Like most NES games, I died repeatedly, and just assumed that I was just really bad at video games. In my 10 year old mind, there […]
Interview: Composer Jesse Harlin on giving video games such as Mafia III and Star Wars: The Old Republic life through music
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, […]
Retro Video Game Review – The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Jordan Jones reviews The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link… What was it about the second installments of major NES franchises? Super Mario Bros. 2 released in the West with radically different gameplay than it’s predecessor, while Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest was almost in a completely different genre. So, too, was The Legend of […]
Interview – Musician Dave Rogers talks about the 1980’s computer scene, his influences and Chiptune
Villordsutch interviews Dave Rogers… Back in the 1980’s the British software boom erupted and with it emerged some seriously talented people, from coders and graphic artists to musicians; it’s amongst the latter that Dave Rogers stood out for many a gamer at the end of the 20th Century. Mostly known – at the time – […]
Video Game Review – Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Kris Wall reviews Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare… Looking beyond the sci-fi leaning of its new subtitle for a moment, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is the 13th game in the series, a seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of a franchise that has been split between 3 different developers to keep up its annual release cycle, it’s […]
Retro Video Game Review – Mercs on the Sega Mega Drive
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Mercs on the Sega Mega Drive… Back in the mid 80’s the arcade scene was beginning to develop some momentum, rapidly moving on from relatively simple titles like Space Invaders, Defender and Pac-Man. As the technology improved games were beginning to develop a more cinematic and bombastic edge, obviously taking influence from […]
Video Game Review – Crazy Kong City – Episode One: Saving Helen Blond on the ZX Spectrum
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 […]
Seven NES Games That Are Often Overlooked
Jordan Jones lists seven NES titles you may have missed… When I was very young, one of my weekend traditions was going to the family-owned video store down the street to rent a game for my NES. I would spend upwards of an hour deciding which of the countless games lining the store walls would […]
The Week in Star Wars – Update on Rogue One not opening with the crawl, Han Solo will “break some rules” and more
Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has a some details of what we can expect from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the Han Solo anthology movie and more… With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just over a month away, director Gareth Edwards has been telling us about what we […]
Retro Video Game Review – Pac-Man on the NES
Villordsutch reviews Pac-Man on the NES… Pac-Man is an all-time classic! Originally released upon the Japanese arcades in May 1980 from video game designer Toru Iwatani, this Namco game then went over to America and flew under the Midway flag come December 1980. As any Scott Pilgrim fan will tell you, our yellow hero went […]
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