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Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Pyramid At The End Of The World’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 7: The Pyramid At The End Of The World… Directed by: Daniel Nettheim Written by: Peter Harness & Steven Moffat Doctor – “What do you depend on?” Nardole – “Air, Water, Food, Beer.” Following on from last week’s rather excellent Extremis – in which we discovered that not only was virtually the […]

Twin Peaks – Five Questions About the New Third Season

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Villordsutch with five questions about the new Twin Peaks… Back in 1991 when Laura Palmer sat with Special Agent Dale Cooper in the Black Lodge informing our FBI Agent, “I will see you again in twenty-five years.”, what we as viewers were not aware about at the time was that both David Lynch and Mark Frost […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 6 Review – ‘Extremis’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 6: Extremis… Directed by: Daniel Nettheim Written by: Steven Moffat Doctor – “Truth at the heart of heresy” Cardinal Angelo – “…and death at the heart of truth.” Nardole – “You’d be wizard at writing Christmas crackers you two.” Answers are given in Extremis.  Why Nardole is shadowing the Doctor, who or what […]

Exclusive Interview – John Wilson talks about Zenobi Software, unreleased titles and whether we’ll see the Balrog on the ZX Spectrum Next

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Villordsutch talks with John Wilson (The Balrog) about Zenobi Software… There was a time when us gamers didn’t require ultra-real graphics delivered in 4K resolution, nor truth be told did we actually require graphics, for our days were occupied with text-based adventure games and here we lost real time. Reading lines of an unfolding story […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 5 Review – ‘Oxygen’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 5: Oxygen… Directed by: Charles Palmer Written by: Jamie Mathieson Doctor – “Oh look Bill it’s Nardole! What a lovely surprise! I thought I sent you to Birmingham for a packet of crisps!?” Nardole – “Yes I saw through your cunning ruse” Doctor – “Yes well if you will go thinking for yourself.” […]

Elite Systems issue a statement regarding the Recreated ZX Spectrum

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With talk about the ZX Spectrum Next and the ZX Vega+ what’s often forgotten is the Recreated ZX Spectrum from Elite Systems.  Looking rather fantastic, a replica bluetooth keyboard honouring the original rubber-keyed Spectrum with an app (Google/iOS) that brought the user games and Sinclair BASIC.  This machine looked like a winner however it was […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 4 Review – ‘Knock, Knock’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 4: Knock, Knock… Directed by: Bill Anderson Written by: Mike Bartlett Bill – “He’s My Grandad” Doctor – “Ahhh, come on! Father at least” Bill – “Alright, Grandfather!” When Doctor Who aims to frighten you, it really knows where those dark corners are in your mind, where you keep those […]

Video Game Review – Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls on the ZX Spectrum

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Villordsutch reviews Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls on the ZX Spectrum… Monty Mole from Gremlin Graphics was huge star on the 1980’s gaming scene.  Wanted: Monty Mole rocked the 8-bit gaming world as a wee stubby mole, designed by Peter Harrop, wandering through the British Coal Mines (set during the 1980’s Miners Strike) snaffling coal […]