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Comic Book Review – Mega-City Undercover Vol. 03

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Villordsutch reviews Mega-City Undercover Vol. 03… Mega-City Undercover Vol. 03 follows the lives of those that dwell within the not so black and white world of the Justice Department – the undercover enforcers, those that are called the Wally Squad.  Each member is unique in their skill set,  able to pass as one of the citizens or Perps […]

Book Review – The Little Book of Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games

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Villordsutch reviews The Little Book of Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games by Chris Wilkins… I’m a big fan of nearly everything to do with Sinclair Computers.  It’s something I’m fairly open with and if you wander into my dining room you’ll see safely secured to my wall – in a nice little corner – a timeline of Sir […]

Calavera Studios sends us back to pixelated Hell with miniDoom II

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Back in 2016 we brought you news on the excellent miniDoom from Calavera Studios.  A totally brutal 2D homage to the classic shoot’em up.  Well now, just released is the sequel, titled miniDoom2.  This fan-made masterpiece is not for the faint-of-heart, as you’re set loose against the denizens of a pixelated HELL! Taking the beloved […]

Exclusive Interview – The Galaga champions talk Score Wars, preparing for a competition and games they’re not so great at

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At the beginning of April, Meow Wolf crowned the Galaga World Champion at Score Wars in Santa Fe.  The three main competitors for this ultimate event where Andrew Barrow from New Zealand, Phil Day from Australia and Andrew Laidlaw from the USA.  The ultimate champion was – in the end – Andrew Barrow who walked […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek New Visions: Swarm

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek New Visions: Swarm… In our latest offering from the comic book master that is John Byrne, we find the Enterprise and her crew on the trail of drones that travel the cosmos, vibrating stars to death and feeding on their remains.  Though you may snort at this glib opener, Swarm is one of […]

Red Dwarf XI Episode 1 Review – ‘Twentica’

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Villordsutch reviews Red Dwarf  XI Episode 1 – “Twentica”… Rimmer – “We’re picking up a ship heading straight for us in an unmapped region of deep space.” Lister – “Where?” Rimmer – “Nearing region: Uncharted, Sector: No Name, Quadrant: Nameless.” The boys from the JMC are back! Along with the Cat and the Mechanoid… they’re […]

Star Trek: Discovery launch date revealed

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Over at StarTrek.com the expected release date for Bryan Fuller’s upcoming new Star Trek series Star Trek: Discovery has been announced. This new show is expected to arrive in May 2017, when we’ll see the first Star Trek series in ten years warp onto our screens. Star Trek: Discovery to premiere on the paid service CBS All […]

Video Game Review – RunGunJumpGun

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Villordsutch reviews RunGunJumpGun on the PC… It’s been a long time since I’ve truthfully swore at a computer game, and I’m talking really cursed the pixelated screen to damnation swearing here.  Yes, I perhaps let slip the occasional rude word here and there at other games but I don’t think a game like RunGunJumpGun has […]