News: SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters Clash Now on Switch
The Neo Geo Pocket Color was an unfortunately short-lived handheld console that was released at a time where it faced stiff competition from both Nintendo (their Game Boy Color having […]
My Tabletop Game of the Year 2021
We’ve already seen my choices for video game of the year and comic book of the year (and established the rules: my choice isn’t necessarily one that released in 2021, […]
News: Evercade Announces Gremlin Collection 1, Coming March 2022
This was genuinely exciting news to wake up to; the latest Evercade compilation is a collection of games from Gremlin, a sadly defunct publisher. Beginning in 1984 as Gremlin Graphics […]
Review: The Matrix Awakens (Xbox Series X)
So, after mysteriously dropping onto the stores of the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 earlier this week – as covered in my news article – the mysterious The Matrix Awakens: […]
Happy 20th Birthday Xbox!
Twenty years ago, I wasn’t all that hyped for the Xbox. Partly it was because I couldn’t afford or justify having yet another console – I already owned a PS2, […]
Shameless Self Promotion Time!
Yep, it’s that time yet again – but if I don’t shout about my writing work, who will? Today I wanted to draw your attention to the new work I’ve […]
Rare Games: New Articles Now Live!
It’s rare that I have the confidence to do something like this – I find it can quite often come across as shameless, sometimes arrogant, self-promotion – but I’ve done […]
TV Review: WandaVision – S1/E7 Review
Another week, another masterful and mindblowing episode of WandaVision. There’s an awful lot going on here following the events of last week’s episode, the conclusion of which saw WestView expanding […]
TV Review: WandaVision – S1/E6 Review
We’ve arrived at the 90s/early 00s in our weekly journey through the decades in WandaVision, a trip that paused for breath only once, for episode 4’s extended, gripping exposition that […]
Rebellion Specials 2020 (Part 2)
Yesterday, I covered the first half of 2020’s one-off special comics that were published by 2000AD owner Rebellion. There were some fantastic titles in there, so if you haven’t read […]
Rebellion Specials 2020 (Part 1)
Despite all of the hurdles and challenges faced in 2020 – not least some restrictive lockdown procedures that many of us endured for several months of the year – Rebellion […]
Opinion: The Influence and Appeal of Retro Games
Note: This is an amended and expanded version of an article I wrote for the first issue of print magazine, Pixel Bison. There was a time back in the 90s […]
Film Review: Beyond the Mat (1999)
Keeping to the wrestling theme started with yesterday’s review of comic book Invasion From Planet Wrestletopia, I figured it was way past time that I finally covered Barry Blaustein’s brilliant 1999 documentary going behind the scenes of professional wrestling, Beyond the Mat. It’s a remarkable film that covers an awful lot of ground, from amateur hopefuls looking to get their […]
Film Review: Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
I distinctly remember missing the broadcast of the very first episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in the UK; I was out playing with friends while it was on and we were all extremely jealous of the talk in the playground the next day, having not been able to witness what we were told was an absolutely […]
Comic Book Review: Roy of the Rovers Summer Special 2020
This is a bit of a weird one for me. I have very rarely – in my 43 plus a bit years on this planet – had any interest in […]
May The Fourth Be With You
No sooner has Alien Day come and gone than the next sci-fi movie themed day arrives. Both the Alien and Star Wars franchises are very dear to me, with Star […]
MLGG: Pop Culture News, Reviews and Interviews 