Comic Book Review: Batman ’89 #3
The continuation of Tim Burton’s Batman movie reaches its halfway point in Batman ’89 #3. It’s a great look into an alternate world in which Warner Bros allowed Burton to […]
Review: Interplay Collection 2 (Evercade Cartridge 07)
Though there’s a sense of repetition in the first half dozen or so Evercade cartridges, especially in terms of the companies featured, the game collections mostly featured enough games that […]
Comic Book Review: Groo Meets Tarzan #1
I first encountered Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier’s Conan parody Groo the Wanderer back in the late 80s, when his adventures were being published by Marvel Comics imprint Epic. I […]
Review: Aliens: Fireteam Elite
The last time a game based on Aliens was released for computers and consoles, we got the absolutely disastrous Aliens: Colonial Marines from Gearbox and Sega. A buggy, derivative, just […]
Film Review: Class of 1999 (1990)
After watching the teens vs teacher, violent exploitation classic Class of 1984 recently, I thought I should check out the loose sequel – Class of 1999 – from Mark L. […]
Film Review: Class of 1984 (1982)
There were very few films I wasn’t allowed to see as a kid; zombie films were off the menu, as were a few other horror titles, but generally I was […]
Comic Book Review: Alien #7
The first story arc in Marvel’s new Alien series was a bit of a mixed bag; it was full of well-trodden Alien tropes, references and even the basic ‘Weyland-Yutani fails […]
Comic Book Review: Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter – Vol. 1
When Jerri Bartman loses her job as a reporter at a major network, she retreats to the local station owned by her family – but it’s not long before her […]
Comic Book Review: Batman ’89 #2
The first issue of Batman ’89 was hugely anticipated – for comic book and movie fans of a certain age, Tim Burton’s first film featuring the Dark Knight is an […]
Board Game Review: Pac-Man: The Board Game
Back in the mid-80s, there were a glut of board games based on video games, with some absolutely incredible designs that, whilst quite dated by today’s standards, were nonetheless visually […]
Review: Interplay Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 04)
Controversial opinion time – let’s get this out of the way right from the start: Earthworm Jim just isn’t a very good game. Though it was perhaps a victim of […]
Comic Book Review: My Little Pony/Transformers II #4
The second of IDW/Hasbro’s unlikely crossovers – featuring two of their biggest 80s toy lines, and which I’ve now reviewed in their entirety – comes to an end in this […]
Comic Book Review: Black Beth and the Devils of Al-Kadesh
Billed as a Scream! One-Shot Special, Black Beth and the Devils of Al-Kadesh gives readers two tales featuring the eponymous swordswoman and a bonus short story featuring Death-Man, from the […]
Review: Data East Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 03)
When I hear the Data East name, I tend to think of beat ’em ups like Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja (which, for the longest time, I thought was just called […]
Comic Book Review: Alien #6
Marvel’s debut story in its recently launched, ongoing Alien series – the comic book behemoth’s first foray into the Alien universe, following Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox – reaches […]
First Impressions: Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Regular – or even passing – readers of my blog will know that I’m an absolutely huge fan of the Aliens universe. When Aliens: Fireteam Elite was announced, I read […]
