Book Review: Pirates: Dead Men’s Tales
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog recently, you’ll know that I’ve been sailing the seven seas quite often in the last few months – and I’ve been increasingly […]
Board Game Review: Sweet Existence: A Strange Planet Card Game
Nathan W. Pyle’s Strange Planet webcomic has had a meteoric rise to popularity, considering it only launched on Instagram – of all places – in February 2019. It’s not hard […]
Book Review: Judges: The Avalanche by Michael Carroll
The first in a series of novellas covering the origins of the world seen in 2000AD’s Judge Dredd, Michael Carroll’s novella is currently available in a digital edition or in an Omnibus containing the first three novellas in the series. Set a little over a decade into the future from now against a backdrop of worsening poverty, inequality and political […]
Film Review: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
There are countless tales of movies that never quite saw the light of day; absolutely fascinating stories of seemingly cursed productions where nothing goes right and everything goes down in flames before getting a chance to reach the big screen. Sci-fi is a genre in particular that seems to see more than its fair share of doomed projects, likely because […]
Kickstarter: Dreamcast: Year Two
Having read Andrew Dickinson’s fantastic Dreamcast: Year One earlier this year, I couldn’t be any more excited about Dreamcast: Year Two. The second volume’s crowdfunding campaign launched earlier this week […]
Mobile Game Review: Fighting Fantasy Classics
Version Played: Android – Price: Free (Bloodbones included, other books available as in-app purchases) When I covered the Steam version of Fighting Fantasy Gamebook Appointment With F.E.A.R., I mentioned how much the series meant to me. With very little money in the mid- to late-80s, Fighting Fantasy books provided me with interactive, imaginative and exciting fun at a much more […]
Book Review: Dreamcast: Year One
Pre-order: £6 Digital/£10 Physical Having celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, Sega’s final (so far, at least!) console has been much discussed online, with many people sharing their memories of the beautiful machine – myself included. The Dreamcast was way ahead of its time and burned out far too quickly, but still occupies a special place in the hearts of […]
Film Review: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
First things first: I hate that stupid title. It’s incredibly appropriate that the first time we see Jeff Goldblum’s character Dr. Ian Malcolm – the mathematician/chaos theorist who was so […]
Most Anticipated Games: 2020
We’re almost a week into the New Year – as well as the new decade – and I’ve yet to cover the games I’m most excited for over the coming […]
TV Review: Worzel Gummidge
For British readers of a certain age, Worzel Gummidge is forever entwined with the image of Jon Pertwee as the eponymous scarecrow. It’s so iconic that, even today – 40 […]
Review: Jurassic World: Evolution
I realise that I’m very late to the party with this one but – having spent most of 2019 covering indie and retro games – I’ve realised that I hadn’t […]
Weekly Round Up
As has been the case for several months now, I’ve been writing daily – so there’s a good chance you may have missed an article or two this week. I […]
Book Review: Florin’s ZX Spectrum Haul of Games
Much like Paul Davies, the author of Florin’s ZX Spectrum Haul of Games, I grew up in the 80s. Also like Paul Davies, I have limited recollection of ‘important’ experiences […]
Weekly Round Up
I thought I’d try something a little different today. As regular readers and close friends will know, I write daily – and I somehow manage to cover an awful lot of ground in a very short space of time. It’s very easy for readers who aren’t following me or being alerted to my new articles to miss them – and […]
The Video Game Adventures of Monte McGnarly: Volume One
Available from: Amazon.com Note from the author, George Giese, regarding the book’s proceeds: “20% of my author’s share goes to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Hopefully all gamers have a […]
Omen Exitio: Plague – Switch
Out Now (US)/19th September 2019 (EU) – Version Played: Switch ($9.99/£TBC) – Published by: Forever Entertainment In the 80s and early 90s, I read an awful lot of gamebooks. The […]
