Alongside Robotron: 2084 and Strider the original Out Run is probably one of my favourite arcade games. I was already a fan of games like Hang On and Space Harrier, but Out Run blew me away and to this day my dream car has always been an open top Ferrari Testarossa (which I’ve been reliably […]
Sister magazine, Photoshop Creative is running an exciting new compeition to tie in with the incoming release of action film Mad Max. All you have to do is create an exciting new poster based on the new film which will actually be judged by Mad Max director, George Miller. The winning piece will also be […]
Believe it or not, I.M. Meen was more than just material for YouTube Poop mash-up videos. Believe it or not, it was a GAME! An educational game, at that, with the intention of making children learn about proper spelling and grammar. It was developed by Animation Magic and published by Simon and Schuster Interactive in […]
It’s easy to forget just how much of a deal Bungie’s first-person shooter was. Originally designed as a completely different game when it was first shown on Macs, Microsoft stepped in an bought Bungie and Halo for its new Xbox console. The end result was a groundbreaking first-person shooter that not only defined the single […]
You can’t look at a Sega Saturn, and not think about NiGHTS! Released in 1996, “NiGHTS into Dreams” was described at the time as one of the best games that you had ever seen. With others games released in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Why are so many film licensed games rubbish? That question is down to personal taste and preference of course, but the homogeneous lump of us are generally in agreement that movie tie ins are a load of old trousers. The LJN games of 8 and 16-bit lore are synonymous with being mediocre and were thrust […]
If there is any video game that holds a special part of my heart, it’s without a doubt the Nintendo 64 classic “Conker’s Bad Fur Day”. Thanks to an amazing commercial that used to air in the late night, Conker […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While SNK’s last true title in the Metal Slug series may have been released seven years ago, the spirit of the coin guzzling run-n-gunner lives on. Homebrew heroes NG:DEV.TEAM have just announced Kraut Buster for the Neo Geo MVS and AES – a frantic arcade title even SNK would be proud of.
This summer, a new full length feature film called “Pixels” is going to be released in theatres. Based on a short film from 2010, where video game characters like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong were running amok throughout the streets of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Llamasoft’s TxK was released to almost universal acclaim on the PS Vita early last year, and its success meant it was only a matter of time before the game’s creator and industry legend Jeff Minter looked towards porting the title to other platforms.