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Boss Rush – Parasite Eve (PS1)

Our third week edition of Boss Rush enters us into our month of Halloween specials. Its time to avert our prying eyes from cartoonish maliciousness and cast our gaze upon some of the most macabre of figures throughout gaming history. Gamers of the night hold your blanket tight! We’re delving into the era of “survival […]

Tetris… The Uh… Movie!

Yeah! You read that headline correctly, it’s not a spoof, logistically speaking there are people looking into a movie based on Tetris! The Wall Street Journal are reporting that Threshold Entertainment are teaming up with the Tetris Company to make a movie, a blockbuster movie, CEO Larry Kasanoff explained to the WSJ that the movie is […]

Forgotten Childhood – Dungeons And Dragons

There is no escape from the realm of Dungeons and Dragons! THE INITIAL RELEASE (1983) Dungeons and Dragons the animated television series first aired on CBS in the US in 1983, running hot on the tails of the controversial and ever-growing hobby of tabletop gaming, inspired by the game with the same name. The late 70’s […]

Boss Rush – Donkey Kong Country (SNES)

Welcome to Boss Rush!  Each week we analyse and explore different facets of the most memorable and interesting aspects of the world of video gaming villains. For our inaugural edition, I have picked out a true classic to focus on, the game in question is Donkey Kong Country for the SNES and the boss for […]

Banjo Guy Ollie – Double Dragon Level 1

80’s hair, a kick-ass soundtrack and a plot more convoluted than Dallas and The Young and the Restless (okay it’s not that bad), it means I could only be talking about Double Dragons and if I’m talking about an Arcade/Sega classic then you can bet that Banjo Guy Ollie is involved! Yup this week’s cover is […]

Rewind Review: Hard Candy

I first heard about Hard Candy years ago, so when I say I’ve been meaning to see it forever it’s almost not hyperbole. Feels good to cross a film (book, album) off ‘The List’, the ominous, ever-growing ‘List‘. Still, one of the worst things about relegating anything to ‘The List’ is that expectations are high.  […]

Forgotten Childhood – Jumanji

THE INITIAL RELEASE (1995) Jumanji was originally a story book for children. It was an illustrated book that told the tale from the perspective of the characters Judy and Peter. The adult characters of the movie were only briefly present in the original script, and its believed the character of Alan Parrish was made the […]

Music (Just About) Monday – 01/09/14

I like to think my taste in music is far reaching and not confined to one genre or time period (for many, eclectic is the fashionable word). What follows is a selection of the sounds that have been rattling around my head this past week or so. I hope (and it is a modest one) is that you […]
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