Coder by day, gamer and film fan by night. Websites are one of many things I do. A big fan of classic/retro gaming especially of Atari systems. I can also cook. ;)
A lot of my time with working on my Arcade1Up so far was in trying to get the replacement controls right. But now that I had overcome a lot of mistakes on my part it was time to bring it all together. The key parts needed to finish […]
After getting the control panel almost right I could see that maybe I should recut it and get a better result from the holes being more aligned. So once again I sliced up a sheet of MDF and drew in the hole locations and began cutting away. Partway […]
One thing Ubisoft is doing well is keeping their games fresh and relevant and they’ve done a good job of that with Ghost Recon Wildlands. I’m still playing the game as there’s a tonne of missions to complete and plenty of items to find and unlock. On top […]
It’s been almost three years when I had first seen We Happy Few, the dystopian adventure from Compulsion Games. Since its first appearance on Xbox Game Preview, the game underwent a lot of changes, found itself a publisher in Gearbox Software and the developers were snapped up by […]
Though much maligned in his first appearance in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty the character Raiden would eventually be given a second chance thanks to some wild cyborg ninja antics that were part of the crazy finale to Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. […]
The next wave of games for Xbox Games with Gold were just announced on Major Nelson’s site and there’s at least one game here that’s going to get plenty of recommendations here. It’s a late announcement for this month but still worth checking out. The following games will […]
The next update to Elite Dangerous is now online and Frontier Developments have posted the patch details on their forums which you can see here. The brief version covering what I think are the notable changes: The Main Menu has been updated – it’s not changed much in […]
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first saw the post on Kotaku over the weekend which mentioned that a port of Super Mario Bros was now available on the Commodore 64. Back in the day when SMB fever was kicking off a clone of the game for […]
Star Wars Celebration has been like a gift that keeps on giving with a deluge of content to feed most fan appetites. To have an event that’s on the scale of a PAX but solely dedicated to Star Wars seems amazing and maybe one day we’ll see one […]
The awesomeness that is the Star Wars Celebration resulted in information overload for everyone interested in the franchise and though I covered a number of the big panels in the first half of the event there was still more to check out… Even after it is over. All […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 