The history of this Russian sourced stack-em-up is an interesting tale to tell which I could never do justice to though the Wikipedia page is a good place to start. Created by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984, it would take a couple more years before it would be seen […]
Long before his incredibly lofty goals in gaming became its own topic of conversation, Peter Molyneux and the team at Bullfrog Productions (including Glenn Corpes, Kevin Donkin and Les Edgar – credits via Wikipedia) were responsible for a game that defined a genre that even its creators were […]
Back in the mid to late 80’s there was a popular children’s television show here that had kids facing off against each other on a number of popular arcade games. This was the perfect time for Sega’s “Super Scaler” arcade machines to blow little kid’s minds away with […]
Leading a revolution is one thing. Having to do so in the punishing environment of a post-apocalyptic winter is a slightly more complicated matter. This is what faced players of Midwinter, a first person action and strategy game designed by Mike Singleton and Maelstrom Games. First arriving on […]
With games such as Sea of Thieves and Skull and Bones making pirates new and interesting again while not relying on Jack Sparrow to save them, it’s easy to forget that there’s a long history of great pirate games over the years. The Monkey Island series were stand […]
In a time before Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, Activision had another smash hit that seemed like it was everywhere yet licensing soon stopped them in their tracks. It didn’t stop them from churning out new versions of it though. That game is 1995’s […]
When the 32bit consoles arrived in force in the early to mid 1990’s they also ushered in a new generation of impressive polygonal based games. One thing that was missing from these new titles though was a true character indicative of the generation. The last had Mario and […]
It seemed that with Metal Gear Solid (1998) and its sequel (2001) Konami had the third person stealth genre to themselves. However Ubisoft would soon step in with their take and give the house that Kojima built some real competition. Using the military and espionage themes of author […]
It might seem a bit of a cheat to label a whole series of games as “the greatest” but I think it is also hard to argue that Civilization is not deserving of being regarded as being one of the best strategy games of all time, in all […]
Released in 1983 for the Apple II, Atari 8bit and Commodore families as well as the IBM PC, Doug Smith’s Lode Runner was amongst a string of hits from publisher Brøderbund that included Choplifter and Karateka. With shades of arcade, platform and puzzle games all rolled into one, […]
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 