For everyone who grew up in the 1980’s, there are a few constants that are forever going to be apart of the very fabric of popular culture – films like Goonies and Breakfast Club – but nothing quite tops the list quite like Back to the Future. Certainly enough, I…
For those of you who don’t watch the brilliant Unskippable, it’s basically the Mystery Science Theatre of videogames. It’s always consistently funny and definitely worth your time. Especially when they riff on stupid as hell cut scenes, which Vanquish has plenty of. The gang did a two parter just for…
Being the first to admit it, Battletoads is probably one of the most ridiculously, unforgiving video games in the history of the medium. Not that that single fact makes it a bad game, on the contrary, Battletoads has earned a legacy that is easily the equal of Sonic, Mario or…
Recently UK gaming magazine, Xbox World 360 decided to do an article about the various secrets of the industry. In this feature they asked the head of Sonic Team Takashi Iizuka to explain the secrets of making 2D gameplay work. For all you would be game developers, his words may…
For those of you not in the know, Sega are releasing their latest strategy game Shogun 2 sometime later this year. Personally I’ve been interested since I saw the kind of art style they were going for. But either way, the above interview is made for all you newcomers to…
This week’s episode finally gets us into Capcom’s Sega Saturn days. We start off with the last few Genesis releases: The Great Circus Mystery, Saturday Night Slam Masters, and The Punisher and end with the always amazing Street Fighter: The Movie and X-Men:Children of the Atom. Outline: 00:00:00 – Really…
It’s that time again! Sometimes I think I’ve done a few too many of these, and then I remember a game I haven’t had a chance to honour yet. Today’s lucky remembered is Treasure’s Gunstar Heroes, which is one of the finest two-player games on the entire Mega Drive (It…