Gig Review: Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima (Fabric 30/11/17)

    When it was announced that London nightclub Fabric had lost its license back in 2016, It definitely felt like the end of an era. I can’t say i’d exactly been a regular, but i’d had enough fun nights at the club to briefly Read More …

In Defence of GEMS

  On the whole, sound engines aren’t something people tend to discuss. That’s perfectly understandable really: a sound engine is just a bit of code that allows composers to talk to the sound hardware contained in a console. Even in the relatively niche world of Read More …

OOky Spooky Halloween Fun: Devilish

    There are so many predictable choices for games to play over Halloween, aren’t there? Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Fatal Frame, Clock Tower. . . hang on, I appear to just be listing random “survival horror” titles here, but you get my point. Let’s Read More …

Fire & Forget II

Players: 1 If there was one thing the fledgling GX4000 needed, it was an unquestionably epic (and preferably exclusive) action title. In Fire & Forget II it almost had one. Though the original Fire and Forget appeared on everything from the Amiga down to the Read More …

The Secam 2600 was a thing of maligned beauty

    Analogue Televsion standards, eh. They’re not something you have to think about everyday, are they? That is, of course, unless you were French and bought an Atari VCS. If you were, instead of looking like this:         Your games would Read More …

Review a Bad Game Day 2017: Dark Castle

Generally I try and keep things positive on Review a Bad Game Day. After all, while a game can be bad overall, it can still have individual elements that are fun or noteworthy or just generally interesting. It’s very rare to find a game with Read More …

In Defence of. . Electronic Arts!?

Electronic Arts, eh. Why does everyone hate them so much? Ok, that’s a bit of an easy one to answer if I’m honest: Shutting popular studios,  unleashing Origin, the legacy of the Ea Spouse stuff, the revolving door of controversies surrounding their Downloadable Content Policies. . Read More …

Fatnick’s Album of the Week: Sega Sound Unit [H.] – 1st Album

Though his soundtrack for Fatnick-favourite Outrun is widely lauded, Sega composer Hiroshi “Hiro” Kawaguchi sadly doesn’t receive the same respect as some of his more famous soundtrack composing peers. This is a bit of a shame: Not only does his extensive back catalogue include the Read More …