retro Archive

  • Arcadian Rhythms casts once more into your ears with entirely sober conversation around games future, present and past.

    AR Podcast #3: Hate Crimes, The Podcast

    Arcadian Rhythms casts once more into your ears with entirely sober conversation around games future, present and past.

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  • Arcadian Rhythms goes tri-national as MWM recounts his experiences, past and present, with Jet Force Gemini on the N64.

    Jet Force Gemini: Retrospective

    Arcadian Rhythms goes tri-national as MWM recounts his experiences, past and present, with Jet Force Gemini on the N64.

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  • EDF Week Part Deux begins, introducing our centrepiece <i>Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon</i> review and several retro reviews through the medium of ineptitude.

    EDF Week Part Deux

    EDF Week Part Deux begins, introducing our centrepiece Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon review and several retro reviews through the medium of ineptitude.

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  • It's the age-old conundrum: enjoying the sun vs. videogame fun.

    It’s Friday, it’s sunny, but there ain’t no game at the beach

    It's the age-old conundrum: enjoying the sun vs. videogame fun.

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  • Contributor Kevin Smale looks back and hopes that someone sees a future for some of the games from his past

    Pleased to meet you – time for a remake

    Contributor Kevin Smale looks back and hopes that someone sees a future for some of the games from his past

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  • Part 2 in a series engaging with arguments for and against a videogame canon. I look at the arguments against a videogame canon, and draw my own conclusions about how efforts toward a canon could proceed.

    On a Videogame Canon (Part 2)

    Part 2 in a series engaging with arguments for and against a videogame canon. I look at the arguments against a videogame canon, and draw my own conclusions about how efforts toward a canon could proceed.

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  • Part one in a series engaging with arguments for and against a videogame canon. In this part I attend to arguments for a videogame canon, and examine the flaws in such arguments.

    On a Videogame Canon (Part 1)

    Part one in a series engaging with arguments for and against a videogame canon. In this part I attend to arguments for a videogame canon, and examine the flaws in such arguments.

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  • Dade is supposed to be cool, misunderstood and rebelling against the 'system' and 'the man'. Really, though, the film turns him into a right-wing wet dream.

    Hackers: The Film: The Review

    Dade is supposed to be cool, misunderstood and rebelling against the 'system' and 'the man'. Really, though, the film turns him into a right-wing wet dream.

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  • This post is directly inspired by a post of a similar name on AJ's personal site, badgercommander.net, in which he considered the question "why game?"

    SG ruminates: Why Game?

    This post is directly inspired by a post of a similar name on AJ's personal site, badgercommander.net, in which he considered the question "why game?"

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  • Question of the Week for 8th Feb: Did anyone actually beat the final level of <i>Syndicate Wars</i>?

    QOTW: F*ck Your Space Elevator

    Question of the Week for 8th Feb: Did anyone actually beat the final level of Syndicate Wars?

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