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Sociable Soccer, Is it Sensible? – Matthew Cawley
Pre-Season football is typically comprised of friendly competitions in order to get your team’s fitness and skill levels up in preparation for the real thing a few months before the season starts, well Jon Hare has kicked it into over drive with early access now available for Sociable Soccer. If you grew up in the […]
Press Play on Tape Podcast episode 28: PAX Australia Classic Gaming area preview
Engage Code Omega, it’s time for a pre-PAX Classing Gaming Area podcast!
Sociable Soccer Better than SWOS? Preview – Matthew Cawley
I was lucky enough to meet up with legendary developer & co-founder of Sensible Software, Jon “Jops” Hare in London recently. You may recognise this name as the person responsible for legendary games such as Cannon Fodder, Mega Lo Mania and the all time great, Sensible World of Soccer. The pending early access release of […]
Bartronica, Melbourne’s gaming time machine.
It’s the 80’s or for some of you the 90’s, you’ve received your first game console for your birthday. Little Timmy loved playing his first game of Alex Kidd while Amelia was jumping down sewers in Super Mario Bros. Fast forward to 2017 and you can now relive your nostalgia at Bartronica. Josh Egan Owner […]
The Universe According to the Bitmap Brothers
The Bitmap Brothers Universe Review The rock stars of gaming, the Bitmap Brothers are presented ever so elegantly in the pages researched and complied by Read Only Memory and authoritatively told by Duncan Harris. If you didn’t already know, the Bitmap Brothers were the creators of legendary games specifically for the Atari ST and the […]
Chris Walas. A master of his craft
In an age of digital effects, where heroes burst through buildings, transform into giant Green Goliaths and Battle Cruisers zoom through the far reaches of space, this old movie goer is a tad spoiled for visual effects. It’s amazing to watch, don’t get me wrong, but it lacks a certain, personal touch.
An interview with Yuen Woo Ping
I have to be honest and state that my favourite Martial Arts film of all time is Jackie Chan’s 1978 masterpiece “The Drunken Master”. It’s a simple story, of a young martial artist who has brought shame to his family, so his father arranges for beggar Su, the ‘Drunken Master’ to train him, in the […]
True Legend Review
True Legend tells the origin story of Su Can. A much celebrated General in the Chinese military, whom after rescuing a member of the Royal Family, is offered the position of Governor of Hu Bei province. Su Can has no such interest in this, and would much rather retire from the military and dedicate his […]
The Amityville Horror Collection
The Amityville Horror series! Just in time for Halloween is this great Collection of the first 3 films to get your skin crawling…
Garo The Animation Review
A devious wizard , a child born unto flame and the tale of the Makai, desperately trying to reform their Kingdom… Garo the animation is amazing.
Hammer Horror’s- The Gorgon!
Some mysterious murders in the countryside of Germany, where the victims turn to stone! Surely it couldn’t be the the work of…. an old Greek myth?
Attack on Titan Movie Collection – Review
One of the most popular animes had a highly anticipated live action version made…and despite the hate train chugging full steam ahead, this guy actually really dug it…alot.
Geekdom goes “Berserk!” (Golden Age Arc BluRay Collection)
Its not often an anime really grabs me, but Kentaro Miura’s Berserk is one that literally blows me away.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Blu Ray Collection
Biddi, Biddi, Biidi…Welcome back Buck! The Sci Fi soap opera of the late 70s and early 80’s is back! In HD Form!