“IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING.” In our latest single platform, one console podcast we cast our minds back to the mid-2000s and Sony’s entry into the seventh generation. Leon, Karl, Ryan […]
Tag: PlayStation
Never underestimate the power of PlayStation
Inspired by our PlayStation special podcast, Ben Cartlidge of One Credit Classics remembers the profound effect it had on his gaming life. I had a fairly linear route with computers […]
Console Special: Sony PlayStation
“Do Not Underestimate The Power of PlayStation” Leon is joined by Jay, Karl and Tony for the second of our single format console special podcasts. Sony entered the videogames hardware […]
Resident Evil 2 Quick Rinse
In celebration of Capcom’s recent remake announcement, this here’s Darren Gargette playing Angel Studios’ ambitious N64 conversion of Resident Evil 2, as emulated (poorly) on PC. If you like these […]
Sound of Play: 16 – The videogame music podcast
Welcome once again to our podcast about our favourite videogame music – Sound of Play. For many of us, it’s hard to think of almost any videogame without our minds […]
Team Silent and their Silent Hill legacy
Team Silent, the developer behind the first four Silent Hill games, were a major player in the survival horror genre in the early 2000s. Though their personnel changed substantially during […]
Bloodborne and the etymology of horror
Bloodborne, the newly-released PlayStation 4 exclusive from legendary developer From Software, sets itself apart from its Demon’s and Dark Souls predecessors by being oriented around imagery of traditional horror rather […]
Music Monday: Chrono Trigger
Guest columnist Glen Watts takes time out to laud Yasunori Mitsuda’s Chrono Trigger score. It’s 1994 and Yasunori Mitsuda is not a happy man. Having joined Squaresoft two years previously […]
Music Monday: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
The original Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (or Circle of Blood if you’re in the US) is one of those games of which I retain immensely lucid memories. […]
Alien: Isolation
In your living room, everyone can hear you scream. Brian Tarran reviews The Creative Assembly’s spiritual sequel to the classic space-based survival horror movie, Alien: Isolation The first time it […]
Music Monday: Spelunky
I remember hearing a Scottish games journalist (whose name escapes me – many apologies) enthusing about the original, free PC version of Spelunky on his “Best Worst Games” feature on […]
Strider
Brian Tarran slices and dices his way through the 2014 remake of the ninja action adventure. If the 2014 remake of Strider was a car, it would be a mid-range […]