formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
A second-hand Zelda cartridge. A cryptic forum thread. A generation of frightened children. This is the story of Ben Drowned – the internet’s most infamous video game ghost. Source: Ghost in the machine? How a ‘haunted’ N64 video game cartridge … Continued
It was the early 1990s and every teenager in the world knew about Street Fighter II. Originally released in the arcades and then on the SNES and Mega Drive consoles, the game featured a cast of weird, semi-magical combatants with … Continued
Their tech may have been primitive, but for 80s schoolchildren of a certain kind they had a glamour to equal any modern iPhone. Source: Space Invaders on your wrist: the glory years of Casio video game watches | Games | … Continued
The Lake District after the 1957 Windscale nuclear disaster is a great setting for a game – and gorgeously rendered. That doesn’t mean I want to endlessly keep traversing it. Source: Atomfall might have been an apocalyptic classic if it … Continued
A spell-casting high-school athlete ventures into the heart of southern folklore in this distinct yet uneven action adventure. Source: South of Midnight review – beautiful surfaces can’t hide thin gameplay | Games | The Guardian
Powered chiefly by enthusiasm and primitive publishing tech, these publications shaped the future of video games media. Source: Typewriters, stinky carpets and crazy press trips: what it was like working on video game mags in the 1980s | Games | … Continued