My memory is that one of the TV ads said that “Micro Machines have the power to move”. That was one of the straplines wasn’t it? Well this book, “Micro But Many: An Unofficial Micro Machines Collection” certainly moved me when I opened it up….
Mobile gaming is now a huge multibillion-dollar industry. Driven by convenience, innovative technology, and massive investment, the market boasts a widespread appeal that saw App Store and Google Play sales grow 12.8% in 2019. The rise of popular console and PC games like PUBG and…
I’m writing this one during the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020, and like a lot of people I’ve been watching slightly more TV and movies than normal. I actually didn’t have as much spare time as I thought I would, but at the start of lockdown…
Vlogging has quickly become one of the central forms of entertainment for thousands of people worldwide and is easily replacing television. Across YouTube and Twitch, there are thousands of channels for every niche and hobby you can think of. From food vlogs to fitness, here…
As someone who has been actively enjoying and researching retro stuff for many years, and runs a retro website, it can be hard for me to get that ‘nostalgia hit’ as strong as I used to. Just because a lot of things have become ‘fresh’…
Sometimes video games aren’t just about the main game themselves. Game developers often add mini games inside their game as a hidden easter egg. Other times, however, it is an official part of the main game, either to let your character have some downtime, have…
Japan is popular for a lot of things in the West. We all know about sushi, Nintendo, and anime, among many other things, but few of us are familiar with the games that people play there. As it happens, there are lots of them and…
It’s always exciting when another book from Bitmap Books drops through the letterbox. This time it’s the turn of the Atari 2600/7800 to get the Bitmap Books treatment. I’m a bit of a fanboy of Bitmap Books. I’ve got all their Visual Compendiums, as you…
If we need help these days, on a subject, skill or hobby, all we have to do is reach for the internet. The world wide web can help us enjoy all our entertainment and hobbies. If we have old toys from the 80s that have…
It’s no secret that WarGames is my all time favourite film. It’s my ‘comfort film’, and I’ve easily seen it more than any other film. Unfortunately, however, there isn’t much merchandise for it. There was no movie storybook that I can see, there was no…