I recently rewatched all of the Fast and Furious movies as part of my deep dive into the #FastandFuriverse. One thing that struck me was how integral the big set piece stunts were in the franchise. Many of the films have incredible stunts, done in fresh ways that actually…
Planned and designed by Toru Iwatani, Pac-Man is without doubt one of the most iconic video games of all time. Obviously, Mario and Sonic are universally known to gamers and non-gamers alike, but I would argue that the aliens from Space Invaders and the Pac-Man…
I sometimes get offered gifts from companies who are looking for reviews, but I normally refuse them because the items being offered aren’t very relevant to me, and I would only want to receive something that was genuinely something I would be interested in and…
Definitions of exactly what constitutes “retro” gaming are ten a penny. Everyone’s got an opinion about retro, and it usually boils down to when you were born and what sort of games you played when you were younger. For some, retro means 1980s, NES, Sega…
In my continuing excitement about the upcoming Spectrum Next computer, which continues the legacy of the classic Sinclair ZX Spectrum and all its iterations, I’ve been reminiscing about just how great the UK gaming scene has been over the years, and still is now. Even…
I wrap up my Fast and Furious deep dive by watching The Fate of the Furious. I’m going to watch Hobbs & Shaw at some point but I’m not rushing to see it for this series of blog posts, as I understand that the story…
The competitive gaming scene has soared in popularity over the past five years and it now has more than 400 million fans across the globe. They are attracted by the opportunity to see the world’s finest gamers lock horns in exhilarating battles as they bid…
My excitement for the upcoming Spectrum Next is rising. It’s making me think back to all the great ZX Spectrum games that I grew up with. Literally grew up with. Some of my earliest memeries, when I was six years old, are of playing on…
So, I now move on to Fast & Furious 7 in my deep dive rewatching of the Fast and Furious series. This is the last one that I had seen before. I haven’t seen 8 at all yet. And I know this is the last…
Here’s something crazy: eSports top tournaments pay their champions more money than most conventional sports personalities earn in a given competition! The earnings top tournaments pay for top teams will make you wonder why you are still breaking a sweat in the field instead of getting in…