Why Crash Bandicoot Never Quite Hit the Same in the UK – A PlayStation Memory
Right, here’s something that’s been bugging me for years – everyone bangs on about Crash Bandicoot being this massive PlayStation icon, and I get it,...
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Dragging CRT Monitors Up Stairs and Other LAN Party War Stories
I can still feel that bloody great CRT monitor trying to slip out of my sweaty hands as I navigated Tom’s parents’ narrow staircase. Thirty-two...
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When Your Wife Thinks Gaming Is Just Expensive Nonsense – My Seven-Year Journey From Controller Catastrophe to Co-op Victory
The most terrifying boss I’ve ever faced wasn’t some eight-bit nightmare from my Amiga days or even that bastard difficult final level in Shadow of...
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Why 80s and 90s Star Wars Games Still Matter More Than Modern Efforts
Right, so I need to tell you about the time Star Wars games actually meant something, back when LucasArts knew what they were doing and...
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The Gaming Lies We Believed Before Google Ruined Everything
Christ, I miss the days when you couldn’t just whip out your phone and fact-check every mental gaming rumour that did the rounds at school....
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When Games Were the Devil’s Work: My Journey Through Gaming’s Moral Panic Years
I was thirteen when my mam discovered my copy of Mortal Kombat hidden under a stack of Amiga Format magazines. She’d come into my room...
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Why Castlevania Became My Gateway to Proper Gothic Gaming
Right, I need to be honest from the start – I came to Castlevania later than most people. Growing up in the UK meant different...
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Watching Gaming’s Future Unfold: What’s Coming Next After Four Decades of Evolution
Had this proper moment the other week while setting up my nephew’s PlayStation 5 – he’s back from uni for the holidays and wanted to...
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Why I Still Miss My Plastic Guitar (And the Golden Age of Living Room Rock Stars)
I was stood in Currys PC World in 2006, hunting for a replacement power lead for my knackered PlayStation 2, when I spotted this proper...
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When Gaming Hit Puberty: My Front-Row Seat to the 3D Revolution
Right, so I’ve got to tell you about the first time I encountered proper 3D gaming, because it was one of those moments that completely...
