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Best of Movie Tie-Ins (Part 1)

By Chris Needham6 min read

X-Men Origins: Wolverine The movie may have left alot of fans dissapointed but the game of the movie suprised most. The main story points are the same, the character likenesses…

The Atari Video Game Burial

By Chris Needham4 min read

Background E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was a 1982 movie from Steven Spielberg that gained huge success and was the highest grossing movie of its time. The story focuses on a young,…

Gaming Rewind: 1989

By Chris Needham3 min read

Other than yours truly joining civilisation, 1989 was a busy year amongst gamers. Many big name titles were released, some of which would be the start of great series' which…

History of WWE Games, 1999-2013

By Chris Mawson8 min read

SmackDown! series (1999-2003) Having acquired the WWF video game licence and taken over the rights from previous publisher Acclaim, THQ looked to Japanese developer Yuke's – and their Toukon Retsuden…

Great Gaming Easter Eggs, Part 2

By Chris Mawson4 min read

Fallout New Vegas (2010): Indiana Jones' skeleton One of our favourite Easter eggs in recent years came in Fallout: New Vegas, where, with the Wild Wasteland trait enabled, players could…

Great Gaming Easter Eggs, Part 1

By Chris Mawson4 min read

Adventure (1979): one of the earliest Easter eggs! Back in 1979, Atari seldom credited its authors for their work. As a result, Adventure creator Warren Robinett introduced possibly the earliest…