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My Darius Gaiden Laserdisc grail. Oh, and a history lesson (sort of).
“All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish.” – Harold F. Blaisdell, ‘The Philosophical Fisherman’, 1969Early December 2011, slightly bored, I...
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A flip through the pages of the Famitsu Weekly ‘Nintendo Special’.
“I can’t quite put my finger on what makes Japanese magazines so special. Maybe it’s the layout of the pages and what appears to be the wealth of information kicked and stuffed in to each and every...
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Mommy’s boy! Nathan Fouts of Mommy’s Best Games chats to Pink Bullets!
“I play shmups to travel to different places. My favorite shmups combine great mechanics with some place I like to visit and encountering entities that surprise me.” – Nathan FoutsIf his games Game...
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WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Rev-ved Up! We chat with G.Rev president Hiroyuki Maruyama!
“The game industry in general is having a hard time and we refocus on social games and new revenue avenues. But we won’t give up!” – Hiroyuki Maruyama, President. G.Rev. If ever a video game company...
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Ketsui. The SHMUP that gives you just that little bit EXTRA!
“I am on the verge of writing a letter to the World Health Organization demanding this game be shipped with a health warning, or at the very least be available only on prescription from authorized...
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My favourite arcade stick. The Micomsoft XE-1 HE Pro.
“The XE-1 HE Pro simply oozes quality from every aspect. Indeed somewhere on the box it should say Made by God instead of Made in Japan.”“Oh it’s broken is it? You’ve only had that thing five minutes!”...
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Welcome all ye knaves and wenches to the Kingdom Grand Prix!
“I’d like to know who invented eating outside. You can’t blame Neanderthals. They had no choice but to eat outside in the open air. Either that or be eaten alive by a dinosaur should they have wished...
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(Almost) Live from Hell City. Part 1.
I am 32 years old, I’ve wanted a robot since I was 6 and have dreamed of visiting Japan since the very first time I leafed through the ‘Live From Hell City‘ articles by Peter Evans in Super Play...
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(Almost) Live from Hell City. Part 2.
“What kind of game centre blasts out James Blunt – You’re Beautiful over the sound system?”So I’m here, I’m in Japan and I’ve an itinerary as long as Santa’s address book of what will be seen and what...
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A ‘super’ chat with INH boss Minoru Ikeda!
“Since 1995 the market has been in steady decline. I established INH to protect these games.” – Minoru Ikeda, INH Co. LtdSince the dawn of time people, animals and things have been embroiled in...
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