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What games should be on the Game Boy Mini? [UPDATED]

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Wouldn’t it be amazing if Nintendo made a Game Boy Mini? If they did, here are the games they should definitely put on it…

Lewis Packwood 30 November 2017 Features

You like Castlevania, don’t you? Part IV

Symphony of the Night is not just hands-down the greatest Castlevania game of all time, but I also consider […]

Virtuanaut 23 September 2017 Features, Reviews

You like Castlevania, don’t you? Part II

We return to the wild world of Castlevania with The Castlevania Adventure and its sequel Belmont’s Revenge, both for the […]

Virtuanaut 24 June 2017 Reviews

Spiffing Reads: Sonic’s Tweets, Biased Game Journalists and Link’s Awakening

Just a trio of articles on Spiffing Reads this week, kicking off with a comeback from Sonic in […]

Lewis Packwood 16 September 2016 Spiffing Reads

Advertising drivel: What rhymes with Nintendo?

I love old advertisements and marketing material. They in many ways embody a time and place better than […]

___ 20 July 2016 Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #20 (1995) Primal Rage

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 11 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #21 (1994) Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 11 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #22 (1993) The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots!

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 11 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #25 (1990) King of the Zoo

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 8 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

The Bright side of the Moon – the upside to the Game Boy’s monochromatic screen

It doesn’t take long to get me ranting and raving about how bloody fantastic the film Moon is. […]

___ 6 March 2015 Uncategorized

Online multiplayer? Sorry that’s not legal tender – how online competition trades in a foreign currency

I’ve never paid for a day of Xbox Live Gold  in my life.  It looks weird to see […]

___ 8 February 2015 Opinions

Racing to 31: 31 racing game greats – #24 Super RC Pro-Am (1992)

It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old […]

___ 6 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

From The Armchair: Old Skool Gaming

What ho, chums. Last week I found myself in the unusual position of having nothing to play on […]

Lewis Packwood 7 May 2014 From The Armchair, Opinions

30 Years of Video Games – Donkey Kong (1994)

I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 […]

___ 10 November 2013 30 Years of Video games

30 Years of Video Games – Dr Franken (1992)

I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 […]

___ 8 November 2013 30 Years of Video games

I Can’t Believe They Made: A Task for Blockers and Bombers

For me Lemmings is video games.  Put a picture of a little man with flowing green hair and […]

___ 20 May 2013 Uncategorized

Primal Rage’s scaleable logo

Primal Rage is pretty awesome.  I admit that it’s not the deepest, most playable, best designed, best looking, […]

___ 6 April 2013 Pulp

There is more than one way to kill a Dirk the Daring

Dragon’s Lair is kind of retarded.  Not retarded as in ‘that Downton Abbey show is retarded how good […]

___ 26 March 2013 Uncategorized

Good Morning my name is Agro and welcome to my video game.

I have always thought that Australia is a net importer of culture.  We get what I feel like […]

___ 24 March 2013 Uncategorized

Hey, remember the old days?

Sometimes when I sit back and really think about how much everything, including videogames have changed since I […]

___ 23 March 2013 Pulp

Link’s Awakening Cruelly Curtailed

I underwent a somewhat traumatic experience last weekend: while I was on holiday in France, my Nintendo 3DS […]

Lewis Packwood 9 February 2013 Reviews

Graphics so real you’ll forget it’s only a game

I love portable gaming.  The sheer audacity for Capcom to claim that the graphics are ‘So Real You’ll […]

___ 29 January 2012 Pulp
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