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The first game that Lewis ever played was “Horace Goes Skiing” on the ZX Spectrum. Yes, he’s that old.

Tag: Nostalgia

  • You can never go back: the Play Expo Blackpool Retro Special

    You can never go back: the Play Expo Blackpool Retro Special

    I loved seeing all the historic arcade cabinets and retro consoles at Play Expo Blackpool – but sometimes old games are best left in the past.

  • Pokémon Go is giving mobile gaming a fresh start

    This quote from a Eurogamer article published today really leapt out at me: “And you could even argue – justifiably, I think – that Pokémon Go is in the process of rehabilitating mobile gaming itself with a whole sector of gamers that had grown disenchanted with it, and who form a natural constituency for Nintendo’s…

  • Like sands through an hourglass, so are the games of our lives

    I’m not scared on much. I balk at the ideas that spiders are to be feared, I ogle some of the most deadly snakes right in the eyes, and walk through dark alleyways at night like they’re fields full of flowers.  But the things I am scared of are stupid, inane, and quite simply irrational.…

  • Do kids still draw video game logos?

    I’m feeling old. I don’t know my Iggy Azalea from my Ariana Grande and have no idea what the kids of today think is cool. I mean I still think Faith No More and Mr Bungle are cool, but i’m becoming painfully aware that to the modern generations, they’re basically their versions of what the…

  • If you don’t remember the 90’s, you don’t know the meaning of hype

    Hype is an absolutely amazing and wonderful thing that is sure to play into your future nostalgia in a very significant way.  While sometimes it can lead to unfounded excitement once you’ve got your shiny new game home, usually it is enough to build an incredibly strong memory of playing a game that will last…