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John Szczepaniak’s Iberian quest. The Catalonian cultural tradition of the Caganer is celebrated by these odd littlesouvenirs After the success of my academic talk in Birmingham in May, Dr Victor Navarro Remesal invited me to give a guest lecture to his students at the TecnoCampus University in Mataró, Spain. The state of current games education…
About This Episode We head back to the theatre for latest kaiju team-up movie from Legendary pictures, check out a capable mini computer with a budget price that just might surprise you, and play a new arcade-style indie game featuring a cow with a pickaxe gathering gems! Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Discord » GenXGrownUp.com/discord Facebook »…
Awesome gaming presents for every budget. Looking for the best Christmas gifts for gamers? Or hoping to stumble across the perfect treat for that retro gaming fan in your life? Well, you’ve certainly come to the right place. Whether it’s retro games consoles, accessories, books, or clothing you’re after – or even if you haven’t…
Comes with a new online mode. Limited Run Games is releasing a physical version of Sega’s classic Virtua Fighter 2 on Xbox consoles. The original 1994 arcade game is considered to be one of the most influential examples of the genre ever made and was ported to the Saturn and Genesis in the ’90s. It…
Title has come under fire for using generative AI imagery. Indie title Moons of Darsalon certainly has a strong look, with pre-rendered visuals which could have come out of a PS1 or GBA title, as well as some home micro-style intermission scenes – and soon, console players will get to see what all the fuss…
“It’s all running”. We recently reported on the development of the promising Multisystem 2, an “all-in-one” MiSTer FPGA console which aims to take some of the effort out of FPGA gaming. We’ve already seen the main board design for this upcoming console, and now the team behind it has shared some images of it in…
Yu Suzuki’s next outing is on mobile. Legendary game designer Yu Suzuki’s latest game was shown off during last night’s Game Awards, and is coming to smartphones (via Netflix) in 2025. No gameplay of Steel Paws was shown off, but we do know that it will see the player “embark on a dynamic action adventure”…
Japanese fans missed out on Sol-Feace’s Mega Drive port back in 1992. The Mega Drive / Genesis version of Wolf Team’s horizontal shooter Sol-Feace is finally being given a physical release in Japan next year, Columbus Circle has announced. Sol Feace was originally launched in 1990 for the Sharp X68000 as a Japanese exclusive, before…
“Some say Ken Kutaragi is still waiting to get on stage at The Game Awards”. The Game Awards 2024 was pretty special, giving a bruised and battered games industry a much-needed fillup as it shuffles painfully into 2025. It was also attended by some pretty big names, including “the father of PlayStation” himself, Ken Kutaragi….
I remember reading a quote once by famed French novelist and literary critic Marcel Proust: “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” In that vein, our zeal for the experiences of yesteryear as gamers often unintentionally overrides how we actually experienced them originally. More often than not, we…