Earthworm Jim was a common or garden worm, transformed by a suit of immense power that somehow MacGuffined it’s way onto his body. This set in motion a quest to defeat evil Queen Slug-For-A-Butt and rescue Princess Whats-Her-Name. Continue reading

Daigo Umehara has won an astonishing 15 national and international Street Fighter tournaments; an achievement now officially recognized as a world-record by Guinness World Records. Continue reading

Codemaster’s Dizzy – he wears red boxing gloves and boots, loves a game of cricket and is the star of some of the greatest videogames of the 1980s. Continue reading | 1 Comment

There are only three rules I adhere to when purchasing games: No buying games on release day; no purchasing sequels until the next volume in the series is released; no consoles within a year of launch date. Continue reading

With the release of Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and DJ Hero – and that’s without mentioning rival music games Lips, Sing Star and Beatles: Rock Band, etc – surely we’re seeing a level of market saturation the likes of which the games industry has never seen. Continue reading

A fine list of games I’m sure you’ll agree but let us know what you think. What would you swap? What wouldn’t you touch with a bargepole? If we get enough (decent) comments we’ll put a reader’s alternative list up or, even better, write to us and we’ll post the best suggestions. Continue reading

When Nights Into Dreams was released, it was the consensus among my few Saturn-owning friends that it was our mate Wiggy’s turn to obtain it. The pressure on his parents increased as summer hovered into view, his July birthday looming ever nearer. Continue reading

Here’s part one in our run down of the most important games ever, releases which have shaped us as gamers and the industry as a whole; comments and suggestions much appreciated! Continue reading

With Super Street Fighter IV taking the fight to home consoles around the world what better time to discuss the seminal series’ history, starting with the oft-overlooked Street Fighter – where, oh where, would we be without it? Continue reading