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Jan142022
Game Design VaultHistory of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

Hopeless: kicking the prime minister’s butt in space – A talk with John Vanderaart

January 14, 2022Leave a comment
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Jan72022
Game Design VaultModern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

January 7, 2022Leave a comment
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Dec292021
Game Design VaultModern gaming

Goodbye 2021 – A lookback on (almost) everything I played

December 29, 2021Leave a comment
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Dec272021
Game Design VaultModern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator

December 27, 2021Leave a comment
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Dec192021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

Interview with Rick Gush – Writing for Westwood Studios

December 19, 2021Leave a comment
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Dec102021
Game Design VaultHistory of Videogames

Nirvana X-Rom – Wired Into Your Brain

December 10, 20211 Comment
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Dec42021
Game Design VaultModern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – Echo Generation

December 4, 2021Leave a comment
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Nov262021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

Interview with Larry Ahern – Part 2 of 2 – Following up Full Throttle, Insecticide and Disney

November 26, 2021Leave a comment
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Nov192021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

The History of Light Shock Software – Putting the Q in QA

November 19, 2021Leave a comment
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Nov62021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

Interview with John Holder (Mastertronic, Leader): the dawn of the Italian gaming market

November 6, 2021Leave a comment
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Oct292021
Game Design VaultHistory of Videogames

Quirky & Weird C64 – Friday The 13th – Losing your head to 8 bit

October 29, 2021Leave a comment
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Sep222021
Modern gaming

Indie Game Of The Week – If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers

September 22, 2021Leave a comment
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Sep122021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

The history of Trecision – Part III : big money, small hopes

September 12, 2021Leave a comment
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Sep92021
Game Design VaultInterviews and small talks

The Genesis Temple Podcast – Season 1

September 9, 2021Leave a comment
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Sep22021
Game Design VaultHistory of Videogames

Sonic Spinball – from beloved mascot to hired slave

September 2, 20213 Comments
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Aug292021
Interviews and small talks

The Genesis Temple Podcast #8 – Julia Minamata (The Crimson Diamond, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator)

August 29, 2021Leave a comment
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Aug222021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

The history of Trecision – Part II : farewell to adventure games

August 22, 2021Leave a comment
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Aug102021
Interviews and small talks

The Genesis Temple Podcast #6 – Jay Tholen (Hypnospace Outlaw, Dropsy)

August 10, 2021Leave a comment
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Aug62021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

The history of Trecision – Part I – Let the games do the talking

August 6, 20211 Comment
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Jul182021
Game Design VaultModern gaming

Reviewing my experience in reviewing: 1996-2021

July 18, 20212 Comments
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Jun42021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

Interview with Larry Ahern (Lucasarts, Crackpot Entertainment) – Part 1 of 2

June 4, 2021Leave a comment
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Apr232021
Game Design VaultModern gaming

Interactive tears: emotions in videogame design and storytelling

April 23, 20212 Comments
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Apr102021
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – Enigma Force

April 10, 20212 Comments
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Apr22021
Game Design Vault

The Iron Mask – the first Omnichannel videogame

April 2, 2021Leave a comment
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Mar62021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

Once we were giants: the history of Simulmondo – Italy’s first software house – Part II

March 6, 2021Leave a comment
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Feb272021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

Once we were giants: the history of Simulmondo – Italy’s first software house – Part I

February 27, 2021Leave a comment
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Jan202021
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

The Big Italian Adventure: The history of Dynabyte Software

January 20, 20212 Comments
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Jan162021
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – Rocket Ball

January 16, 20211 Comment
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Dec192020
Game Design Vault

Unapologetically Appreciating / Pleurghburg – Dark Ages

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Nov142020
Game Design VaultInterviews and small talks

Skitchin’ – Lovin’ trashin’ bitchin’

November 14, 2020Leave a comment
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Nov62020
History of Videogames

SEGA’s Dolce Vita – the marketing of Sega in Italy (1984 – 2001)

November 6, 20205 Comments
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Oct152020
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – The Detective (Game)

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Oct32020
History of Videogames

Selling Mario to Italians: the untold story of Nintendo in Italy

October 3, 202011 Comments
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Sep182020
Modern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

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Sep102020
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – Buggy Boy

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Sep32020
Modern gaming

Call of Cthulhu – at the Mountains of Hit and Miss

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Aug292020
Interviews and small talks

Interview with Craig Stitt – from Sonic the Hedgehog to Spyro the Dragon

August 29, 2020Leave a comment
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Aug262020
Modern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – Speed Dating for Ghosts

August 26, 2020Leave a comment
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Aug202020
Game Design VaultHistory of Videogames

Sega Technical Institute – the history & the games

August 20, 2020Leave a comment
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Aug112020
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – Entombed

August 11, 2020Leave a comment
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Aug52020
Modern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – Eliza

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Jul292020
Game Design Vault

The Illusions of gaming – a retrospective on Mickey Mouse platformers

July 29, 2020Leave a comment
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Jul222020
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – Mancopter

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Jul142020
Modern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – Pilgrims

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Jul102020
Game Design Vault

The Buck Rogers Saga – Part 2 – Enter the Matrix Cubed

July 10, 2020Leave a comment
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Jul22020
Modern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – Don’t Open the Doors

July 2, 2020Leave a comment
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Jun282020
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – Hunchback at the Olympics

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Jun242020
Modern gaming

Indie Game of the Week – Do Not Feed the Monkeys

June 24, 2020Leave a comment
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Jun202020
Game Design Vault

Harvester – pre-packaged shrink wrapped FMV nihilism

June 20, 2020Leave a comment
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Jun112020
History of Videogames

A swashbuckling tale of Italian software piracy – 1983-1993

June 11, 20204 Comments
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Jun62020
Game Design Vault

The Zombies Ate My Neighbours family: Lucasarts’ Ghoul Patrol and Herc’s Adventures

June 6, 2020Leave a comment
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May302020
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo

May 30, 2020Leave a comment
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May232020
Game Design Vault

Pac-man 2 – the new mid-life crisis

May 23, 2020Leave a comment
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May162020
Game Design Vault

Quirky and Weird C64 – Raid on Bungeling Bay

May 16, 20201 Comment
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May92020
Game Design Vault

Sim Copter – how we learned hurting Sims is fun

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May22020
Game Design Vault

Quirky and weird C64 – Tunnelvision

May 2, 2020Leave a comment
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Apr272020
Game Design Vault

The Buck Rogers saga – Part 1 – Countdown from 8 to 16 bit

April 27, 20206 Comments
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Apr202020
History of VideogamesInterviews and small talks

Tony Tough – a history of friendship and betrayal

April 20, 2020Leave a comment
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Apr132020
Game Design Vault

Quirky and Weird C64 – Rootin’ Tootin’

April 13, 2020Leave a comment
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Apr42020
History of Videogames

The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – part 3 – False hopes and promises

April 4, 2020Leave a comment
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Mar282020
Game Design Vault

Z – a juvenile RTS pure distillate

March 28, 2020Leave a comment
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Mar212020
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – (Old) Skool Daze

March 21, 2020Leave a comment
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Mar132020
Game Design Vault

The Lawnmower Man licensed games – Backdoor to tie-in lunacy

March 13, 20202 Comments
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Mar72020
Game Design Vault

Quirky & Weird C64 – Trolls and Tribulations

March 7, 2020Leave a comment
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Mar42020
Game Design Vault

Daughter of Serpents: The Scroll of Confusion

March 4, 2020Leave a comment
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Feb292020
Game Design Vault

Rings of Power – Naughty Dog’s last pure game

February 29, 20207 Comments
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Feb272020
Interviews and small talks

Interview with Delve Interactive’s Danny Hayes – Game designer for CHANGE

February 27, 2020Leave a comment
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Feb222020
Game Design Vault

Quirky and weird C64 – Fiona Rides Out

February 22, 2020Leave a comment
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Feb152020
Interviews and small talks

A long talk with Anne Bras, Guinness record holder for world’s largest collection of boxed PC games

February 15, 20201 Comment
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Feb122020
Modern gaming

Blasphemous – a religious nostalgic experience

February 12, 20201 Comment
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Feb82020
Game Design Vault

Loom: the forgotten Lucasarts classic adventure game played in 2020

February 8, 20202 Comments
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Feb12020
Game Design Vault

Plan 9 from Outer Space – the best worst tie-in game

February 1, 2020Leave a comment
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Jan272020
Modern gaming

From Rags to Change: homeless simulators in modern gaming culture

January 27, 2020Leave a comment
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Jan242020
Game Design Vault

It’s been a Steamy week #6 – Ring in the new year(sale)

January 24, 2020Leave a comment
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Jan202020
History of Videogames

The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – Part 2 – Children of the Dead

January 20, 2020Leave a comment
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Jan172020
Modern gaming

It’s been a Steamy week #5 – Nostalgia’s a two headed beast

January 17, 2020Leave a comment
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Jan132020
Interviews and small talks

Interview with Luca Dalcò – game designer for The Town of Light

January 13, 20201 Comment
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Jan102020
Modern gaming

It’s been a Steamy week #4 – Click your troubles away

January 10, 2020Leave a comment
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Jan62020
History of Videogames

The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – Part 1 – Dead and Buried

January 6, 2020Leave a comment
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Jan32020
Modern gaming

It’s been a Steamy week #3 – Apocalypse later

January 3, 2020Leave a comment
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Dec302019
Game Design VaultHistory of Videogames

1999 – the year of Pc game sequels

December 30, 2019Leave a comment
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Dec272019
Game Design Vault

Dead End: the most dreaded adventure game feature

December 27, 2019Leave a comment
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Dec232019
Modern gaming

Best designed game of 2019 : Hypnospace Outlaw

December 23, 2019Leave a comment
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Dec202019
Modern gaming

It’s been a Steamy week #2 – the Steamville armageddon

December 20, 2019Leave a comment
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Dec162019
Game Design Vault

Realms of the Haunting – an action adventure FPS with Full Motion Videos

December 16, 2019Leave a comment
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Dec132019
Modern gaming

It’s been a Steamy week #1 – Baby it’s cold outside

December 13, 2019Leave a comment
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Dec92019
Game Design Vault

The Nomad Soul – David Bowie and the thin white virtual actor (1999)

December 9, 2019Leave a comment
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Dec62019
Game Design Vault

4D Sports Boxing – 3D Boxing before 3D (1991)

December 6, 2019Leave a comment
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Nov282019
Game Design Vault

Bad Mojo – FMV done right (1996)

November 28, 2019Leave a comment
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Nov252019
Modern gaming

Dicey Dungeons – heroes welcome to die

November 25, 2019Leave a comment
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Nov222019
Game Design Vault

Mad Tv – the Original executive TV producer simulator (1991)

November 22, 20195 Comments
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Nov182019
Game Design Vault

Blackstone Chronicles – An Adventure in Terror (1998)

November 18, 2019Leave a comment
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Nov152019
Game Design Vault

Blood Guts and Gore: Haunting starring Polterguy (1993)

November 15, 2019Leave a comment
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Nov132019
Interviews and small talks

Interview with Jim DuBois on PC game Majesty

November 13, 20191 Comment
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Nov72019
Game Design Vault

Johnny Castaway – no Johnny is an island (1992)

November 7, 2019Leave a comment
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Nov72019
Game Design Vault

Majesty, the Fantasy Kingdom Sim – one King to rule them all (2000)

November 7, 20192 Comments
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I got the ok to release this made in Italy 1993 MS-DOS conversion of Overdrive (Team 17's Amiga top-down racing game). Commissioned by the English studio, then refused because of a few bugs.
Runs smoother than the official '95 conversion with improvements.
https://archive.org/details/Overdrive_Unreleased

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This is how pirate cassettes were being sold in Italy to clueless children and parents. Attractive packaging, random game names, non-existent quality control and a low price (basically today's 4€ for five games).
Some of these "magazines" even gave you free t-shirts.

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Please read former SGI employee Steve Shepard's blog post 'Project Reality: Making the Nintendo 64' if you'd like to know about the early development of the N64 and its RCP. @steveshepard
https://steveshepard.com/blog/making-the-nintendo-64/

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