Once we were giants: the history of Simulmondo – Italy’s first software house – Part I
Throughout 2000 years of human history, ever since mankind understood…
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The Big Italian Adventure: The history of Dynabyte Software
In the history of Italian videogame development, point’n’click adventure games…
Quirky & Weird C64 – Rocket Ball
Futuristic sports have been a moderately successful gaming genre during…
Unapologetically Appreciating / Pleurghburg – Dark Ages
Back in 2001 – as Dr. Frank N. Furter would…
Skitchin’ – Lovin’ trashin’ bitchin’
Skitchin’ was to Road Rash what Beavis & Butthead were…
SEGA’s Dolce Vita – The Untold Story of SEGA in Italy
It is fascinating how the history of video games tends…
Quirky & Weird C64 – The Detective (Game)
The point’n’click fans are a pretty weird bunch: always hungry…
Selling Mario to Italians: the untold story of Nintendo in Italy
Nobody in the 90s cared about the history of videogames:…
Indie Game of the Week – The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
In the 80s, before complex D&D based RPGs reached a…
Quirky & Weird C64 – Buggy Boy
Arcade conversions on Commodore 64 were definitely one major source…
Call of Cthulhu – at the Mountains of Hit and Miss
H.P. Lovecraft is one of the most beloved horror authors…
Interview with Craig Stitt – from Sonic the Hedgehog to Spyro the Dragon
I had the opportunity to interview artist Craig Stitt: he…
Indie Game of the Week – Speed Dating for Ghosts
If one should want more proof that games do not…
Sega Technical Institute – the history & the games
Nintendo versus Sega. A battle for the ages that made…
Quirky & Weird C64 – Entombed
Trapped in a sprawling egyptian tomb, oxygen running out, monster…
The Illusions of gaming – a retrospective on Mickey Mouse platformers
During the 80s and most of the 90s, console games…
Quirky & Weird C64 – Mancopter
Why can’t bicycles work like helicopters? Well, there’s actually plenty…
Indie Game of the Week – Pilgrims
Amanita Design is a familiar name for many adventure games…
The Buck Rogers Saga – Part 2 – Enter the Matrix Cubed
In the second part of my Buck Rogers retrospective, we…
Indie Game of the Week – Don’t Open the Doors
I’ve always had a soft spot for claymation, the animation…
Quirky & Weird C64 – Hunchback at the Olympics
Everyone happens to get a great idea every once in…
Indie Game of the Week – Do Not Feed the Monkeys
There are have been many examples of games where the…
Harvester – pre-packaged shrink wrapped FMV nihilism
Are violent videogames to blame for society’s inherent evil? A…
A swashbuckling tale of Italian software piracy – 1983-1993
Everyone had a favorite videogame shop as a kid, with…
Zombies ate my Zeus! – Lucasarts’ gods and guts
What do Zeus and Zombies have in common? Well, other…
Quirky & Weird C64 – Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo
Created by Stan Sakai as an homage to japanese culture…
Quirky and Weird C64 – Raid on Bungeling Bay
Since I’ve recently talked about Will Wright’s crazy helicopter sim…
Sim Copter – how we learned hurting Sims is fun
After the resounding success of SimCity 2000, Maxis was struggling…
Quirky and weird C64 – Tunnelvision
Combining elements from different genres is arguably the basis for…
The Buck Rogers RPG saga – Part 1 – Countdown to Doomsday from 8 to 16bit
As a kid I hated Japanese RPGs with a passion,…
Tony Tough – a history of friendship and betrayal
Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths is a…
Quirky and Weird C64 – Rootin’ Tootin’
How many Pac-man inspired titles exist in the world? Well,…
The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – part 3 – False hopes and promises
We’ve seen how adventure gaming struggled to survive after 2000,…
Z – a juvenile RTS pure distillate
The Bitmap Brothers were one of the more (in)famous British…
Quirky and Weird C64 – (Old) Skool Daze
All in all you’re just, another line in the wall.…
The Lawnmower Man licensed games – Backdoor to tie-in lunacy
When I briefly looked at a couple of tie-in games,…
Quirky and Weird C64 – Trolls and Tribulations
HEY! TEACHER! LEAVE THOSE TROLLS ALONE! Trolls and Tribulations is…
Daughter of Serpents: The Scroll of Confusion
Compact discs? HA! That will never catch on In the…
Rings of Power – Naughty Dog’s last pure game
In 20 years of gaming journalism I’ve written four articles…
Interview with Delve Interactive’s Danny Hayes – Game designer for CHANGE
While writing the article for Rags to Riches and CHANGE,…
Quirky and weird C64 – Fiona Rides Out
My experience with the game: MOMMY SAVE MEEEEEEEE Released in…
A long talk with Anne Bras, Guinness record holder for world’s largest collection of boxed PC games
One of my greatest hobbies has always been collecting boxed…
Blasphemous – a religious nostalgic experience
Growing up in a Catholic nation, one of the first…
Loom: the forgotten Lucasarts classic adventure game played in 2020
Hello, my name is Damien. Don’t ask me about Loom…
Plan 9 from Outer Space – the definitive tie-in game
Tie-in games based on movies have always been a pet…
From Rags to Change: homeless simulators in modern gaming culture
When I was a kid I remember asking my mom…
It’s been a Steamy week #6 – Ring in the new year(sale)
I had barely recovered from the Winter steam sale that…
The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – Part 2 – Children of the Dead
WELCOME BACK, MY PRETTIES Welcome to part 2 of the…
It’s been a Steamy week #5 – Nostalgia’s a two headed beast
This week I went way back with nostalgia, maybe a…
Interview with Luca Dalcò – game designer for The Town of Light
I’ve had a chance to talk with Luca Dalcò, main…
It’s been a Steamy week #4 – Click your troubles away
This week I played a whole bunch of stuff that…
The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – Part 1 – Dead and Buried
IF I WAS A GAMER… BUT THEN AGAIN, NO In…
It’s been a Steamy week #3 – Apocalypse later
The winter sale on Steam is finally over! Phew! So,…
Dead End: the most dreaded adventure game feature
A dead end can never be a one way street.…
Best designed game of 2019 : Hypnospace Outlaw
The first time I saw Hypnospace Outlaw a wave of…
It’s been a Steamy week #2 – the Steamville armageddon
Here we go with the first week of our beloved…
Realms of the Haunting – first person shooter, action adventure & bonus FMVs
Forged in Gremlin Interactive studio and protected by a clunky…
It’s been a Steamy week #1 – Baby it’s cold outside
I inaugurate today, on the 13th of December 2019 this…
The Nomad Soul – David Bowie and the thin white virtual actor (1999)
Throw me tomorrow, now that I really have a large…
Bad Mojo – FMV done right (1996)
Leave your kafkian metaphores at the door, ladies and gentleman,…
Dicey Dungeons – heroes welcome to die
God not only plays dice, but Satan apparently does too……
Mad Tv – the Original executive TV producer simulator (1991)
It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad Tv world. The basic…
Blackstone Chronicles – An Adventure in Terror (1998)
A game of unspeakable sadness and pain… Even though the…
Interview with Jim DuBois on PC game Majesty
– Hello Jim and thanks for being available for this…
Johnny Castaway – no Johnny is an island (1992)
Johnny Castaway is not a game. It’s a roguelike-like-like(unlike) screensaver…
Majesty, the Fantasy Kingdom Sim – one King to rule them all (2000)
Kings are the slaves of Real-Time Strategy. In 2000 Majesty…