Be it Cliff Richard, a manufactured X-Factor cover song or Rage Against the Machine, it just isn’t Christmas until the coveted number one chart position is announced and we have a new Christmas hit to add to the list for … Read more

For those of you who haven’t heard, we’re hitting Brighton tomorrow with a stand at the new Hand Baked Arcade monthly retro gaming event! Don’t worry if you can’t make it down this time, there’ll be another on November 13th … Read more

Thanks to political correctness gone mad, the days of watching a midget fight a booze crazed Russian called Vodka Drunkenski in a south east London pub are sadly gone. The magic of those far off nights – and the fine … Read more

In November 1972, a heap of litter appeared in one corner of Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.  Upon further inspection, however, it turned out to be a black and white television, a coin-op mechanism from a local laundrette, a … Read more

Galaxian was the last of the first arcade games, featuring as it did a lone, undergunned ship battling against several rows of relentlessly descending invaders from space – much like Space Invaders, come to think of it. It would be … Read more

After two sell out retro arcade installations, those nice chaps over at www.handbakedarcade.co.uk are at it again, this time at the beautiful ‘Future Gallery’€™ in Leicester Square. The installation will run for 10 solid hours of pixelated fun from 2pm … Read more

One of our lovely Twitter followers, Dan Bridge (@woosabitronic) has made a gutsy decision. He’s quit his day job developing web applications, in favour of spending the next six months designing a video game for mobile and social platforms. This … Read more

Those guys at the Hand Baked Arcade are at it again. After the success of their recent showcase at Pure Groove, they’re back with a regular event – ?Pure Gaming’. The first is on Saturday May 29th 2010, with a … Read more

People were obsessed with impending nuclear Armageddon in the 1980’s, presumably as a way to take their minds off the awful music and rubbish clothes. However, even in 1980, with Two Tone dominating the charts, the mod revival in full … Read more

As we discovered last time when we examined Manic Miner, Miner Willy’s working life was arduous, risky, and set to royalty-free classical music on an endless loop. So, like anyone in the 1980’s, his chosen method of relaxation was to … Read more