A quick introductory explanation for the ill-informed - Charlie Brooker used to work as a freelance games journo, earning respect and notoriety mainly in PCZone - respect for his reviews, and notoriety for his brilliant comic strips and comedy features, the most infamous of which* meant he wasn't to get much work from Future Publishing ever again.
Fast-forward ten years and he's sitting on the board at a TV company, and making his own shows for BBC4 - most notably Screenwipe, a show that brilliantly exposed the inner workings of television, and more recently Newswipe, which did pretty much the same thing but focused on how all TV journalists are massive, lying shits. Both shows were funny, interesting and depressing in equal measure; drifting effortlessly between jokes about poo and bumholes, to explaining why the news coverage of the recent G20 protests was an absolute atrocity. And now, Brooker has just posted the following on his Twitter account:
"Worst videogame bosses ever? Email yr suggestions to gameswipe at zeppotron dot com. Make what you will of that email address."
Gameswipe, boys. Gameswipe. Obviously, details are scant at the moment. It might not even be real, yet. But if it is, we're in for quite a treat. Oh, and I'm e-mailing them about the end boss from Viking: Battle For Asgard. Who's with me?
*(an 'advert' for the Cruelty Zoo, where kids could maim real animals instead of taking out their rage on videogames)
Who doesn't love a good challenge? If everything was easy, there would be no joy in getting it done. In the realm of video games, the late 1980s and 1990s were the perfect era of "get good" gaming with multiple big-named titles that put a player's skills to the test. The Super Nintendo, one of
Sure did I can only assume the article is talking about old-school games in general
Also the thumbnail used in the article for super Mario bros the lost levels is a screenshots of the Famicom game
In a major crackdown, Italy's financial police have dismantled a ring trafficking counterfeit vintage video game consoles, highlighting a severe issue within the gaming industry. The operation underscores the industry's failure to preserve classic games, driving gamers toward illegal alternatives as legitimate options remain scarce and prohibitively expensive.
Even if they do crack down all a person needs is an Everdrive and a regular old school machine. Or modify a disc based console that has a dead laser to boot off an SD card. Some of those illegal devices look neat and some of them are just plain crap.
What a stupid thing to be wasting time, money and effort. Aren't these guys literally drowning right now? Maybe y'all should focus more on that instead trying to stop people from playing old games no longer being sold.
Pretty sure I've read and seen parts of Italy experiences/ing pretty bad floodings. Id argue that's more important than trying to prevent the sale of emulation devices.
Fallout content creator The Storyteller has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer, reveals daughter.
OH HELL YES!
Look out Yahtzee, Critic comedy game journalism is about to get a LOT tougher and bloody funnier.
Charlie Brooker is so freaking hilarious.