W.C.W. was a wrestling promotion that famously butted heads in the 90s with the W.W.E. The two brought out the best in each other by encouraging each other to push the envelope, creatively and technically. Only one could dominate, and due to W.W.E.’s inventive use … Continue reading Ready to Rumble (2000)
The Wrestling boom of the turn of infected everywhere, from young to old. Especially on the playground where the costumed theatrics captured the imaginations of all ages. Taking the excitement to said playgrounds was a desirable proposition, one that many wrestling promotions were willing to … Continue reading ECW Hardcore Revolution GBC (2000)
There is an underlying certainty in sports, things change; players get better or retire, change teams. In professional wrestling, this is exemplified, with expanding gimmicks, or long-lasting injuries, so a yearly upgrade is to be expected. In 2000, right after the release of their debut … Continue reading ECW Anarchy Rulz (2000)
Popular culture has an affinity with crime, often fiction romanticises the outlaw, the thief, and even the murderer. Yet the crimes in real-life would earn scorn from the community. Even fiction has dabbled in scenarios to eliminate crime, even if their methods proposed, while possibly … Continue reading The Last Days of American Crime (2020)
Despite how bleak the current affairs of humanity are, it is always fun to pontificate how worse those who come after us will have it. The same struggles we face now amplified by 100 combined with the worries the future can bring. One comic took … Continue reading Judge Dredd (1995)
Recreating cinematic action in a video game can be puzzling as the tools and cunning available to a film’s protagonist can be hard to emulate in a controller, yet in the early 2000s, many home consoles saw various attempts at bringing eighties action and horror … Continue reading Beverly Hills Cop (2006)
Wisecracking and quick-witted Axel Foley rode a wave of 80s synthesised pop hits and subduing bad guys into cultural dominance. But the Beverly Hills Cop franchise could only repeat the same formula for so long, times change, actors and audiences mature, and paradoxically changes may … Continue reading Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Expansion packs can more than live up to their name, sure in the era of D.L.C. their purpose has been replaced with a more incremental and piecemeal solution, But a good Expansion Pack can revolutionise how you think about a game and in some cases, … Continue reading Blood II: The Chosen – The Nightmare Levels (1999)
The late 90s were a boom time for the F.P.S. genre. Cynically subversive humour, gratuitous excesses of guns and guts made for an intoxicatingly alluring mixture. A notable example was Blood, it managed to take the iconic Build Engine, inject it with Lovecraftian horror, and … Continue reading Blood II: The Chosen (1998)
As technology improves, ideas improve along with it if you have a good idea and a newer platform to show it off on. It might be beneficial to flesh it out some more, to take advantage of the possibilities. In 1997, the framework of Indiana … Continue reading Star Wars: Yoda Stories (1997)
