A wave of innovative indie games bring a sense of optimism to an industry in urgent need of a confidence boost• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s a deeply unhappy time for game developers, as anyone paying attention...
Part newspapers, part fanzines, these titles were a lifeline to information-starved gamers and generated a sense of community to rival any YouTube streamerIn the 21st century, video game news is available in endless streams, 24 hours a day. But if yo...
Focus / Culture - 2 months ago
Yes, it’s a museum piece – but this mini Atari home console, reconfigured for modern gaming systems, offers a compelling retro experienceTo a kid growing up in the UK in the 1980s, the Atari 400 and 800 machines seemed impossibly glamorous. While mo...
Focus / Culture - 3 months ago
Blaze Entertainment; Evercade consolesParadroid, Boulder Dash and Break Dance are among the classic C64 games repackaged for the 21st century in this weird but lovely compilationIt is an odd feeling having an unremitting barrage of childhood memories...
Focus / Culture - 4 months ago
The fighting game was once at the bleeding edge of what games could do – as well as being great fun to play with your mates after the pub Friday night, back from the pub with your housemates and a few hangers on. Staple 1990s yoof TV show The Word ha...
Focus / Culture - 4 months ago
Entertainment (and thrill) seekers on a budget never know exactly what they’re going to find in the ubiquitous technology shop. Just don’t mistake it for a pawn shopFeel free to mispronounce Ikea ( it should be ee-kay-uh, from the Swedish) and Lidl (...
Focus / Culture - 4 months ago
Oreo cookies is just the latest tie-in as the digital omnivore continues to flavour a giddy range of snacks around the worldThis week, Oreo cookies announced a new tie-in with arcade legend Pac-Man. Fans can use their phones to scan any of the six di...