Day: 31 October 2019

CHIKARA: Action Arcade Wrestling Review – WrestleFest
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CHIKARA: Action Arcade Wrestling Review – WrestleFest

Introduction I have been a fan of wrestling since my Nan introduced me to the World of Sport on ITV in the late '80s and even more when Hulkamania ruled the world in the early '90s. Those wrestling games that I had on the old Commodore 64 were classic but for me, the best wrestling game I have ever played was WWF Raw is War. It had all the wrestling elements with an arcade attitude which was perfect as that's how you imagine how you would fight. These days it seems to be on rails and heavily following storylines whereas, I wanted to make my world and make a fantasy booking of my own. In Steps CHIKARA: Action Arcade Wrestling. Developed by VICO Game Studio and published by Reverb Triple XP it brings back that fast-paced arcade-style of wrestling along with the classic 90's wrestli...
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD Review – Keep Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’!
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD Review – Keep Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’!

The year was 2002 and I remember the day vividly. Sitting in my room with a group of misfits that I labelled friends, I slowly reached for my sack (bag not knackers) and presented my latest purchase: Super Monkey Ball. With apprehension, our group of neanderthal metallers began exploring the cutesy, overly Japanese game and like a drug we were hooked. Our meetups became Monkey Ball sessions with each gamer perfecting the traits of their monkey and using them to get the upper hand in party and challenge modes. Fast forward to 2019, “Hey Jaz, you heard that Super Monkey Ball is being remastered?”. I spat out my monkey nuts, stopped The Monkees’ playlist and cancelled my banana split order at DK’s Diner. I had to speak to the neanderthals. We discussed the possibilities, would it be ...