Messy-haired lead singers wear Atari t-shirts. Young professional couples furnish their two bedroom apartments with radios and plates from the Fifties. Bedroom walls are covered in James Dean and Marilyn Monroe posters. Retro is in. Retro is cool.
And so is retro gaming. I'm not sure who kicked it off, but the emergence of Xbox LIVE and PSN has encouraged it to bloom. This generation will be remembered for the arrival of high definition gaming, but for many, it will go down as the generation of the retro revival.
Dragon Gaming recently published an article on Welsh representation in gaming. The article was comprehensive enough – covering big hitters such as Assassin’s Creed IV and Ni No Kuni, as well as some lesser-known games, people and companies. It seems, however, that they missed quite a few neat cases of Welshness in the industry. Many people in the community reached out to them on Twitter and Reddit, pointing them to check out some of the examples they missed, so check out they did. Here’s a little more representation of Wales and the Welsh in video games – straight from the community.
Glenn and Josh celebrate(?) 400 episodes of the podcast by taking calls from the community that can be blamed for the longevity of said podcast. Comedian is Nick DiPaolo
Stewart Gilray from Just Add Water joins Glenn and Josh
New Releases
Gravity Crash came out 5 years ago
‘Venom’ coming to Zen Pinball 2
“You can’t effectively test” for games like DRIVECLUB
Hacker group claims they got into the PSN
Patch coming for ‘Never Alone’
What we’re playing and watching
Episode 400 LIVE next Sunday
PlayStation Experience
Comedian is Steve Rannazzisi
