PIXEL GRAVE

I don't know anything about pinball, nothing - not a damn thing except that it involves pinging balls around a theme based boards, bazillions of points and a ton of wasted money. Zen Studios, creators of Zen Pinball, the game in which you can buy one of the three Star Wars pinball games on, have captured these ‘old school’ elements perfectly - without the endless theft of money. £1.50 is a fair deal for a game that captures the best of Star Wars and puts it all into a vibrant and active pinball machine. Boba Fett will at times move around the game board, meet and have a chat with Darth Vader and at times, being the gentleman that he is, save your ball from escaped via his grappling hook. Despite only seeing these few animations, the look, sound and movement of Boba Fett is executed and resembles one of the greatest Star Wars characters brilliantly. I’m no Pinball wizard and not even the a huge Star Wars fan but this doesn’t stop me from picking this up and having another go at be...

Whilst rummaging around some of my old junk I stumbled upon an old DVD that came with a PC ZONE magazine. PC ZONE was a British PC gaming magazine that ran for 17 years but was shut down on my birthday 26th - September 2nd, 2010. The DVD was a 1993-2003 anniversary disc which had classic demos and videos from that 10 year period.  Charlie Brooker, a screen-writer, journalist and broadcaster worked on PC ZONE during the mid 90s, creating controversial comic-strips and insulting those who wrote to the magazine.  On this Lost Ark of a DVD I found are old audio files of Charlie Brooker prank calling big name Publishers regarding PC games. So here they are, in their original poor quality audio but resoundingly brilliant in their content. Prank call to Activision regarding Quake... Prank call to BMG regarding Grand Theft Auto... Prank call to Eidos regarding Tomb Raider... Prank call to Virgin regarding Jedi Knight.... ...