The green case caught my eye first. Not the sleek black of the console itself, not the distinctive font on the front – just that bright, almost neon green plastic cartridge sitting there in the Blockbuster rental section like it was daring me to pick it up. Ecco…

The summer of 1994, I was standing in Electronics Boutique with twenty-five quid burning a hole in my tracksuit pocket—money earned from a weekend washing my uncle's Ford Sierra until the metallic blue paint practically glowed. The sales assistant, a lad with curtains who probably knew more about…

Carl drew the short straw on running the rota this fortnight, which meant Joe got landed with the one console release he’s spent years pretending doesn’t interest him. Joe’s argument, delivered at volume during last week’s call before Carl hit mute, was that GTA V on PS4 is…

There's something deeply absurd about standing in your living room, casting an imaginary line into pixelated waters while your mum shouts from the kitchen that dinner's ready. But that's exactly what happened when Sega's Bass Fishing hit our local arcade, complete with its ridiculous fishing rod controller that…