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Ruud Gullit – Not The Dancing Kind (1984)

He would also come to be known as “Captain Dread.” As a nod to his Afro-Surinamese roots, Gullit, who endured harsh racism playing throughout Europe (sometimes at the hands of his own manager), started sporting dreadlocks as a 16 year old for the Dutch club Eredivisie.

“Kim Jong Il invented the hamburger!”

#5. It’s Wall-to-Wall Propaganda — and People Know It’s Bullshit North Korea’s number one export to the world is unintentionally hilarious propaganda, but when you’re living there, those bombastic pro-Kim messages are the background noise of your entire life, and it’s a whole lot less funny. For Mr. Lee (the refugee we spoke to), each […]

When Mario Kart Imitated Sonic Racing

I’m talking about Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. It’s the rarest kind of Mario Kart imitator: one that many fans and players of both games insist improves upon its source material. And since the game preceded Mario Kart 8 by such a large margin, one could even argue that it ended up serving as an […]

E.T. Phone Home

“The idea of things is more important than their reality,” Bogost continued. “The idea of the game is what this [excavation] is after, though, not the game itself. The legendary E.T., the E.T. that ruined the industry, etc… Even though, once you find it, then what? Then you take Instagrams, that’s what.” Saturday the 26th […]

New NES Old Nes Aluminium NES/Famicom

It looks like Analogue Nt has done it again. Taking a retro gaming machine, and rebuilding it into a solid gaming device that suits the time of being. This time they took the much beloved Nintendo Entertainment through the makeover, and delivered us a solid aluminium housing with 4 controller ports, RGB output and slots […]

Try Hard: The Story Behind The Die Hard Trilogy Game

Development became a free-for-all of wish fulfilment. An idea suggested in the morning would be in the game by the time everyone went home. Edge has published a fine piece about the history behind the wonderful enjoyably Die Hard Trilogy. It is a must read for every fan of the game and gaming culture enthusiast.  […]

Wu-Tang, Art, Music, Marketing

You may have heard the news that Wu-Tang will be releasing a single copy cd. First of, it looks like it is a Cilvaringz project. He has been recording track with various Wu-Tang members over the years since the release of his album I. And smart as he is, this has been spun around in […]