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history of friendship and betrayal", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/tony-tough-a-history-of-friendship-and-betrayal", "published_at": "2020-04-20T13:57:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-fcbf-71fe-8940-60de99ec2127", "title": "Rootin’ Tootin’ – Quirky & Weird C64", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/quirky-and-weird-c64-rootin-tootin", "published_at": "2020-04-13T13:14:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-fcbf-71fe-8940-60de9a33f8c3", "title": "The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – part 3 – False hopes and promises", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/the-death-and-rebirth-of-adventure-games-part-3-false-hopes-and-promises", "published_at": "2020-04-04T11:08:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-fcbf-71fe-8940-60de9a80c1ef", "title": "Z – a pure RTS distillate by the Bitmap Brothers", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/z-a-juvenile-rts-pure-distillate", "published_at": "2020-03-28T16:28:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-fcbf-71fe-8940-60de9b18d0f8", "title": "Quirky & Weird C64 – (Old) Skool Daze", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/quirky-and-weird-c64-old-skool-daze", "published_at": "2020-03-21T15:29:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-fcbf-71fe-8940-60de9b6861d2", "title": "The Lawnmower Man licensed games – Backdoor to tie-in lunacy", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/the-lawnmower-man-licensed-games-backdoor-to-tie-in-lunacy", "published_at": "2020-03-13T15:05:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-fcbf-71fe-8940-60de9c0cb374", "title": "Trolls and Tribulations – Quirky & Weird C64", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/quirky-and-weird-c64-trolls-and-tribulations", "published_at": "2020-03-07T17:10:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526a-71d6-aa71-06b41ac735e8", "title": "Daughter of Serpents: The Scroll of Confusion", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/daughter-of-serpents-the-scroll-of-confusion", "published_at": "2020-03-04T16:57:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bf5f683af", "title": "Rings of Power – Naughty Dog’s last pure game", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/rings-of-power-naughty-dogs-last-pure-game", "published_at": "2020-02-29T16:53:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bf60de3a1", "title": "Interview with CHANGE’s Danny Hayes", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/interview-with-delve-interactives-danny-hayes-game-designer-for-change", "published_at": "2020-02-27T15:32:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bf6ca9a8a", "title": "Quirky and weird C64 – Fiona Rides Out", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/c64-quirky-and-weird-fiona-rides-out", "published_at": "2020-02-22T17:17:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bf7276f90", "title": "Interview with Anne Bras – Guinness record holder & PC games collector", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/a-long-talk-with-anne-bras-guinness-record-holder-for-worlds-largest-collection-of-boxed-pc-games", "published_at": "2020-02-15T18:08:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bf78f4e39", "title": "Blasphemous – a religious nostalgic experience", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/blasphemous-a-religious-nostalgic-experience", "published_at": "2020-02-12T14:25:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bf820662f", "title": "Loom: the forgotten Lucasarts classic adventure game played in 2020", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/loom-a-forgotten-classic-adventure-game-in-2020", "published_at": "2020-02-08T17:23:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bf9053b31", "title": "Plan 9 from Outer Space – best worst tie-in game", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/plan-9-from-outer-space-the-definitive-tie-in-game", "published_at": "2020-02-01T12:52:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bf9ca2cc2", "title": "Rags to Riches & Change: homeless simulators in modern gaming culture", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/from-rags-to-change-homeless-simulators-in-modern-gaming-culture", "published_at": "2020-01-27T16:56:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-526b-73ea-9e55-0c6bfa371c8f", "title": "It’s been a Steamy week #6 – Ring in the new year(sale)", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/its-been-a-steamy-week-6-ring-in-the-new-yearsale", "published_at": "2020-01-24T16:59:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b8-7328-a4c2-f9c6943ea185", "title": "The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – Part 2 – Children of the Dead", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/the-death-and-rebirth-of-adventure-games-part-2-children-of-the-dead", "published_at": "2020-01-20T15:50:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab44c4b716c", "title": "It’s been a Steamy week #5 – Nostalgia’s a two headed beast", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/its-been-a-steamy-week-5-nostalgias-a-two-headed-beast", "published_at": "2020-01-17T18:32:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab44d4acd85", "title": "Interview with Luca Dalcò – designer of The Town of Light", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/interview-with-luca-dalco-game-designer-for-the-town-of-light", "published_at": "2020-01-13T15:50:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab44e472e07", "title": "It’s been a Steamy week #4 – Click your troubles away", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/its-been-a-steamy-week-4-click-your-troubles-away", "published_at": "2020-01-10T18:39:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab44e618b7a", "title": "The Death of Adventure Games – Part I: Dead and Buried", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/the-death-of-adventure-games-part-1-dead-and-buried", "published_at": "2020-01-06T17:31:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab44e862b31", "title": "It’s been a Steamy week #3 – Apocalypse later", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/its-been-a-steamy-week-3-apocalypse-later", "published_at": "2020-01-03T16:19:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab44ee7ad8a", "title": "1999 – the sequels year", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/1999-the-year-of-pc-game-sequels", "published_at": "2019-12-30T11:42:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab44f9967ee", "title": "Dead end in adventure games – the most dreaded feature", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/dead-end-the-most-dreaded-adventure-game-feature", "published_at": "2019-12-27T15:19:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab45070e36c", "title": "Best designed game of 2019 : Hypnospace Outlaw", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/best-designed-game-of-2019-hypnospace-outlaw", "published_at": "2019-12-23T12:28:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-81b9-70ab-a8a5-6ab450ed620f", "title": "It’s been a Steamy week #2 – the Steamville armageddon", "url": "https://genesistemple.com/steamy-week-2-the-steamville-armageddon", "published_at": "2019-12-20T15:59:45+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2025

The History of ScummVM – don’t call it an emulator original ↗

29 Jul 2025

2024

Monster Party – a short history of the most bizarre NES horror game original ↗

26 Oct 2024

2023

Mad Doctor (Commodore 64) – the Frankenstein Junior sandbox original ↗

29 Oct 2023

The History of the Commodore CDTV original ↗

17 Jun 2023

Interview with Laura Maestri – Italian gaming industry’s female pioneer original ↗

8 Mar 2023

2022

The State of Things – the Genesis Temple’s third anniversary original ↗

5 Dec 2022

Gaming piracy in Europe between the 80s and 90s – a brief history original ↗

22 Nov 2022

Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 – The Nightmare Never Ends original ↗

30 Oct 2022

The History of Idea Soft and the origins of Screamer original ↗

1 Oct 2022

Nightshade – from bookworm to superhero original ↗

26 Jun 2022

Final Vendetta – Indie Game of the Week original ↗

17 Jun 2022

Fist of the North Star – anime licensing struggles original ↗

13 Jun 2022

ANNO: Mutationem review original ↗

20 May 2022

A Discussion on the European Gaming Market in the 80s original ↗

30 Apr 2022

The Genesis Temple Podcast – Season 2 original ↗

23 Apr 2022

Magic Carpet Software – The History & Lore of Katharine Higby original ↗

8 Mar 2022

The History of Genias Software – the G in inGenious original ↗

11 Feb 2022

Grapple Dog – Indie Game of the Week original ↗

9 Feb 2022

Hopeless & John Vanderaart : kicking the prime minister’s butt in space original ↗

14 Jan 2022

Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony – Indie Game of the Week original ↗

7 Jan 2022

2021

A 2021 lookback on (almost) everything I played original ↗

29 Dec 2021

Indie Game of the Week – Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator original ↗

27 Dec 2021

Interview with Rick Gush – Writing for Westwood Studios original ↗

19 Dec 2021

Nirvana X-Rom – Wired Into Your Brain original ↗

10 Dec 2021

Echo Generation – Indie Game of the Week original ↗

4 Dec 2021

Interview with Larry Ahern Part 2 – Full Throttle sequel, Insecticide & Disney original ↗

26 Nov 2021

Light Shock Software: the history of the Italian studio original ↗

19 Nov 2021

Interview with John Holder: the dawn of the Italian gaming market original ↗

6 Nov 2021

If On A Winter’s Night Four Travelers – Indie Game of the Week original ↗

22 Sept 2021

Friday The 13th – Losing your 8-bit head original ↗

21 Sept 2021

The History of Trecision Part III : big money, small hopes original ↗

12 Sept 2021

The Genesis Temple Podcast – Season 1 original ↗

9 Sept 2021

Sonic Spinball – from beloved mascot to hired slave original ↗

2 Sept 2021

The history of Trecision Part II : farewell to adventure games original ↗

22 Aug 2021

The history of Trecision – Part I: Let games do the talking original ↗

6 Aug 2021

Reviewing my experience in reviewing: 1996-2021 original ↗

18 Jul 2021

Interview with Larry Ahern (Lucasarts, Crackpot Entertainment) – Part 1 of 2 original ↗

4 Jun 2021

Interactive tears: emotions in video games’ design and storytelling original ↗

23 Apr 2021

Enigma Force – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

10 Apr 2021

The Iron Mask – the first Omnichannel videogame original ↗

2 Apr 2021

Once we were giants: the history of Simulmondo – Italy’s first software house – Part II original ↗

6 Mar 2021

Once we were giants: the history of Simulmondo – Part I original ↗

27 Feb 2021

Dynabyte Software – the History of the Big Italian Adventure original ↗

20 Jan 2021

Rocket Ball – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

16 Jan 2021

2020

Appreciating / Pleurghburg – Dark Ages original ↗

19 Dec 2020

Skitchin’ – Lovin’ trashin’ bitchin’original ↗

14 Nov 2020

The marketing of Sega in Italy (1984 – 2001)original ↗

6 Nov 2020

The Detective Game – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

15 Oct 2020

Selling Mario to Italians: the untold story of Nintendo in Italy original ↗

3 Oct 2020

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain – Indie Game of the Week original ↗

18 Sept 2020

Quirky & Weird C64 – Buggy Boy original ↗

10 Sept 2020

Call of Cthulhu – at the Mountains of Hit and Miss original ↗

3 Sept 2020

Interview with Craig Stitt – from Sonic the Hedgehog to Spyro the Dragon original ↗

29 Aug 2020

Speed Dating for Ghosts – Indie Game of the Week original ↗

26 Aug 2020

Sega Technical Institute – the history & the games original ↗

20 Aug 2020

Entombed – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

11 Aug 2020

Indie Game of the Week – Eliza original ↗

5 Aug 2020

The Illusions of gaming – looking back at Disney platformers original ↗

29 Jul 2020

Mancopter – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

22 Jul 2020

Pilgrims – Indie Game of the Week original ↗

14 Jul 2020

The Buck Rogers Saga – Part 2 – Enter the Matrix Cubed original ↗

10 Jul 2020

Indie Game of the Week – Don’t Open the Doors original ↗

2 Jul 2020

Quirky & Weird C64 – Hunchback at the Olympics original ↗

28 Jun 2020

Indie Game of the Week – Do Not Feed the Monkeys original ↗

24 Jun 2020

Harvester – FMV nihilism wrapped in plastic original ↗

20 Jun 2020

A swashbuckling tale of Italian software piracy – 1983-1993 original ↗

11 Jun 2020

Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Herc’s Adventures – Lucasarts’ gods & guts original ↗

6 Jun 2020

Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

30 May 2020

Pac-man 2: The New Adventures – a Mid-life Crisis original ↗

23 May 2020

Raid on Bungeling Bay – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

16 May 2020

SimCopter – how we learned hurting Sims is fun original ↗

9 May 2020

Tunnelvision – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

2 May 2020

Countdown to Doomsday: The Buck Rogers saga – Part 1 original ↗

27 Apr 2020

Tony Tough – a history of friendship and betrayal original ↗

20 Apr 2020

Rootin’ Tootin’ – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

13 Apr 2020

The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – part 3 – False hopes and promises original ↗

4 Apr 2020

Z – a pure RTS distillate by the Bitmap Brothers original ↗

28 Mar 2020

Quirky & Weird C64 – (Old) Skool Daze original ↗

21 Mar 2020

The Lawnmower Man licensed games – Backdoor to tie-in lunacy original ↗

13 Mar 2020

Trolls and Tribulations – Quirky & Weird C64 original ↗

7 Mar 2020

Daughter of Serpents: The Scroll of Confusion original ↗

4 Mar 2020

Rings of Power – Naughty Dog’s last pure game original ↗

29 Feb 2020

Interview with CHANGE’s Danny Hayes original ↗

27 Feb 2020

Quirky and weird C64 – Fiona Rides Out original ↗

22 Feb 2020

Interview with Anne Bras – Guinness record holder & PC games collector original ↗

15 Feb 2020

Blasphemous – a religious nostalgic experience original ↗

12 Feb 2020

Loom: the forgotten Lucasarts classic adventure game played in 2020 original ↗

8 Feb 2020

Plan 9 from Outer Space – best worst tie-in game original ↗

1 Feb 2020

Rags to Riches & Change: homeless simulators in modern gaming culture original ↗

27 Jan 2020

It’s been a Steamy week #6 – Ring in the new year(sale)original ↗

24 Jan 2020

The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – Part 2 – Children of the Dead original ↗

20 Jan 2020

It’s been a Steamy week #5 – Nostalgia’s a two headed beast original ↗

17 Jan 2020

Interview with Luca Dalcò – designer of The Town of Light original ↗

13 Jan 2020

It’s been a Steamy week #4 – Click your troubles away original ↗

10 Jan 2020

The Death of Adventure Games – Part I: Dead and Buried original ↗

6 Jan 2020

It’s been a Steamy week #3 – Apocalypse later original ↗

3 Jan 2020

2019

1999 – the sequels year original ↗

30 Dec 2019

Dead end in adventure games – the most dreaded feature original ↗

27 Dec 2019

Best designed game of 2019 : Hypnospace Outlaw original ↗

23 Dec 2019

It’s been a Steamy week #2 – the Steamville armageddon original ↗

20 Dec 2019