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2025

The History of ScummVM – don’t call it an emulatororiginal ↗
29 Jul 2025

2024

Monster Party – a short history of the most bizarre NES horror gameoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2024

2023

Mad Doctor (Commodore 64) – the Frankenstein Junior sandboxoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2023
The History of the Commodore CDTVoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2023
Interview with Laura Maestri – Italian gaming industry’s female pioneeroriginal ↗
8 Mar 2023

2022

The State of Things – the Genesis Temple’s third anniversaryoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2022
Gaming piracy in Europe between the 80s and 90s – a brief historyoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2022
Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 – The Nightmare Never Endsoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2022
The History of Idea Soft and the origins of Screameroriginal ↗
1 Oct 2022
Nightshade – from bookworm to superherooriginal ↗
26 Jun 2022
Final Vendetta – Indie Game of the Weekoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2022
Fist of the North Star – anime licensing strugglesoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2022
ANNO: Mutationem revieworiginal ↗
20 May 2022
A Discussion on the European Gaming Market in the 80soriginal ↗
30 Apr 2022
The Genesis Temple Podcast – Season 2original ↗
23 Apr 2022
Magic Carpet Software – The History & Lore of Katharine Higbyoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2022
The History of Genias Software – the G in inGeniousoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2022
Grapple Dog – Indie Game of the Weekoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2022
Hopeless & John Vanderaart : kicking the prime minister’s butt in spaceoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2022
Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony – Indie Game of the Weekoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2022

2021

A 2021 lookback on (almost) everything I playedoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2021
Indie Game of the Week – Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulatororiginal ↗
27 Dec 2021
Interview with Rick Gush – Writing for Westwood Studiosoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2021
Nirvana X-Rom – Wired Into Your Brainoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2021
Echo Generation – Indie Game of the Weekoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2021
Interview with Larry Ahern Part 2 – Full Throttle sequel, Insecticide & Disneyoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2021
Light Shock Software: the history of the Italian studiooriginal ↗
19 Nov 2021
Interview with John Holder: the dawn of the Italian gaming marketoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2021
If On A Winter’s Night Four Travelers – Indie Game of the Weekoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2021
Friday The 13th – Losing your 8-bit headoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2021
The History of Trecision Part III : big money, small hopesoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2021
The Genesis Temple Podcast – Season 1original ↗
9 Sept 2021
Sonic Spinball – from beloved mascot to hired slaveoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2021
The history of Trecision Part II : farewell to adventure gamesoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2021
The history of Trecision – Part I: Let games do the talkingoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2021
Reviewing my experience in reviewing: 1996-2021original ↗
18 Jul 2021
Interview with Larry Ahern (Lucasarts, Crackpot Entertainment) – Part 1 of 2original ↗
4 Jun 2021
Interactive tears: emotions in video games’ design and storytellingoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2021
Enigma Force – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
10 Apr 2021
The Iron Mask – the first Omnichannel videogameoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2021
Once we were giants: the history of Simulmondo – Italy’s first software house – Part IIoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2021
Once we were giants: the history of Simulmondo – Part Ioriginal ↗
27 Feb 2021
Dynabyte Software – the History of the Big Italian Adventureoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2021
Rocket Ball – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
16 Jan 2021

2020

Appreciating / Pleurghburg – Dark Agesoriginal ↗
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 C64original ↗
15 Oct 2020
Selling Mario to Italians: the untold story of Nintendo in Italyoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2020
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain – Indie Game of the Weekoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2020
Quirky & Weird C64 – Buggy Boyoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2020
Call of Cthulhu – at the Mountains of Hit and Missoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2020
Interview with Craig Stitt – from Sonic the Hedgehog to Spyro the Dragonoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2020
Speed Dating for Ghosts – Indie Game of the Weekoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2020
Sega Technical Institute – the history & the gamesoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2020
Entombed – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
11 Aug 2020
Indie Game of the Week – Elizaoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2020
The Illusions of gaming – looking back at Disney platformersoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2020
Mancopter – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
22 Jul 2020
Pilgrims – Indie Game of the Weekoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2020
The Buck Rogers Saga – Part 2 – Enter the Matrix Cubedoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2020
Indie Game of the Week – Don’t Open the Doorsoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2020
Quirky & Weird C64 – Hunchback at the Olympicsoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2020
Indie Game of the Week – Do Not Feed the Monkeysoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2020
Harvester – FMV nihilism wrapped in plasticoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2020
A swashbuckling tale of Italian software piracy – 1983-1993original ↗
11 Jun 2020
Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Herc’s Adventures – Lucasarts’ gods & gutsoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2020
Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
30 May 2020
Pac-man 2: The New Adventures – a Mid-life Crisisoriginal ↗
23 May 2020
Raid on Bungeling Bay – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
16 May 2020
SimCopter – how we learned hurting Sims is funoriginal ↗
9 May 2020
Tunnelvision – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
2 May 2020
Countdown to Doomsday: The Buck Rogers saga – Part 1original ↗
27 Apr 2020
Tony Tough – a history of friendship and betrayaloriginal ↗
20 Apr 2020
Rootin’ Tootin’ – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
13 Apr 2020
The Death and Rebirth of Adventure Games – part 3 – False hopes and promisesoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2020
Z – a pure RTS distillate by the Bitmap Brothersoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2020
Quirky & Weird C64 – (Old) Skool Dazeoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2020
The Lawnmower Man licensed games – Backdoor to tie-in lunacyoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2020
Trolls and Tribulations – Quirky & Weird C64original ↗
7 Mar 2020
Daughter of Serpents: The Scroll of Confusionoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2020
Rings of Power – Naughty Dog’s last pure gameoriginal ↗
29 Feb 2020
Interview with CHANGE’s Danny Hayesoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2020
Quirky and weird C64 – Fiona Rides Outoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2020
Interview with Anne Bras – Guinness record holder & PC games collectororiginal ↗
15 Feb 2020
Blasphemous – a religious nostalgic experienceoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2020
Loom: the forgotten Lucasarts classic adventure game played in 2020original ↗
8 Feb 2020
Plan 9 from Outer Space – best worst tie-in gameoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2020
Rags to Riches & Change: homeless simulators in modern gaming cultureoriginal ↗
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 Deadoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2020
It’s been a Steamy week #5 – Nostalgia’s a two headed beastoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2020
Interview with Luca Dalcò – designer of The Town of Lightoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2020
It’s been a Steamy week #4 – Click your troubles awayoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2020
The Death of Adventure Games – Part I: Dead and Buriedoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2020
It’s been a Steamy week #3 – Apocalypse lateroriginal ↗
3 Jan 2020

2019

1999 – the sequels yearoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2019
Dead end in adventure games – the most dreaded featureoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2019
Best designed game of 2019 : Hypnospace Outlaworiginal ↗
23 Dec 2019
It’s been a Steamy week #2 – the Steamville armageddonoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2019
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