CFP – Superheroes: A Companion

Superheroes: A Companion Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2021 Lorna Piatti-Farnell & Carl Wilson lorna.piatti-farnell@aut.ac.nz & carl@carl-wilson.com A new collection … More

Branded a Tyrant: Rescuing Superman Video Games with the ‘Injustice’ Series

In 2017, with the release of video game Injustice 2, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Guinness World Records recognised … More

#DataMines: Mining in Games – Deep Sea Mining & Lasers

Part Nine & Ten: Deep Sea Mining & Lasers In the final blog post of this series, I thought it … More

#DataMines: Mining in Games – Surface Mining & Sub-Surface Mining

Part Seven & Eight: Surface Mining & Sub-Surface Mining The hit game of 2020 has everything in it. In Animal Crossing: … More

#DataMines: Mining in Games – Cap Lamps & Pickaxes

Part Five & Six: Cap Lamps & Pickaxes Without question, experimentation and industriousness are qualities linked to those that go … More

#DataMines: Mining in Games – Hazardous Environments & Minecarts

Part Three & Four: Hazardous Environments & Minecarts Mine themed levels always signify a hazardous environment when they appear in video games. … More

#DataMines: Mining in Games – Raw Materials & Drills

Part One & Two: Raw Materials & Drills Are you missing our mines? Feeling underwhelmed that you can’t get underground? … More

“We’ll always have Iceland, Indy”: Indiana Jones and His Adventures in Video Games

Founded by George Lucas in 1971, Lucasfilm is the production company famously behind the Indiana Jones and Star Wars movie … More

In Space, No One Can Hear You Waka Waka Waka – ‘Alien’ for the Atari 2600

While the movie Alien was released in 1979, the first video game adaptation of the science-fiction horror experience came three years later … More

Fanbase Press’ Holiday Gift Guide: Comics & Books

The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure GamesRecommended by Carl WilsonPublisher: Bitmap Books Picking this up for my LucasArts fix (Monkey Island, … More

Fanbase Press’ Holiday Gift Guide: Video Games

Bloodstained: Ritual of the NightRecommended by Carl WilsonDevelopers: ArtPlay, Inti Creates, WayForward, Monobit, DICO Co., Ltd. With development led by … More

Fanbase Press’ Scariest: ‘Resident Evil 2’ (2019)

I’m climbing up a metal ladder; it’s some time at night, and the rain is making everything glisten, including the … More