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Once Upon a Time

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We go back to the titles that defined an era and play them now, with no easy nostalgia: what still holds up, what time has worn away, and why some thirty year old ideas still work.

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Grim Fandango, riddles and laughter will bury you!

When we talk about the golden age of a genre, we refer to that particular historical period in which any game (or nearly any game) belonging to that type could somehow carve out a niche for itself, become known, and, if

by Simon Larocca

Chrono Trigger, the adventure that changed RPGs!

Time.

by Simon Larocca

Asteroids, a symbol of a generation and the essence of arcades!

As a child, the world I lived in was a huge playground: still free from the threatening shadow of responsibilities on the horizon, somewhere between the end of elementary school and that whirling vortex of new challenges and emotions that would be middle school, the only thing that really mattered was owning the coolest console, the one the other kids could only dream of while gawking with Crystal Ball-stained hands in the windows of specialty shops.

by Simon Larocca

Top Gun, high-altitude aerobatics to take your breath away!

Adrenaline rushing through your veins, gloved fingers trembling, gripping the stick that vibrates even more as the winged steed, a state-of-the-art F-14, taxis down the runway, ready for takeoff. Ready to become a legend, and you with it.

by Simon Larocca

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the RPG You Really Don’t Expect!

When a character's popularity lifts him so high that he can almost touch the sky with one finger, the ground beneath his feet becomes much more fragile and unstable as the years go by. Mario, of skies and brick blocks, has

by Simon Larocca

Jaws, fins on the horizon for a surprising title!

Fear is a mystery, just like the ocean floor.

by Simon Larocca

Bugs Bunny Lost in Time, a trip back in time Looney Tunes style!

A typical day in the life of a teenage boy in the Nineties: school, homework, soccer in the courtyard with friends, and the afternoon turning into evening, when Go-Kart with Maria Monsè finally comes on TV and the Looney Tunes burst in with their contagious cheer.

by Simon Larocca

Looney Tunes Sheep Raider, the hunt for sheep is on!

Cartoons just aren’t made like they used to be.

by Simon Larocca

Ico, magic, puzzles and poetry for an ico-nic adventure!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

by Simon Larocca

Castle of Shikigami 2, a rain of hellish bullets in the skies of Switch!

From the days of The Legend of Zelda, which is not just a role-playing game as anyone who has traveled far and wide across Hyrule knows well, to the layered and intense Persona 5, a dungeon crawler for refined tastes, boxing a video game into the cage of genres

by Simon Larocca

The Hunt for Red October, war in cold and deadly waters for Red October!

The fact that cinema, literature, and video games talk to one another is nothing new: nowadays there is much talk of cross-media projects in which a main story undergoes more than one adaptation across different media, taking on undeniably

by Simon Larocca

Ape Escape, crazy monkeys running wild through time!

The vast multitude of platform titles that flooded the PlayStation is almost incalculable: it’s really hard to imagine which one could have been the most absurd and out-of-their-minds game ever made for this machine.

by Simon Larocca

The Cyber Shinobi: The Legacy of a Hero

An elusive shadow lurking in the depths of the history of the Land of the Rising Sun, flashing like a deadly strike. The night is darker and more dangerous when it takes its name from the ultimate warrior par excellence: the ninja!

by Simon Larocca

F1 Race, warm up your engines on Game Boy!

Sports simulations are of capital importance for the community of videogame players all over the world. It was true yesterday, at the dawn of video games with the first, but fierce, attempts at competition with titles like Pong that marked an era

by Simon Larocca

Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow! Unlikely Shirts, the Art of Ninjas, and Disney as You've Never Seen It!

The enchanted castle of Disney, the company founded by that visionary trickster of an “Uncle Walt,” has over time become an iconic symbol of magic and fantasy, from the animated films we grew up with to the visionary stories passed down

by Simon Larocca

Haunting Ground, a spine-chilling hunting ground on PS2!

From Matheson's I Am Legend, the literary masterpiece from which the interesting film with Will Smith and his protective German shepherd was adapted, all the way to the sweet Angelo, inseparable from his co-star and love interest Rinoa in Final Fantasy VIII, every story of this kind has taught us that we can't do without our four-legged friends.

by Simon Larocca

Glass Rose, a refined investigation between past and present!

From Capcom's tireless forge, many multi-genre productions have landed on the consoles of the last two decades. Resident Evil and its imitators certainly relaunched dynamic adventures with horror elements, however the Japanese production house never rested on its laurels and several in-house creative departments got to work finding new ideas for the ever-buzzing video game market.

by Simon Larocca

Dino Crisis, when dinosaurs defeated zombies

I can still hear it, all these years later. Its menacing breath, while I was searching for clues in the shoes of Regina, the one who had stolen the heart of my teenage gamer self in those golden years (sorry Lara, I can explain and it’s not what you think).

by Simon Larocca