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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #8 – Rainbow Islands

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As with Boulder Dash yesterday we’re rocking the extreme’s again today in the Your Sinclair Top 100, and we’ve gone from the extremely basic looking world of deep-mining to the glorious, colourful world of Rainbow Islands at No.#8 from Ocean Software. Rainbow Islands was originally an arcade release for Taito which sprung up in 1987; […]

Who is Squirrel Girl?

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Luke Owen delves into the history of Squirrel Girl… With comic book movies on the mind of every executive in the Hollywood system, it’s become standard practice for interviewers to ask actors if they’d like to star in a Marvel or DC film. It’s just a thing now. We at Flickering Myth have been guilty […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #9 – Boulder Dash

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From the hi-tech to the low-tech.  We go from one extreme to the other in today’s Your Sinclair Top 100, as yesterday we were in the latest line of hypersonic jets as we played T.L.L., but today we’re given the latest in the line of pickaxes!  At No.#9 we are playing the classic Boulder Dash […]

Interview – Rick Dickinson talks about designing iconic Sinclair machines

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Villordsutch interviews Rick Dickinson about his the moment he started working with Sinclair Research Ltd, how he got there and how do you design a new “retro” machine… Rick Dickinson is one the most recognisable British designers to anyone involved in 1980’s home computing boom or the rather huge current retrogaming circuit.  It was his talents that […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #10 – T.L.L.

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When people question whether there is any validity in war, maybe in the form of a song, you could respond with, “Gaming on the ZX Spectrum!”, for just the other day – at No.12 – we had Carrier Command and though yesterday’s Sim City may not have been war like it did end in tears.  Today […]

Flickering Myth’s #7FavFilms

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If you’re a user of Twitter, you may have noticed that the hashtag #7Fav has been doing the rounds, ranging from movies to TV shows to video games and even comics. Well we decided to collate the Flickering Myth writing staff’s picks, which you can view below. Twitter is awash with #7favfilms at the moment. […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #11 – Sim City

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One day you’re fighting international terrorists who stole from right under your noses a high-tech, aircraft carrier – in Carrier Command – and the next you contemplating whether you should be building a residential area so close to a coal burning power station.  The worries of a ZX Spectrum gamer!  In the Your Sinclair Top 100 today […]

Franchise Report Card: Marvel & DC

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Anghus Houvouras grades the Marvel Cinematic and DC Extended Universes… There’s been a lot of discussion lately about fan bias towards movies from our experienced friends at Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. who have just started taking baby steps into an expanded cinematic universe. Critics, columnists, and editors find themselves in a precarious situation from […]

Exclusive: Maria Bello talks about Lights Out, being scared and Grown Ups 3

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Luke Owen got on the phone with Lights Out star Maria Bello to talk about the film… After a few issues between myself and Warner Bros about getting on the phone, I was finally connected to Maria Bello who was at her home in Malibu. Not only is Bello the star of the horror movie […]