Videogames are my favourite medium of entertainment – they combine all of my favourite things, like pulsating action and intricate, long-form storytelling, all in an interactable package. My other great love in life is music – so you can imagine the praise I hold for some of my favourite videogame soundtracks. For the sake ofContinue reading “My Top 20 Favourite Videogame Soundtracks”
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1998: The Year In Music
1998 – Iran and Iraq begin a ceasefire in their eight-year-old war. Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, effectively head of state of the Soviet Union. Benazir Bhutto is named Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first female leader of a Muslim country. A mixed bag of news … so let’sContinue reading “1998: The Year In Music”
1997: The Year In Music
1997 – Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos. Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs interim CEO. Princess Diana dies in a car crash in Paris. The UK returns Hong Kong and the New Territories to the People’s Republic of China.Continue reading “1997: The Year In Music”
1996: The Year In Music
1996 – Pokemon appears for the first time in the role-playing videogame “Pocket Monsters Red and Green” for Game Boy in Japan. The 6,138th performance of “Cats” is held in London, surpassing the record of Broadway’s longest-running musical “A Chorus Line”. Tupac Shakur is shot and killed in Las Vegas. Not much happened this yearContinue reading “1996: The Year In Music”
1995: The Year In Music
1995 – More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. O.J. Simpson is found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. “Toy Story”, the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery, is released. A mixed bagContinue reading “1995: The Year In Music”
Which JoJo Stand Is The Best? (Golden Wind)
“Golden Wind” marks the third JoJo Part to include Stands in their various forms, and this was arguably the wildest, weirdest crop of abilities yet. I laid out my rules for ranking Stands in my Stardust Crusaders list, but the general gist is that I’ve ranked each Stand out of ten in five different categoriesContinue reading “Which JoJo Stand Is The Best? (Golden Wind)”
1993: The Year In Music
1993 – Nelson Mandela and South African President F. W. de Klerk are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves the last theorem of French mathematician Pierre de Fermat after 356 years – the world’s most difficult maths problem. The Oslo Accords, an Israel-Palestinian peace agreement, is unveiled. Good to see thatContinue reading “1993: The Year In Music”
Ace Attorney Deep Dive: “Bridge to the Turnabout” (Trials & Tribulations – Case 5)
After three games and fourteen cases of storytelling, it all comes down to this. “Bridge to the Turnabout” is a fan favourite case, and for good reason – but will it hold up to an intensive retrospective? I’ll be deconstructing the case in ten distinct categories and giving a score out of ten for each.Continue reading “Ace Attorney Deep Dive: “Bridge to the Turnabout” (Trials & Tribulations – Case 5)”
1991: The Year In Music
1991 – The Gulf War ends after Iraq accepts a ceasefire following their retreat from Kuwait. A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless. Pablo Escobar surrenders to police. The climactic eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano occurs in the Philippines – the second-largest volcanic eruption ofContinue reading “1991: The Year In Music”
1990: The Year In Music
1990 – Nelson Mandela is released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa. Hubble Space Telescope sends its first photographs from space. Both East and West Germany ratify reunification. British and French workers meet in the middle of the Channel Tunnel under the English Channel. A more positive year in news than usual … soContinue reading “1990: The Year In Music”
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