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Feb 12 2016
Crash n Burn (PS2) review – 60 Second Gamer Episode 01
Welcome to the start of brand new, honest to Grud 2016 60 Second Gamer! We start with perhaps a less well known game, Crash N Burn. This was published by Eidos on the PS2 way back in 2004. In many ways it’s a Burnout clone. There’s fast paced racing action, lots of crashing and plenty of …
Feb 05 2016
Sherlock Holmes VS Jack The Ripper (Xbox 360/PC) – 60SG Ep 54
Sherlock Holmes VS Jack The Ripper takes the real world Ripper murders from 19th century London and places Sherlock Holmes and John Watson on the killer’s heels. Running around London inspecting clues and murder scenes, your job is to solve once and for all the identity of one of history’s most notorious serial killers. You’re …
Jan 29 2016
Driven (PS2) – 60SRG Episode 67
Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends. We’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside. Right, that’s enough of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. This is 60 Second Retro Gamer Episode 67. The review? Why, it’s that classic (ahem…) Driven, based on the film of the same name starring Sylvester Stallone. …
Jan 22 2016
Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike – 60SRG Episode 66
This week’s blast from the past is Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3 on the Gamecube. Rebel Strike was released at the tail end of 2003 in the middle of the console’s run, and proved to be another solid entry in the world of Star Wars video games. Solid, but not spectacular. Some may have appreciated …
Jan 15 2016
Underworld The Eternal War – 60 Second Retro Gamer Episode 65
It seems that most developers just can’t get licensed tie-in games right. Such is the case with Underworld The Eternal War. Only released on the PS2 and not made available in the US, we can say with honesty that you’re not missing much at all. Aside from the incredibly linear gameplay, textures are poor and …
Jan 08 2016
Start The Party – 60 Second Gamer Visual Podcast 03
Back in 2012 we captured gameplay for a Playstation Move game called Start The Party. This was originally intended to be a normal 60 second review with a podcast on the side. Then the project fell by the wayside and both the footage and podcast lay dormant on Simon’s computer for three years. Then in …
Dec 31 2015
Updates are heading your way
Hello to anybody and everybody that might see this! Just in case you thought the site was a little sparse at the moment, I’m in the middle of relinking all the podcasts and videos on YouTube so it’ll fill out again over the coming weeks. Until then, note that new material is on its way, …
May 12 2012
Wayne’s World – 60 Second Retro Gamer Ep54
I’ve always been a fan of the Wayne’s World movies. They’re infinitely quotable, have a surreal undercurrent in the same style as Airplane and they feature some rather good musicians. I should never be surprised at finding out that another popular licence has received a video game tie-in, but seriously – how does Wayne’s World …
May 06 2012
60 Second Gamer – Episode 53 – Super Mario Bros (NES)
The podcast is available at www.randomstoat.com Apart from a brief dalliance with a tape-based Atari system at some point in the 80s, my first experience of video games was with the Nintendo Entertainment System. Much like everyone else, we owned Super Mario Bros, however our version was on the same cart as Duck Hunt. Cut …