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Exclusive: Writer Of Lockdown Horror Hit Host Is Aiming To Revolutionise FMV Games With Ghosts © Visible Games Back in the 90s, FMV video games were seen as a way of harnessing the amazing storage potential of CD-ROM to create immersive, life-like video games – but although cult classics like Night Trap found an audience, few would argue FMV gaming was a true revolution; the lack of interaction was painfully clear, even back then. However, seemingly against all odds, FMV gaming has undergo...

A belated birthday gift. Updated on 11 March 2021 Mario Day may have been and gone but the party hasnt stopped at the Nintendo eShop where two of the mascots top Switch games are now reduced by 35 per cent. Both Super Mario Maker 2 and Paper Mario: The Origami King are now £32.49. Its around the biggest discount we usually see for first-party Switch games on the eShop. Super Mario Maker 2 is the DIY-platformer that allows you to create your own devilishly ...

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Treat Williams really is one of the greats. The Rowayton, Connecticut native got his big break in theatre, starring as Danny Zuko in Grease on Broadway. Whether you recognize him from his Golden Globe-nominated performance as George Berger in Miloš Formans movie musical Hair or from one of his many starring TV roles on shows like Everwood and Chesapeake Shores, Williams has pretty much been everywhere and done everything throughout his lengthy career. And somehow ...

The saying goes: “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” Or so says 18th century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean on his deathbed at least. But it is noteworthy that his quote is transcendent enough to still apply 188 years later. And it certainly does when you’re talking about the general lack of respect comedy gets compared to more “serious” fare in the art world. Time and time again, comedy is treated as inferior to drama by both critics and even casual fans with the general perception be...

Five Dates hits iOS on Valentine’s Day, explores dating during COVID We get our fair share of FMV thrillers and horror games on mobile, but an FMV rom-com produced entirely during lockdown is certainly something new. The Complex and Late Shift developer Wales Interactive’s latest, Five Dates, delivers just that, with seven hours of live-action footage to enjoy and many tricky choices to make along the way. The game is an exploration of life – and dating – while in lockdown, weaving the ...

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