Through a Rose Coloured Bezel – Gauntlet

If you are like a lot of other people around the world at the moment, then you might have spent your weekend, and every other waking moment, exploring a series of top-down, third-person perspective dungeons with a mighty Wizard. You may have been scouring these dungeons for special items that increase your health or picking up magical potions. In these dungeons you might be pitted against evil demons and tricky thieves who are Hell-bent on swarming you with overpowering numbers and sending you and three friends to an early grave.

You might even cringe when you hear the narrator telling you “”Elf – shot the food”

The Colour of (Movie) Magic

There is something inherently nerdy about the way I watch movies. Unlike my family and friends who are able to sit back and turn their brains off for 90 minutes of flash and bang and enjoy the spectacle before them, its usually these 90 minutes that my mind goes into overdrive.   In a little bit of a diversion to the usual NerdGasm articles we usually post, Im going to take this opportunity to reproduce a paper I wrote on Lighting in film.  Covering a few themes, some of which you may not be instantly and consciously aware of while watching a film, this paper may open your eyes to things happening in the background of your favourite movies and change the way you watch your next popcorn blockbuster.

Uncharted – The morphinapg Cut.

Here at NerdGasm we generally try to stay away from the general news that you can pick up on every other game / geek site out there.  But sometimes it’s good to share the love, especially when that love comes dressed in a half-tuck. So, why not hit the jump and read about something special that has been put together for the masses to enjoy over at YouTube.  Hooray!

Tales From An Arcade Boy Pt10

In the mid 90’s a massive shift occurred in the arcade scene. The video games that were a hit in the 80’s and early 90’s were being usurped by an upstart called the PlayStation and its competition called the Saturn. Kids were losing interest in paying $1 for a 5 minutes game they could buy for $5 off a guy at the market to pay as long as they wanted………

Through a Rose Coloured Bezel – Dragon’s Lair

Dirk The Daring by CrashtesterX @ Deviantart

Its a special Through a Rose Coloured Bezel for me this time around!  In 1983 an arcade game like no other appeared on the scene.  The game was Dragon’s Lair and it was unlike every other cabinet that stood in the arcade during the “Golden Age of Arcade Games”.

Come with me now as we venture into the mysterious caverns below the NerdGasm blog and behold the beauty that was Dragon’s Lair!

Tales From An Arcade Boy Pt9

“Something was brewing over at Sega. They were about to release an arcade version of the popular Initial D anime and the hot rumour was it would use a card saving system to allow players to build their own cars ”

This week DansDans takes us back to the turn of the century and explores the introduction of the IC (Integrated Circuit) card.

Tales From An Arcade Boy Pt8

This week DansDans shares his experience of preparing a video to submit to the OFLC for classification, specifically around the 2003 Konami shooter, World Combat (Warzaid).