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Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Pilote Lights

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In 1964, Pilote magazine ran a one-off, one-page Asterix strip intended as a teaser for the forthcoming story Asterix and the Big Fight , w...
Sunday, 2 November 2025

Statistically Speaking

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In the year 1982, Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone devised the basic combat system for the very first Fighting Fantasy adventure gamebook,...
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Wednesday, 29 October 2025

Ghost Light

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Last month, I was investigating Number 13 -- the British comics answer to The Munsters and The Addams Family , which was drawn by John Gee...
Sunday, 26 October 2025

Take Me Back

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Some not-awful photography from the HAIM concert in Cardiff last night.
Monday, 13 October 2025

The Drawing Board

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The following board game, which could probably not be published today, appeared in The Bash Street Kids Annual 1995 : That last page in part...
Friday, 10 October 2025

The Shadow of Death

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Holding the Spear of Doom up high, you shout your war-cry and charge. The Spear is not meant to kill Voivod; as the Horned God said, it retu...
Sunday, 14 September 2025

The Monsters Are Due on Beano Street

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According to The Official History of the Beano , the above strip -- from issue #2346, dated 04/07/87 -- is the first appearance of Number 13...
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Wednesday, 10 September 2025

The Most Esoteric Game Over in Interactive Fiction

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In the superhero-themed Fighting Fantasy book, Appointment with F.E.A.R. , you can get mugged whilst in your civilian identity. The cool ai...
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