R.I.P. William English

R.I.P. William English

R.I.P. Keiji Fujiwara

R.I.P. Keiji Fujiwara

R.I.P. Kazuhisa Hashimoto

R.I.P. Kazuhisa Hashimoto

Up, up, down, down......

R.I.P. John Kirby

R.I.P. John Kirby

R.I.P. Takashi Iwade

R.I.P. Takashi Iwade

R.I.P. Stan Lee

R.I.P. Stan Lee

R.I.P. Ben Daglish

Original video located here. Accessed 5th October 2018

R.I.P. Ben Daglish

R.I.P. Bob Wakelin

R.I.P. gaming box artist Bob Wakelin

Tis' a lost art, the game box cover art....

R.I.P. Alan Young

Original video located here. Accessed 23rd May 2016

R.I.P. Alan Young

R.I.P. Satoru Iwata

The gaming world has been shock to the core with the recent passing of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Whilst there are plenty of other people talking about his life and achievements here on cyberspace I however will offer my own thoughts on the man:

I am still the owner of the Wii. Whilst I used it more for the Virtual Console than the Wii games, I wouldn't have had one if it wasn't for Satoru Iwata. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have discovered, and played, so many games that escaped me the first time around. And for that I thank him.

In addition, credit must be given to Satoru Iwata who was able to run a massive gaming company AND still be passionate about games. I think we can all learn something from that.

R.I.P. Chris Squire

Original video located here. Accessed 29th June 2015

 R.I.P. Chris Squire

R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy

One of the icons of geek culture passed away on the weekend - Leonard Nimoy, Mr Spock himself.

Thankfully Star Trek Online are keeping his soundbites but I will admit it's getting hard upon leveling up and hearing that distinctive voice utter: "Congratulations Admiral"

I raise a glass to you, Mr Nimoy.
And say hi to Gene, James and DeForrest for us. :(

R.I.P. Ralph Baer

Today I was saddened by the news that Ralph Baer had passed away at the age of 92.

Who was Ralph Baer you may ask? He is largely credited as being the inventor of the game console, having worked on the first gaming console the Magnavox Odyessy. And at the time his passing, he had 150 patents in his name.

It's a funny thing with the gaming industry: We don't really recognize the efforts of the pioneers that came before us. Indeed, many of them are in their twilight years yet when one passes on, it usually goes unnoticed. Which is a shame as these were real people, like you and me, and they put in a lot of hard effort into the gaming industry and bring us where we are today. And that surely is worth more than some lines of text in some newspaper obituary column.

Still, you can't deny with the efforts of Ralph Baer, we wouldn't be using the gaming consoles as we know them - and gaming today would be a much different place.

And for that, Mr. Baer, I salute you

R.I.P. Robin Sachs

Original image located here. Accessed 6th February 2014

"I hear we have a galaxy to save"

R.I.P. Robin Sachs