I remember watching BMX Bandits with Nicole Kidman's giant hair and trying to emulate being a crime fighting BMX pro racer… and failing miserably! Thinking back to the retro bicycles that made my childhood, here are my top 5 picks!
The N Word Project : Nostalgia Marketing
CommentRemember those wistful hours spent playing your favourite video game? Well advertising companies are essentially punching children of the 80s in the feels, so we empty our wallets... and it's working! With releases of classic game consoles like the SNES Mini and other retro gaming emulators that offer you a gazillion video games, the strong stench of a yesteryear is here, and the world of advertising is cashing in.
5 Of The Best Gaming Chairs Every Retro Gamer Needs
1 CommentAfter approximately 20 minutes of using a stolen chain as a weapon on a police officer (in the game. Obviously!) my ass went numb. I recognised then that I owed my retro gaming antics more. I owed my consoles and games the respect they deserve with my undivided attention… and that means to be sat on a chair that doesn’t ruin my butt cheeks in mere moments!
The Best Retro T-Shirts for Millennials
CommentWhether it’s 90s pop culture references, retro gaming, 80s movies or a homage to Button Moon, I need it in my wardrobe. If you happen to be a millennial coined by the media as those born between 1981 and 1996, then you too might fancy wearing awesome retro tees that makes people point and laugh/high five you in public.
10 Retro Air Jordan Trainers From 1985 - 1995 You Can Buy Right Now
CommentEvery kid back in the late 80s and 90s wanted a pair of Air Jordan kicks regardless if you had ever seen a basketball game! Nike Air Jordan trainers were a fashion statement and owning a pair today is still considered cool as hell!
SNES Classic Mini versus Raspberry Pi with RetroPie
1 CommentHowever, before I embark on this little project of actually building my own retro gaming system, I decided to see if it was worth it by comparing it to my SNES plug and play gaming console. With a little research and asking all the questions, here's what I found!
Name That Classic Movie Quiz
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Just a little Friday quiz to help you push through to home time! Classic films from the 80s and 90s that make you feel all warm, cozy and old as feck!
10 Best 90s Action Films
CommentWith this in mind, I decided to compile my top 10 action films from the decade I loved the most, the 1990s. Now as this is the internet, and everyone has opinions and the ability to smash out a few CAPS LOCK expletives when it comes to expressing these opinions, no doubt some of you may disagree… and that’s ok!
The N Word : The Nostalgia Project
CommentNostalgia can be anything from a smell, to a touch to an event in one’s past. It can also be stumbling into your parent’s garage and finding forgotten bottles of Archers peach schnapps and Malibu rum that instantly throws you back to being a teenager... sleeping in fields with vomit in your hair!
Top Free 80s and 90s Retro Games for the iPhone
CommentHere are my top 5 80s & 90s retro games you can blissfully play on your iPhone all the live long day! I went for simplicity and a heavy dose of nostalgia when picking these. The kind of games that you can tap away on your iPhone when waiting for a bus wishing you called in sick to work!
Top 10 On Screen Dads From the 80s & 90s
1 CommentWith Father’s Day coming up verrrrrry shortly (if you've forgotten then pick up a generic petrol station card and a packet of Werther's Original pronto!) I thought I would throw love at a bunch of dads we all knew and loved from television and cinema.
Top 5 1980s Movie Villains
CommentGood and evil require a balance. The victory lap of our triumphant hero would be slightly embarrassing if they didn’t first outwit/kill their maniacal archenemy. The films of the 1980s birthed many a glorious baddie. Some we love to hate. Some we just straight up hate.
Beano's 80th Anniversary at The McMenace
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The McManus Gallery in Dundee Scotland will be aptly renamed as The McMenace for the 80th anniversary of the much loved Beano Comic. The name 'McMenace' referring to the hugely popular rascal of the comics, Dennis the Menace.
The exhibition will be taking place from June to October 2018 and will be showcasing not just the characters of the comic but the history behind the pages. The Beano is the longest running children's comic first appearing in 1938.
FUN RANDOM FACT: During The Second World War, the usual weekly instalments of The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternate weeks due to paper and ink rationing!
Some of Beano's well loved characters are the likes of The Bash Street Kids, Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Roger the Dodger and Billy Whizz.
The exhibition will mainly be focusing on The Bast Street Kids as the concept for these characters were inspired by pupils at Dundee High School. Mike Stirling head of Beano Studios Scotland has said that The Beano and The Bash Street Kids are woven into the rebellious fabric of Dundee city. “I don’t believe they could have been created anywhere else – and I don’t say that lightly.”... "It is the City of Discovery. If you don’t rebel, you don’t discover.”
If you get the chance head to The McMenace in the home town of where Beano began and celebrate the iconic comic! The exhibition runs from June 2nd to October 21st.
10 Reasons Why Everyone Loved 90s Teen Magazines
CommentAdidas tracksuit bottoms with rip away poppers on the side? Check. A makeup bag composed of Rimmel Heather Shimmer, blue eye shadow and a foundation that was three shades darker than your actual skin colour? Check. And an array of teen magazines Sugar, Bliss, Just Seventeen, More, Smash Hits or Top of the Pops?
5 Thoughts About The SNES Classic Mini
CommentI unpacked the console and immediately Forest Gumped my way to setting it up without instructions… because instructions are for the weak! I then executed the sitting lotus position on the floor mere centimetres away from the telly and then proceeded to gush out loud.
10 Inappropriate Iconic Films
CommentI can't help but think that some movies were massively inappropriate for my fragile adolescent mind! I mean, most films from the 80s and 90s laugh in the face of political correctness, but there’s some classic cinema that with the gift of hindsight are really quite disturbing!
The Goonies Personality Quiz
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The iconic 80s movie The Goonies is probably my favourite film of all time! It's classic swashbuckling adventure at it's finest with the added joy of inappropriate jokes and expressions that we would never be able to get away with today! I wanna be a Goonie damn it! How about you?? Take this *highly scientific test developed in a lab by professors of geekery to figure out which character from the film you are mostly like!
(*This quiz obviously lacks science because that would be stupid)
6 Thoughts I Had When Playing Streets of Rage
1 CommentWhen I was 11 I remember it taking me the entire day in between toilet breaks and my mum shouting at me for rotting my brain. The second time around 20-odd years later, there were WAY more temper tantrums and expletives in between eating pizza and drinking cider.
10 WTF Home and Away Storylines
CommentThere have been many MANY storylines where I’ve often wondered, “are the script writers partaking in the waccy baccy?” Here are 10 fine examples of moments I’ve cringed behind a cushion/thrown a chicken nugget in disgust at the telly.
10 Reasons Why Murder, She Wrote Is EVERYTHING!
CommentThe show has been kicking around since 1984 and yes I am that person who series links the re-runs to watch at my leisure with a cuppa tea and biscuit… because apparently I’m 86 years old.