• Impact Reviews: Mario, A Super Musical

    Mario in Pantomine! The excellent Mario: A Super Musical takes the Mario soundtrack through the era and applies a plot and lyrics. Except for a small problem with scene changes and unfortunate language for the audience it was well worth seeing, and I’d love to see it again. The...
  • GameCity: De Mambo

    De Mambo is a new game from developer The Dangerous Kitchen, an up-to-four-player Smash Bros series-like experience. Each player controls a small circular character focused on knocking the others off the stage. In this game, The Dangerous Kitchen have taken a familiar format into a different direction, as I saw...
  • GameCity: Gunkatana

    Sitting down with a couple of volunteers from the VGA in Nottingham, Gunkatana was extremely difficult to move on from. It’s a new local multiplayer game from developer Geraldo Nascimento filled with katana slicing, laser shooting murder goodness. As a lover of local multiplayer games, I placed Gunkatana firmly...
  • GameCity: Interview with the Super Mario Musical Writer and Producer

    On the 23rd of October 2015 I interviewed the writer Jim Burrows and producer Charlotte Fage about Mario – A Super Musical just before their second performance. We discussed their favourite games, obscure characters and unexpected romances, to give a lovely perspective of the minds behind the musical. First...
  • GameCity: All-Star British Development Panel

    As the 10 men and women of the GameCity Festival’s All-Star British Development Panel took to the stage on Sunday afternoon, it quickly became apparent the kind of experience the audience was in for. A collection of brightly patterned jumpers, Hawaiian shirts, novelty ties and t-shirts printed with counter-culture...