All posts by Metal Jesus Rocks

Sierra Flashback w/ Ken & Roberta – Good, Bad & Disappointments

In this video we sit down with Ken & Roberta Williams in their house in Southern California for an exclusive chat about Sierra On-Line games including some of their biggest hits and some of their failures and disappointments. We discuss the making of the popular games like King’s Quest, Leisure Suit Larry & Phantasmagoria…but also some of the hidden gems and nuggets from Dynamix, Papyrus, Coktel Vision and more.

Zeebo: Brazil’s Bizarre Delisted Console | Past Mortem [SSFF]

The Zeebo tried to fix Brazil’s notorious bootleg scene by putting mobile games where they really belong: the living room! Spoilers: it did not go well. But at least this Tectoy and Qualcomm collab gave us Resident Evil 4, Crash Nitro Kart, Tekken an exclusive Double Dragon and more… all on a digital-only anti-piracy home console. What could go wrong??

Why Hot-Hatches are Now Faster than Old Supercars

There has been a whole load of new hot hatches setting OUTRAGEOUS times at the Nurburgring, and by that, I mean way faster than some of the supercars that used to top the rankings. Look, this Audi RS3 is faster around the lap than a Pagani Zonda S, the Honda Civic Type R is faster than a Nissan GT-R and this Megane RS Trophy-R is the quickest of the lot – faster than every supercar you used to stick on your wall. Yep – Bugattis, Lamborghinis, Ferarris – THE LOT. Even the holder of the moose test record, the mighty Citroen Xantia. And whilst it’s obvious that new cars are faster than old ones, these are hatchbacks – family cars. They have no reasonable right to be beating the Ferraris and Lamborghinis of just ten years ago. So let me tell you about the key engineering breakthroughs that made them so fast.