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FOUND: Crash org - What They Never Told You

Crash Bandicoot's original lead programmer reckons the overhauled N. Sane Trilogy 'got almost everything right' except for one tiny detail: 'they completely botched how jumping works'

"Every jump on the remake is huge and floaty."

PC Gamer

Crash Bandicoot co-creator says the remake "got almost everything right, except the most important 30 milliseconds," and that's why it "feels worse than the 1996 original"

There is a big difference

GamesRadar

Typewriters, stinky carpets and crazy press trips: what it was like working on video game mags in the 1980s

Powered chiefly by enthusiasm and primitive publishing tech, these publications shaped the future of video games media

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Kehlani live at the O2 review: flu can't stop this superstar

4/5 Battling through a croaky voice, the singer still managed to create an air of intimacy in the cavernous O2

Evening Standard

Scans for the memories: why old games magazines are a vital source of cultural history – and nostalgia

As the Video Game History Foundation opens a new digitised archive, what can titles like Crash, Mega, Edge and GamesMaster tell us about the early days of gaming?

The Guardian - UK

Aprilia CEO is Worried About MotoGP’s Future, and He's Right to Worry

If car enthusiasts see Formula 1 as the ultimate playground for automotive engineering brilliance, MotoGP is the exact same thing, but for the two-wheeled world. It’s where motorcycle manufacturers flex the very best of what they’re capable of, and quite frankly, the breeding ground for a lot of the innovations…

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The spirit of Crash Bandicoot lives on in "the most ruthless indie linear 3D platformer ever made," which has already killed me 71 times in a single level

I should've sought out the devs advice before I played the demo for PsiloSybil

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One to watch: Bad With Phones

After a car crash and a two-year break, the south London bassist and producer releases his trippy, redemptive debut album

The Guardian - UK

The Ultimate-Rare story: 40 years of brilliant British games, from Jetpac and GoldenEye to Sea of Thieves

Forty years since the release of its first game, British developer Rare – formerly known as Ultimate – has cemented its place in gaming history. We look back at its origins on the ZX Spectrum and NES

The Guardian - UK

Crash Team Rumble preview: Multiplayer Online Battle Platformer?

Crash Team Rumble is an unexpectedly promising start from a genre of game I don’t usually mesh with, deftly combining MOBAs with platformers

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘Our children will know who we were by our vinyl’: the magic and mayhem of running a record shop

Record Store Day will have music fans queuing up this weekend – but how do these shops survive, and what do they bring to the high street in 2023? Our writer puts in a shift at Jumbo in Leeds to find out

The Guardian - UK

Look back at Scouse radio station that made Liverpool 'unique'

Before Capital - there was Crash FM and Juice FM

Liverpool Echo

The 50 best albums of 2022: No 4 – Charli XCX: Crash

For the final album on her major-label contract, the contrary pop auteur decided to dance with the devil to make a nakedly commercial record – though her self-awareness still shone through

The Guardian - UK

Crash Bandicoot mobile spinoff shuts down next year

On The Run's servers will go offline less than two years after launch.

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Derry firm says four day working week has been 'life-changing' for staff

Two businesses in Derry have been operating a four-day week since 2020

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MotoGP: Jack Miller Signs Two-Year Deal With KTM

Jack Miller has inked a two-year contract with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing starting the 2023 MotoGP season. The Australian leaves his post at Ducati.

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