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@mariachimacabre: He isn't I'm afraid, although the guys who are doing the soundtrack seem very talented. I have to say I think It's going to be phenomenal. They're a pair of guys that call themselves 'Ridiculon', here's a link to a vid where they discuss the project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy_WMtVBkhI

Star Ocean: The Second Story, such a shame it was so hard to get hold of in the UK the result of this being that it's rarer than rocking horse turds now.

Might I suggest a look at the moments that have changed video games, key moments in it's history considering all facets; from the games themselves, the breakthroughs and headlines attributed to them, to those who make them. No chronological linearity required it's more importantly moments and people you feel users would be interested in as they illuminate some aspect about games that we would find engaging. Some sort of time line can come later once the series has been established.

I think you have a solid team at GB and whether it be through professional skills or purely having been on the front line at the time when the industry has been at it's most controversial, interesting and insane, provides you all with the facilities to do this right and in an informative and idiosyncratic way.

My suggestion for the title of the project would be, 'DONE CHANGED THE GAME'.

If video games are part of a culture they are part of the problems of that culture, political blame games aside. Some people consume content produced by the 'video game industry', as that's what it is an industry, in a very unhealthy way. Video games, not unlike and comparable to many facets of life, facilitate isolation. For those with addictive personalities for obvious reason this can be destructive.

I think people need to stop seeing any criticism of Video Games as a personal attack, though we all take responsibility for the world we live in. A criticism of video games within society should be viewed as a criticism of society as it pertains to video games. This argument has reared its head for the wrong reasons but for anyone wanting to consider themselves as part of a video games industry then they should consider themselves; and their industry, the good and the bad.

I think you need to ensure you are comfortable with the controls and the screen you are using (I say this with the mind that you may choose to use an emulator), other than that go for it. Old games are for life not just for christmas, Super Mario Bros 3 has and will always be amazing. Once a year for a few weeks i'll play some of my SNES games and not just for nostalgia but for the simple fact they are great and challenging games.

I never hear anything about King Arthurs World for the SNES, and I think the one time I did someone was dismissing it as a pile of dog faeces. It's one of my favourite games of all time, I found it to be truly original having a real impact on me. I really surprises me that I don't hear anymore about it.

The sound and music are some of my favourites in a video game, I found it to be really original and the difficulty perfect. Each of the three worlds really took you somewhere new. It's nice to share an appreciation of something with others, it's a shame when a great game, book or film doesn't get what it deserves.

@forkboy: Played that on the snes years ago, I enjoyed it and played it again not too long ago in fact. I bought it from a car boot sale and it had one of those blockbuster not for resale stickers on it.

Any adult who's watching blues clues is obviously doing it for the wrong reasons.

I think that tales of the unexpected can be seen on one of the sky arts digital channels, I've not seen it my self but had always suspected it would be similar to the twilight zone judging from the program descriptions. I have however seen Jam, brilliant show I only wish Jeff had in fact gone into explaining in more detail on the bombcast so I could hear the crews reactions. The segment with the man who calls up the 'specialist' to help dispose of a dead body is truly fantastic, I won't say anymore but I watched much of it on youtube a while back.

Edit: Also 'Garth Marenghi's Dark Place' is a show everyone should see, it has one of the best musical intros of all time in my humble. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397150/

Hey man, that's a huge commitment and an impressive one. First of all good luck with your training. Have you done any sort of distance running before? My suggestion for the finish would be the theme song from 28 days later by john murphy aka in the house - in a heartbeat, imagine it's do or die.