414 days — That’s how long I have waited for this moment. If I were any less of a man I would have cut my arm off 78 times by now. Instead I have spent the last 13 and a half months of my life prepar­ing … Continue read­ing →

“Alex Kidd punches ani­mals so hard that they explode — and, as far as I can tell, he does it for no rea­son” — Brad One of our ear­li­est vids at the UCHG was a Big Talk about Alex Kidd in Miracle World … Continue read­ing →

This is where the UCHG takes on the heroic chal­lenge to play every title in the book ‘1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die’. This one comes from Fen: Christmas has always been a spe­cial time of year at the … Continue read­ing →

At UCHG HQ, we’ve got so much stuff — games num­ber in their hun­dreds, for con­soles that many peo­ple nowa­days wouldn’t even recog­nise. By now, we’ve man­aged to get hold of many of the real land­marks in gam­ing; but what … Continue read­ing →

This is where the UCHG takes on the heroic chal­lenge to play every title in the book ‘1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die’. — 1001 No.26: ‘Super Mario Kart’ (1992, SNES) In our first video of 2011, … Continue read­ing →

2010 started off as you would expect it to, with January. January was par­tic­u­larly cold and of course offered up an oppor­tu­nity that could not be missed. I am of course refer­ring to the bib­li­cal snow cock that resided out­side the … Continue read­ing →

At this pre­cise moment in time I sit alone here at UCHG HQ. Abandoned and left to fend for myself amongst the piles of retro games and con­soles. During these weeks alone I have so far man­aged to strike up a deep and … Continue read­ing →

The cul­mi­na­tion of our look at scary games; and what else could it be but Condemned: Criminal Origins? Unanimously voted by us as the scari­est game ever cre­ated, there’s so much that’s unfor­get­table about Condemned; and yet, there’s a new scare … Continue read­ing →