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After a frustrating first experience, I tried the Furia accelerator again in my Amiga 600.

Britain's heatwave inspired me to create Last Flight To Ibiza, a feel-good house mix packed with sunshine anthems and Balearic terrace classics.

A closer look at two Commodore classics from a recent haul, including a faulty Amiga 500 Plus and a Commodore 64 that turned out to have a few surprises left.

A local Facebook giveaway led to an unexpected haul of retro computing gear, including an Amiga 500 Plus, Commodore 64, boxed games, accessories and plenty of surprises.

Researchers have peered inside the source code of Amiga's Deluxe Paint, uncovering clever programming tricks that today's developers could still learn from.

I created a physical Amiga CD32 version of 'Rod-Land' even though it was never officially released, complete with custom artwork and a working compact disc.

I bought 'OuT.

Could AI superintelligence really wipe out humanity?

Listen to the 2026 Summer Mix Tape featuring Fatboy Slim, Jamie xx, Barry Can't Swim, FISHER, Ben Hemsley, Moby and more feel-good summer dance tracks.

A nostalgic late-'90s dance mix inspired by late-night drives, MiniDiscs, country lanes, and classic trance and house tracks from 1999 and 2000.

Are Amiga 500s really harder to upgrade than the Amiga 600?

Thinking of getting back into the Amiga in 2026 but not sure which to choose?

Create a stable Amiga 600 hard drive image with Workbench, WHDLoad and Tiny Launcher.

I took a punt on an untested Amiga 1200 from eBay, cleaned it up, upgraded it with RAM and a hard drive, and turned a gamble into a fully restored retro machine.

Learn how to turn any AMOS program into a bootable Amiga game disk using the AMOS Compiler and Workbench to create a startup-sequence to allow the disk to boot.

How I turned Make10 from a browser maths game into a complete Amiga game using AMOS, with custom graphics, game logic, Workbench support and a bootable disk.

'Rod-Land' on the Amiga is an underrated 1990 platform game by Jaleco, based on the arcade original, it is still one of the most playable retro platformers today.

Mackenzie Crook's 'Small Prophets' was inspired by a real alchemical text.

My Amiga 600 became unreliable after installing a Furia accelerator.

The 20 best Amiga games that still hold up today.

How I upgraded an old Amiga 600 into my perfect retro gaming machine, complete with a hard drive full of games and applications like AMOS and Deluxe Paint.

Listen to a 30 minute DJ mix made entirely from classic Commodore Amiga game music, featuring tracks from 'Super Cars II', 'Cannon Fodder', 'Gods' and more.

From Enfield and East Drive to Miami and South Shields, a look at ten of the most famous poltergeist cases, why they mattered, and are still debated today.

How I built Make10, a small web game based on a puzzle where four numbers must be combined using maths to make 10.

Here’s how I restored and upgraded an Amiga 600 I bought on eBay with internal storage and extra memory, and why I chose it over a 500 Plus like I had as a teen.

Learn how to collect ghost sightings, EVP recordings, listener audio and paranormal video submissions using structured forms instead of messy email inboxes.

Think you know 'Sonic The Hedgehog' on the Sega Mega Drive?

From 'Saved By The Bell' to 'Car Share' and 'Friends', a Valentine's look at the TV and movie couples that shaped how we saw relationships, for better or worse.

A housing repair scam collapses when my comically bad phone line turns the conversation into five minutes of time-wasting nonsense in this funny prank call.

Why 'Clarkson's Farm' works even if you never liked Jeremy Clarkson, what it teaches about farming, and why The Farmer's Dog in Burford is worth visiting.

I'm attempting to make and release a new Amiga game in AMOS using classic 1990s technology, as I rediscover retro computer game development after 30 years.

'DuckTales' was essential 80s kids' television, and this forgotten five-part story on Disney+ delivered one of the show's most memorable adventures.

'Red Dwarf' might appear to be a typical sci-fi show, but one key ingredient is missing, aliens.

Test your knowledge of the supernatural episodes of 'Inside No. 9', from witches and ghosts to demons, rituals, and darkly twisted surprises.

Test your knowledge of alien movies with this film quiz covering classic and modern extraterrestrial cinema, from iconic invasions to unexpected visitors.

Test your knowledge of paranormal television with this quiz on investigators, mediums, spin-offs and classic ghost-hunting shows.

Video feedback loops create swirling, life-like patterns used in visual ITC.

A super hard paranormal quiz for experts.

Learn how everyday photography quirks can mimic ghostly shapes and light anomalies, and how to spot when an image deserves closer attention.