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Link Tank: Retro TV Shows That Were Created to Sell Toys

From My Little Pony ‘n Friends to G.I. Joe, here are some retro kids’ TV show created to sell toys. “In the 1980s, kids didn’t need to rely on imagination alone to create elaborate worlds for their toys. They just had to watch Saturday morning cartoons to learn about the personalities, backstories, and adventures of their favorite stuffed animals and action figures.” Read more at Mental Floss. The studio behind Final Fantasy has unveiled their newest game, Fantasian. Here’s everything we know about it so far. “Hironobu Sakaguchi’s studio Mistwalker unveiled its newest game, Fantasian, in March 2021. While it’s…
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The Queen’s Gambit: Why ’60s Retro Feels So Fresh in 2020

This article contains mild The Queen’s Gambit spoilers. It’s not the image that first springs to mind when you think of chess. In a swanky Parisian parlor, with a bank of breathless photographers following her every gesture, Anya Taylor-Joy’s Beth Harmon rushes in while still in a daze. She’s clearly missing a step after a late night of bad decisions, yet even at her most disheveled she emanates ‘60s style. Like Ann-Margret in The Cincinnati Kid, Beth’s fiery mane of red hair is turned up at the sides in a flip. The idol of her age. But with that 1965…
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Sega Dreamcast Mini Could Be Next Retro Console from Publisher

In an interview with Famitsu (as reported on by Siliconera) Sega creative producer Yosuke Okunari hinted that Sega is thinking about producing a Dreamcast Mini device. “I think for the next one, we may go with a concept close to the Mega Drive Mini,” Okunari says. “If I have to say some names, it could be an SG-1000 Mini or a Dreamcast Mini.” Okunari also mentions that Sega has considered “everything that has been imagined by everyone” in regards to what their next mini console/game device could be. Interestingly, he states that such projects “are moved by a substantial amount…
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New Retro Marvel Legends Figures From Hasbro Includes Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Panther

Hasbro’s long-running action figure line, Marvel Legends, is being expanded…with a nostalgic twist. Pop culture in the year 2020 is a peripheral cycle of reboots and remixes that serve to prove the cliché that everything old is new again true once more. Not that this is an unwelcome thing.  Even the most cursory of glances at the current news cycle makes nostalgia a cherished old friend right about now. So as someone whose current job description is perhaps best summed up as “professional dweller in the past,” I can tell you from firsthand experience that nostalgia is one of the…
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Link Tank: The Best Retro Game Consoles to Play in 2020

With interests in retro-gaming on the rise, check out the best retro game console to play in 2020. “Modern video games and consoles offer a narrative experience that rivals Hollywood blockbusters, but also require a hefty commitment of your time to play through. Sometimes you just want to dive into the action, and your favorite 8 and 16-bit games of yesteryear are perfect for that. Retro gaming is more popular than ever, and finding the perfect retro gaming gear can be overwhelming, so we’ve done the hard work for you.” Read more at Gizmodo. Tom Holland’s audition tape proves why…
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The Vast Of Night Review – a Retro Sci-Fi Gem

An indie sci-fi, reportedly rejected by 18 film festivals before it landed the audience award at Slamdance in 2019, The Vast of Night is the latest buzzy release to be picked up by Amazon Prime. The buzz is justified. Set in a small town in New Mexico and taking place over a single night, The Vast of Night is ‘50s set sci-fi in the spirit of cold war classics like The Blob and Invasion of The Body Snatchers, with a modern twist and an extra meta-layer.  A film within a film, The Vast of Night is framed as an episode…
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Fishy Stones (Retro Afrika)

Rent It Two men, Robert and Makhosi, have just pulled off a diamond heist, but immediately find themselves pursued by cops with little chance of making it to safety. Instead of being caught with the loot and losing it, they decide to toss it out the window of their car. Shortly thereafter the diamonds are discovered by David and Alex, two young men having a little camping trip together. While they're excited about their valuable find, they're concerned the original owner might come looking for it...a concern that turns out to be warranted when Robert and Makhosi break themselves out…
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Gone Crazy (Retro Afrika)

Skip It In the 1970s and 1980s, Apartheid-era Africans had essentially no access to mainstream cinema. The solution? Make their own films, across every genre, including ambitious action movies, sweeping romances, and even striking social commentary films that the African government looked down on. For years, these genuinely independent productions were as unavailable to the world as the world's cinema once was to Africa, but with the help of Gravel Road Entertainment, Indiepix has found nearly 50 of these films and has given them digital restorations so that they can be accessible both via DVD-R releases and digital streaming (even…
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