Iain Mew
Writing a British history of popular video games one UK sales chart #1 at a time. Now in 1986. Also into pop music and writing on The Singles Jukebox. He/him. http://www.superchartisland.com
- #TheTenx5 Day 5 Robyn - Indestructible (2010, 🇸🇪) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueI8... Not surprised to see so many different singles from this album come up. This one is my favourite for its pounding intensity and for the duelling strings + synth on the bridge
- #TheTenx5 Day 4 Sky Ferreira - One (2010, 🇺🇸) www.youtube.com/watch?v=waoh... A portion of my list is going to be all about who took after Yasutaka Nakata's crystalline techno-pop productions the best, and this was an early contender
- #TheTenx5 Day 4 Sky Ferreira - One (2010, 🇺🇸) www.youtube.com/watch?v=waoh... A portion of my list is going to be all about who took after Yasutaka Nakata's crystalline techno-pop productions the best, and this was an early contender
- #TheTenx5 Day 3 Diana Vickers - Once (2010, 🇬🇧) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpkx... Veteran pop songwriters and a 4th place X Factor contestant decide to try to outdo Ellie Goulding's splendid sex/death debut "Under the Sheets", succeeed (and hit #1)
- For @singlesjukebox.bsky.social, I wrote about the new Olivia Dean single, my favourite one so far: thesinglesjukebox.com/olivia-dean-...
- #TheTenx5 Day 3 Diana Vickers - Once (2010, 🇬🇧) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpkx... Veteran pop songwriters and a 4th place X Factor contestant decide to try to outdo Ellie Goulding's splendid sex/death debut "Under the Sheets", succeeed (and hit #1)
- #TheTenx5 Day 2 Tinie Tempah - Pass Out (2010, 🇬🇧) Finally a time when a British rapper could cross over to the top of the charts at their confident peak rather than after. Not linking to the video version because it cuts out the best bit ("I'll apologise for tonight tomorrow morning...")
- World Cup Football (1984) came out to warm reviews and reached #17 in the UK chart. World Cup Carnival (1986) got abysmal reviews and hit #1. They were the same game. New post on one of the most farcical and dishonourable chart-topping games of the 80s: www.superchartisland.com/world-cup-carnival
- "Maradona is Mr. Honest in comparison" - a taste of the critical response to World Cup Carnival once magazines eventually got their hands on it www.superchartisland.com/world-cup-carnival
- An aside I didn't get into in the post is that the Your Sinclair review was written by 'Rachael Smith', and that was in fact one of several pseudonyms used by John Minson, moonlighting from Crash. Which casts a different light on the opening line of the review... www.eurogamer.net/the-story-of...
- #TheTenx5 Day 2 Tinie Tempah - Pass Out (2010, 🇬🇧) Finally a time when a British rapper could cross over to the top of the charts at their confident peak rather than after. Not linking to the video version because it cuts out the best bit ("I'll apologise for tonight tomorrow morning...")
- #TheTenx5 (favourite songs of the 10s) Day 1 Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (2010, 🇨🇦) Starting with something multiply relevant to my interests! Someone who previously went by the name Final Fantasy doing grand chamber-pop about a hero's journey to attack and dethrone god (Owen Pallett)
- #TheTenx5 (favourite songs of the 10s) Day 1 Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (2010, 🇨🇦) Starting with something multiply relevant to my interests! Someone who previously went by the name Final Fantasy doing grand chamber-pop about a hero's journey to attack and dethrone god (Owen Pallett)
- My post this week was on Thrust! Read about: - developer Jeremy C. Smith's history with BBC Micro twists on Asteroids - how Thrust became "a £2 sensation" for BT's Telecomsoft - Exile, the 1988 cult classic which was way ahead of its time www.superchartisland.com/thrust
