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Top Retro Video Games: Then Vs Now!
Hello retro gamers! No doubt if you're reading this, you're one of those lucky few who have grown up through one of the most exciting ages for gaming.
Yep new gamers these days enjoy their HD graphics, online streaming and uploading, international seamless multiplayer, as well as wireless controllers and now even no controllers at all! We love all of these things, but a classic retro gamers, we've been able to really see just how far things have come first hand and for every new game, upgrade and accessory that is available, see our 7 year old self's wildest dreams come true in more ways that we could imagine!
To help show what we mean, we thought we would take a few moments to look back at the classic games we all loved from the 80s and compare them with their modern day counterparts (sort of). It's amazing how far things have some and just think of where they'll be in another 20 years when we're playing our PS10's in our rocking chairs :) Enjoy!
Wolfenstein (1992)
Battlefield 4 (2013)
Guest Post: More Yo-Yo Than YOLO!
Hello! Let me quickly introduce myself, my name is Nikki and I am a fashion blogger from Passerellauk, but most importantly of all, I'm a fully fledged 80's baby!
Growing up in the 80's was pretty amazing wasn't it? There are so many things that make the 80's great. If you've all but forgot the crazy times of the 80's, then let me jog your memory a little.
Remember Ring pops, Yo Yo's and Spokey dokes?
We all remember the good old fashioned Yo Yo right? Can you remember the one that lit up? The Coca-Cola spinner? Most people still don't understand why they were so popular... Why were they so cool? It was all because in 1989 the UK was gripped by Yo Yo fever.. and everyone got involved from our friends, to our mums and dads! We took them to school, we took them to the park, we swapped them, replaced them and finally, got very bored of them and that was the end of the Yo Yo craze! I have to be honest, I never learnt one trick, but if I saw a Yo Yo today I would probably have a go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbviSr-vLqw
15 Things You [Probably] Didn't Know About...TruffleShuffle.com!
Hold on to your hats Truffle fans! As you know we love a good "10 Things You Didn't Know About..." style blog post, mainly so we can do some extra research into some of our favourite things, movies and shows. WELL! We've decided to turn things on us for a change, giving you lucky lot the chance to learn a few facts about our little selves that might surprise, scare, amaze or simply entertain.
Dive on into the weird and wonderful world of TruffleShuffle......
1) Why are we called TruffleShuffle?? Some people ask us this so we thought we could fill everyone in. Well! One of the founding T-Shirts that helped to inspire TruffleShuffle's creation was a classic Goonies TShirt (as seen further below), the money received from the first ever t-shirt sold was then used to buy the domain name www.TruffleShuffle.co.uk, inspired by top Goonie Chunk's legendary moves...
2) For the first year of its life, TruffleShuffle operated from a one-bed flat in Bristol! ...And we still use those very same shelves today stocking your tees before they get sent out...only slightly more of them now.
3) Competitions! Running weekly competitions on our Facebook page as well as holding monthly biggy ones here on the TruffleShuffle blog, we've ever-so roughly given away £13,000 in prize money! That's around 24p per fan we have to date! See...it really does pay to be a fan!