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Worlds

A meander through the video game and movie worlds of my youth and beyond


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Mew

Mew started as a top-secret easter egg, became the centre of one of the biggest gaming rumours of the ’90s, and then grew into an important piece of the Pokémon mythos.
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DS Tick Tock Clock

If you like clocks, then this track has it all – giant gears, swinging pendulums, a road of spinning cogs, slowly turning clock hands, an alarm clock starting line, clock faces to drive over…
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Hunters

About halfway through Resident Evil Remake, a new type of enemy rears its ugly, scaly head. Most of the zombies in the mansion vanish, replaced by faster, stronger, more agile monsters called Hunters, which are a frightening cross between a reptile and a human.
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Rainbow Road

The Special Cup in the Mario Kart series always end in a Rainbow Road track, and Mario Kart 8 is no different. Like previous Rainbow Road courses, this one takes place in outer space – in this case, in low orbit with the Earth visible in the background.
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Web Spinner

The Web Spinner was intended to be deployed to war zones, where it would use its venom to injure combatants before eating them. However, although its increase in size was impressive, it was deemed to have no practicality as a bioweapon, since its lack of intelligence made it uncontrollable.
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Bowser’s Castle

The various Bowser’s Castle tracks in the Mario Kart series feature a wide array of dastardly, menacing obstacles and hazards to avoid, and this incarnation is no different. The track is loaded with an impressive gauntlet of traps that make it clear just how unwelcome you are in Bowser’s abode.
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