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GeekForce – The Hour of Power

GeekForce – The Hour of Power
It's hard to believe but we have now been doing the GeekForce – The Hour of Power since October 2015!! To ensure that our friends and followers all have the easiest possible access to our previous shows, we have decided that it would be a good idea to include all shows in one easy to access…
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Spielberg and Me

Spielberg and Me
Firstly let me make it clear I love Steven Spielberg. If there was someone that made the films (and associated toys) of my childhood it was two men: George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. I can’t remember the exact moment that I was aware of the films of Spielberg. Maybe I was just born aware of…
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Virtual Reality – Past, Present & Future

Virtual Reality – Past, Present & Future
“WHEN I SAW HOW REAL VIRTUAL REALITY CAN BE, AND THAT WE CAN REPLACE HUMAN VISION WITH VIRTUAL VISION, THIS CAN BE THE ULTIMATE PLATFORM.” There I was as a wide eyed 11 year old, watching a person on a podium kitted out with various equipment and looking like a Borg extra out of Star…
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 “I FEEL THE NEED…THE NEED FOR SPEED.”

 “I FEEL THE NEED…THE NEED FOR SPEED.”
“On March 3, 1969 the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of its pilots. Its purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to insure that the handful of men who graduated were the best fighter pilots in the world. They succeeded. Today, the Navy calls…
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“A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY…”

“A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY…”
I can’t lay claim to watching the first Star Wars in a different galaxy – to be exact it was in Devon. I went to see Star Wars in the Whitsun holiday of 1978 (May time.) I was 4 years old (so I guess that qualifies as a long time ago!) and it was the…
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Secret Wars – “The Shape Of Things To Come”

Secret Wars – “The Shape Of Things To Come”
Growing up in the 70s and early 80s there were not many superhero related toys. There were the MEGO superhero toys and cars. There were also the Corgi super hero cars, planes and boats. Finally there were the costumes and masks you could buy. But that was it. The figures were not the best figures…
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Sony PlayStation – How It Changed Video Gaming

Sony PlayStation – How It Changed Video Gaming
"The streets are a poor kid's PlayStation™" There I was on a warm early summer day in a small German town called Hameln, vying for space, me and 3 other friends’ clamouring over each other to look through pinholes of the local toy stores shutters. Passers-by precariously wondering what would be making 4 teenagers firstly…
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A man once said, “When you make a friend, you take on a responsibility.”

A man once said, “When you make a friend, you take on a responsibility.”
It is well known that British criminals were once upon a time deported to the penal colonies in Australia. It has been said that citizens who had evaded detection moved to Canada! So without further adieu, we at GF Prime, proudly based at stately Wayne Manor in the heart of Nottinghamshire would like to introduce the latest addition to…
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The Legacy of Zelda

The Legacy of Zelda
“It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this .” Zelda has been around since the dawn of Hyrule, or for over 30 Years based on however you want to interpret it. The ever popular series of games have kept gamers questing well before the rise of RPG’s & MMORPG’s, and at a time where platform based…
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