The Retro Perspective is a channel & blog focusing on video games from a mindset of 90’s nostalgia - but not so much that proper critique goes out of the window. Run by me, Jake, who started collecting video games in order to discover new experiences - ones I missed out on when the only games available were whatever pirate PS1 titles my dad could grab from the market. The majority of editing, music & artwork for the channel is done by myself.
24 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments The Retro Perspective
Following my Shuffle or Boogie article on the music of the Mother series, I had a chance to interview Shane Mesa & Dani Person who are hard at work on the music for the upcoming fan-made fourth entry in the series, Mother 4. While I decided not to ba...
23 May 2023 3 minute read 0 comments The Retro Perspective
I reached out for an interview with TRJTA AKA Bob, the developer behind Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness Definitive Edition. This mod revives the classic Tomb Raider game by adding modern graphics and gameplay features. We dive into the story behind...
3 May 2023 9 minute read 0 comments The Retro Perspective
If there's one thing I've always said about the Yakuza series it's how engaging its characters and story are. Every time I play a new entry in the series I am surprised the writers manage to maintain the same, if not better quality than the prev...
20 Apr 2023 9 minute read 6 comments The Retro Perspective
In 2001 the original Xbox was released to the world and a turning point was reached for the entire gaming sphere. Competing fiercely with the previous year’s PlayStation 2 and releasing almost simultaneously with Nintendo’s Gamecube, Microsoft h...
10 Apr 2023 2 minute read 0 comments The Retro Perspective
Publisher: Square Enix LondonDeveloper: Emerald City GamesPlatforms: Mobile I've been a fan of Tomb Raider since day one in 1996, when my dad brought home the original game on PlayStation 1. I've played every single entry of the series, including th...
5 Apr 2023 2 minute read 2 comments The Retro Perspective
The original Resident Evil 4 came at a time when "dumbing down video games" was at the forefront of the conversation and it turned out that the worst was yet to come. Resident Evil 4 went on to be a masterpiece, which let the player dictate the actio...
15 Feb 2023 5 minute read 1 comment The Retro Perspective
‘Fair use’ law is the backbone of the vast majority of gaming focussed channels on YouTube, so it stands to reason that there have been a whole lot of videos explaining just what fair use is...but unfortunately, sometimes it’s really not fair use. A...
2 Mar 2021 6 minute read 0 comments The Retro Perspective
Full disclosure, I am a Sony fanboy in recovery. There was a time I believed that Sony could literally do no wrong when it came to the video game industry. Even when they released their defective first model of the PS3 for a ludicrous £600 and remov...
31 Jan 2021 8 minute read 0 comments The Retro Perspective
(I wrote this article in 2015 but most, if not all of the mods have been updated for Skyrim Special Edition and are still worth using today!) I have recently purchased my first gaming PC and so, of course, I was looking forward to re-visiting one...
23 Jan 2021 4 minute read 0 comments The Retro Perspective
When thinking about video game music, it might be easy to get caught up in the idea of the epic orchestral style we might expect to hear in Hollywood movies such as Spiderman, Batman, or Transformers. Whilst orchestral composers such as Harry Greg...
