For those who aren’t in the know, Magic the Gathering is a trading card game in which you assemble decks to battle against your opponents. At its core this is essentially what it is, but this explanation doesn’t do the game justice. In reality, Magic the Gathering, or MTG, is a game of card based... Continue Reading →
A brief introduction to speed-running: Breathing new life into retro games
For most gamers, the clock that slowly ticks up in the corner is a distraction. In modern games the amount of time you spend in them rarely seems relevant anymore, with an emphasis on taking your time and experiencing everything that new and immersive modern releases have in store. All of this is irrelevant to... Continue Reading →
Classic Championship Play-Off Finals – Part Two
Today, we’ll be concluding our trio of articles on the Championship Play-Offs here on Nostalgia Trip. We’ve already looked at a couple of the classic finals as well as the history behind the end of season tournament, and today we’ll look at a few more of the classic Play-Off finals. Leeds United 0-3 Watford –... Continue Reading →
Liverpool’s Champions League Semi-Final History
Liverpool eliminated Manchester City from the UEFA Champions League to send them into their fourth Champions League semi-final since the tournament was rebranded from the European Cup. Interestingly, Liverpool’s semi-final clash with AS Roma will be their first ever Champions League semi-final not to be played against Chelsea. Let’s take a look back at Liverpool’s... Continue Reading →
Classic Championship Play-Off Finals – Part One
Previously here on Nostalgia Trip we looked back at a brief history of the Championship Play-Offs. Now, we’ll examine a couple of the classic finals in this mad end of season tournament. Charlton Athletic 4-4 Sunderland (7-6 pens) – 1998 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSDqJ_GGiZ0 Perhaps the most famous Play-Off Final, this crazy game really epitomises everything that the... Continue Reading →
The History of the Championship Play-Offs
The Championship Play-Off Final is now seen as the traditional season end for those in English football. But it hasn’t always been that way. In the first part of a series on the Championship Play-Offs, we’ll take a quick look at the history behind these now legendary occasions. The first Play-Offs took place in 1986-87,... Continue Reading →
Name these 90s and 00s bands/artists
From the well known to the weird and wonderful, test yourself against Nostalgia Trip's 90s and 00s music quiz to see if you can get all of them right. The answers will be down at the bottom but see if you can get them without a hint. Answers Garbage TLC Britney Spears... Continue Reading →
Nostalgia Trip’s 90s and 00s politics quiz
The 90s and 00s was a big time for politics. With so many big moments in changes of Prime Minister, the devolution of powers from Westminster to other countries and big talking points in the newspapers, see if you can get all 10 of Nostalgia Trip's political questions.. Politics quiz of the 90s and 00s... Continue Reading →
Quiz: Can you guess these songs in emoji form?
In the 21st centuries, emojis are everywhere. They have a place in our text speak, in our online presence and they even have landed themselves a movie. Prove to us that you can solve the emoji puzzles below and guess the 90s and 00s songs from their emoji forms:
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Anatomy of a Masterpiece
After the huge success of Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, all thoughts turned to the sequel to these two games. With such a difficult job following up 2 games rightly considered classics, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater arguably not only followed up the previous games, but surpassed them.... Continue Reading →