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Newly Released Multi-Platform Video Game FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON Employs VHS and Declares it THE GREATEST FORMAT OF ALL-TIME!

On a recent jaunt back to my hometown and subsequent attending of a righteous classic-style basement party, a couple of my close friends of the ardent Gamer persuasion were abuzz about this newly released game called FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON: an independent expansion for the popular first-person shooter FAR CRY 3 game. Created by Ubisoft, this downloadable multi-platform extension is described by the creators as “an 80s VHS vision of the future”. Well, that sounds pretty groovy to me, man. I know I don't really need a caption for this, but that picture embedded in my home state is...

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REWIND THIS! Director Josh Johnson Unreels His Love for Physical Media and Posits the Importance of Preservation!

The VCR forever changed our relationship with movies. From cinema’s earliest days, films were ephemeral experiences existing only as long as the theater lights remained dimmed. But with the explosion of the VCR’s popularity in the early 1980s, movies became something that could be possessed and explored again and again. That changing relationship certainly affected Josh Johnson. The Brooklyn-based director spent his youth shooting backyard camcorder epics with his brother and foraging through the local grocery store’s video aisle. Johnson has channeled those experiences into Rewind This!, a new documentary made in collaboration with cinematographer/editor Christopher Palmer and producer Carolee...

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DEAD GOOD FILMS LIKE drift away from DVD and enter the realm of VHS Vindication! PAL is your pal, man!

All of the analog addiction and obsession is getting to a fever pitch here in the States: TONS of new VHS labels are emerging from DIY enthusiast’s basements; the more established releasing labels are looking to VHS as a revived platform for their films; an army of VHS-centric documentaries are coming to fruition; and there’s just a general massive interest in our favorite format, complete with ecstatic excitement from enthusiasts, nay-saying antis, groovy collaborations and fervent controversy. But what about our non-NTSC pals across the pond? Well, this well-rounded revival isn’t just limited to the old Red, White and Blue,...

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KING OF THE WITCHES Conjures a Cauldron of Video Voodoo in Preparation for the SEVERED SHORT FILM NIGHT & VHS COLLECTORS UNITE CONVENTION. Worship. Watch. Repeat.

The first time I met Chris King of The Witches, he was stuffing my hands full of free VHS tapes. And I’m not talking crudtastic copies of Titanic or Jingle All the Way here… these were groovier-than-hell slipcases, killer cut boxes (yes, I dig the cut boxes, too!) and some stuff that would generally fetch double digit price tags among collectors. I was like, “Awww, nah, man… I can’t just take these, dude…” And Chris looked me straight in the eye, with a kind of flabbergasted look to him and said, “Dude… just take ‘em. Please. I need more room...

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CULT LEADER VIDEO Celebrates the Glory of Physical Media with a Limited VHS Edition of THE COLLECTIVE VOL. 1 THE MEAT EATER and CULT Magazine! DIG IT.

Cult Leader Video is the collective brainchild of Ed Demko and Kelly Forbes: two dudes that understand the current state of affairs when it comes to the consumption of physical media, especially in the horror business. So, with the foundation of video era appreciation and a love for the printed word by way of quality control, this duo is determined to preserve the distinct pack of thrills that only tangible media can provide. And now, as they are immersed in a burgeoning climate of analog obsession, CLV sees an opportunity to not only reach some personal destinations, but also breed...

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