Always the Same Blue Sky...

France is the second-biggest producer of video games in the world. Franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Dishonored, Life is Strange, and … whatever the hell David Cage is doing, come from French-based companies. So France has had a huge influence on gaming, globally. But what you might not know is how weird and counter-cultural some of France’s early games are! In the 1980s, French game developers were going wild, making games that would fit right in on itch.io today.

Better than any other aspect of the new Masters of the Universe movie, Skeletor’s portrayal finds the right balance between goofy and serious, with the villain winding up as the funniest character while never taking away from his threat level.

A decent rail shooter that only sometimes finds the courage to be itself.

A new mod for the original Pokémon games adopts a new perspective, alongside a wealth of other neat graphical features

From platformers starring former England captains to Godzilla taking on a team of Gundam, these are the weirdest soccer games of all time.