42nd game played so far Genre: Role Playing Game Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Square Publisher: Square So here we are, part three of our Final Fantasy playthrough trilogy from games donated earlier. After Final Fantasy VII, the adventures of disjointed steampunky Cloud, and Final Fantasy VIII, or Final Fantasy in a […]
Archive for March, 2011
#447 Final Fantasy IX
Posted: 29th March 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2000, playstation, RPG, square
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A Bit Of A Post-Job Rejection Splurge
Posted: 28th March 2011 by Mulholland in AcquisitionTags: acquisition
As the title suggests… I got rejected from a fantastic sounding job where I would be paid to interview musicians for a government musicology-based project. After a bit of howling and lamenting it was time for a little bit of retail therapy (aided by Jeroen). Overall we spent 40 quid on 17 second-hand games from […]
Just a quick update from us at Pong And Beyond… the 360 is has returned and is working normally once more. I for one am so glad she is back and I look forward to playing my increasing number of games on you.
#391 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Posted: 25th March 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1998, action, adventure, nintendo, nintendo 64, zelda
41st game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Upon it’s release The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was dubbed by the gaming industry as the greatest computer game ever made. It was one of those gaming landmarks that only comes around one or two […]
40th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Jimmi Heiserman and Brad Kayal For whatever reason we have been doing less games per week so itโs time for us to deal with a game available online which has a short completion time. We will also be increasing the gaps […]
#381 Metal Gear Solid
Posted: 17th March 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1998, konami, playstation, stealth
39th game played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: PS1 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Once upon a time, in a distant gaming past, there was a fairly well-known platformer called Metal Gear. It did well, but the series was only truely revived when it was brought to the PlayStation as as a […]
Yay my new 360 is so shiny! Yay! Yay? Oh…. crap. That’s right readers my new Xbox is already having troubles even though it is only two and a half weeks old. In short the disk drive is already shot with it first being unable to eject our Lego Star Wars disc (is it bloody […]
#908 DJ Hero
Posted: 13th March 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, freestylegames, music, playstation 2, playstation 3, wii, xbox 360
38th game played so far Genre: Music Platform: Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: FreeStyleGames Publisher: Activision We may be jumping a little late into the music game franchises by taking on DJ Hero, a spin-off title from the bestselling Guitar Hero series, but when both the game and […]
#527 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Posted: 10th March 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2002, action, adventure, gamecube, nintendo, zelda
37th game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Time again to visit the land of Hyrule and indulge in a little Zelda action. Today my friend Kat’s game collection takes us to the 2002 classic game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker which was the […]
That’s right people. There is a new 360 on the block! As I previously wrote in this blog my old Xbox 360 decided to show me the Red Ring of Death during a game of Lego Star Wars and many tears were shed over it’s untimely demise. Since it took me a long while to […]