25% in and the only thing I can think of is: thank God this 50 is over. In many ways this has been an odd fifty because we have had to tiptoe around with every game that I have ever played. That meant pretty much no fighting games in ages and major series like Resident […]
Archive for June, 2013
Woo! As we round off another 50, we’ve reached the one in four mark. Had we done this in order, we would have managed to get to 1993, having just enjoyed The Settlers (a game I am looking forward to playing). The past fifty games were dedicated to games Peter hadn’t played before. Mostly to […]
#839 Left 4 Dead
Posted: 15th June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, pc, shoot 'em up, survival horror, turtle rock studios, valve corporation, xbox 360
247th played so far Genre: Survival Horror/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Turtle Rock Studios Publisher: Valve Corporation A while ago, when talking about Alone in the Dark, we discussed how all survival horrors had their own second genre. We quoted that game as an adventure, Dead Rising as an […]
#951 Shatter
Posted: 11th June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, pc, ps3, sidhe interactive, sports
246th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: PC/PS3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Sidhe Interactive Publisher: Sidhe Interactive Let me, as way of introduction for this game, discuss the genre decisions for the games we use. Rather than them being made up by us, they’re based on the genres listed in the book. This usually […]
#13 Eamon
Posted: 7th June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1980, apple II, donald brown, interactive fiction
245th played so far Genre: Interactive Fiction Platform: Apple II Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Donald Brown Publisher: None And now we truly go back in the ages. Text adventures – interactive fiction – with some strong RPG elements. Its special feature isn’t that, however – we’ve had games like Adventure before and MUD was […]
#72 Deus Ex Machina
Posted: 3rd June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, action, automata uk, zx spectrum
244th played so far Genre: Action Platform: ZX Spectrum Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Automata UK Publisher: Automata UK Sometimes, finding the more obscure games on our list have surprises of their own. This game had one.ย In what must be one of the first examples of voice acting in video games, Deus Ex Machina […]