644th played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Ubisoft Paris/Red Storm Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft The meaning of ‘strategy’ is, as so many genres, quite broad. While we’d normally think of an RTS like Command & Conquer or the Civilization series, for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 it refers […]
Archive for October, 2017
#799 Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Posted: 30th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, red storm entertainment, shoot 'em up, Strategy, ubisoft, ubisoft paris, Various
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#993 Max and the Magic Marker
Posted: 26th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, pc, press play, puzzle, the games company, wii
643rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC/Wii Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Press Play Publisher: Press Play/The Games Company I’m not sure quite where Max & the Magic Marker comes from. It’s a game concept that feels obvious for the Wii and DS – a platform game where you can draw your own platforms. […]
#544 Flipnic
Posted: 22nd October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, pinball, playstation 2, sony computer entertainment, ubisoft
642nd played so far Genre: Pinball Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft There are three pinball games on the list. We played the first chronologically – Pinball Dreams – five years ago and as we approach two thirds of the entire list, we are playing the second nearly […]
#308 International Track & Field
Posted: 18th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, konami, playstation, sports
641st played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami I’ve played Track & Field some time ago – a minigame collection based on various athletics challenges, set up for arcade play and the inspiration for Olympics games, Mario and Sonic or otherwise, for a long time to come. […]
#339 Einhander
Posted: 14th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, playstation, shoot 'em up, sony computer entertainment, square
640th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Square Publisher: Square/Sony Computer Entertainment Going on to knock out some of these Playstation games (I was really behind. Still am, really), today I need to cover a shoot ’em up. Einhander has been in my mind for a while, […]
#379 Devil Dice
Posted: 10th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, playstation, puzzle, scei, shift, thq
639th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Shift Publisher: SCEI/THQ A puzzle game based on using dice? Thanks to a bit of a Playstation extravaganza week, we’re going to try and see how that one works. Our Thoughts There are a bunch of ways dice can be used in […]
#925 Grand Slam Tennis
Posted: 2nd October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, ea canada, electronic arts, sports, wii
637th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: EA Canada Publisher: Electronic Arts So following the Legend of Zelda games I played earlier this week, it felt time to do something more active. In this case, as I really should play both a Wii game and a sports game, some […]