704th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Popcap Games Publisher: Popcap Games I’ve been getting invested in match three games for a bunch of reasons recently and, while I was looking through the list, realised that the grand daddy of them all, Bejeweled, had two of its sequels on […]
Archive for June, 2018
#1019 Dishonored
Posted: 23rd June 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: arkane studios, bethesda softworks, pc, playstation 3, stealth, xbox 360
703rd played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: Playstation 3/Xbox 360/PC Year of Release: 2012 Developer: Arkane Studios Publisher: Bethesda Softworks While this game came up, we’ve had the release of Dishonored: Death of the Outsider just behind us, which had some great reviews while simultaneously feeling like it might be the end of the series. […]
#711 Guitar Hero 2
Posted: 19th June 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, activision, harmonix, music, playstation 2, xbox 360
702nd played so far Genre: Music Platform: Playstation 2/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Harmonix Publisher: Activision Man, it’s been a while since we got our plastic instruments out – possibly as far back as the original Guitar Hero as game 184 – and while we’ve had other peripherals for individual games, the setup […]
#719 Naked War
Posted: 15th June 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, pc, Strategy, zee-3 digital publishing
701st played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Zee-3 Digital Publishing It’s getting harder to pick out indie titles for the first of the fifty and I’m sure I’ve skipped one or two already. I managed to dig one out from the pile though, multiplayer focused strategy game Naked War. […]
These most recent fifty have been interesting. Picking mostly random games, I had some big surprises (and some good games I threw back because I really had done too many of that genre). At times I’m unprepared, often I’m surprised, and at least I got to plan far enough ahead that I knew what sort […]
#486 Pikmin
Posted: 11th June 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, gamecube, nintendo, nintendo ead, Strategy
700th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Another landmark! 700 already. I mean, this is 7 years in the making, but we’re getting closer all the time. At this point, there are some game series I really need to start – multiple entries where I […]
#634 Chibi-Robo
Posted: 7th June 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, adventure, gamecube, platform, skip.nintendo
699th played so far Genre: Adventure/Platform Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Skip Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo So there are a few action/adventure-like games left that feature you playing as a robot – aside from this, we’ve yet to play Rocket: Robot on Wheels, and I believe Space Station Silicon Valley is another. It means […]
#570 Manhunt
Posted: 3rd June 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, action, pc, playstation 2, Rockstar Games, rockstar north, xbox
698th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 2/Xbox/PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Rockstar North Publisher: Rockstar Games With Manhunt, we play one of the more controversial games out there – at least at its time of release. It’s a protagonist playing in a big game of murder and death, something you do in […]