543rd played so far Genre: Sports Platform: NES Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Time for another sports game I don’t know much about! I’ll be watching the Superbowl at some point, but until then most of my knowledge of American football comes from the theory of how it’s meant to work, bits […]
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#353 X-Com: Apocalypse
Posted: 16th September 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, microprose, mythos games, pc, Strategy
542nd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Mythos Games Publisher: Microprose We played the first X-Com game a few years ago, and I remember it as being outdated – no in game tutorial or handholding, just putting you in there and wishing you good luck. The second game isn’t […]
#531 The Mark of Kri
Posted: 8th September 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, action, adventure, playstation 2, sce san diego studio, sony computer entertainment
540th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: SCE San Diego Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment I’ve been enjoying a number of action/adventures for the blog – the likes of Ratchet and Clank and Uncharted often being amusing (assuming combat is handled well). The Mark of Kri hews a […]
#852 Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Posted: 4th September 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, playstation 3, playstation portable, racing, Rockstar Games, rockstar london, rockstar san diego, xbox 360
539th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Playstation 3/Playstation Portable/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar London Publisher: Rockstar Games Rockstar made a racing game! You know, the group probably best known for the Grand Theft Auto series (once it goes third person). Racing games are always a mixed bag for me […]
#586 Halo 2
Posted: 31st August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, bungie, first person shooter, microsoft, microsoft game studios, xbox
538th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xb0x Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Bungie Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios And here we finally return to the Halo series. We’ve played the first and ODST spinoffs of the series so far and have a few more coming up. The first was an exploration of a nice, […]
#359 Quake II
Posted: 27th August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, activision, first person shooter, id software, Various
537th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Various Year of Release: 1997 Developer: id Software Publisher: Activision Following in our travel through first-person shooters, Quake II is the next on the list. Despite its current omnipresence in the list, it seems to have taken until the 2000s before it got that good. Before then, […]
#236 Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
Posted: 23rd August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, adventure, lucasarts, Various
536th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts I’ll admit, playing Day of the Tentacle today was self-indulgence. The special edition was released a few days earlier and I was really looking forward to experiencing it again. Although technically the sequel to Maniac Mansion, this game took […]
#44 Sokoban
Posted: 19th August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1982, hiroyuki imabayashi, puzzle, thinking rabbit, Various
535th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Hiroyuki Imabayashi Publisher: Thinking Rabbit Sokoban feels like it’s one of the better known puzzle games out there, to the point where Nethack names a set of floors after it. Box-shoving and boulder-shoving comes down to the same thing after all. I […]
#692 Yakuza 2
Posted: 15th August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, action, adventure, playstation 2, sega
534th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Going into this, I have seen Yakuza 2 listed as an open world action game – an eastern Grand Theft Auto, like Sleeping Dogs. Perhaps with less of an open world, but a similar mission structure and world […]