Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

#811 Auditorium

Posted: 7th March 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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222nd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Cipher Prime Slightly more tenuous as an internet link, Auditorium is available for download on Steam, iOS and other places. It started out as a flash game though, and the demo is still available as such. For the reason why this matters, […]

#566 Samorost

Posted: 3rd March 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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221st played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Jakub Dvorsky Publisher: Amanita Design Another entry in our internet gallery, for reasons we discussed a few days ago. When leafing through the book, we see a lot of screenshots of the different games – not all have one, but a lot […]

#824 Cursor*10

Posted: 27th February 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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220th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Nekogames For those of you who keep up with MMORPG, you might have realised we recently got a slight shock. While it’s closed down when you read this, we only recently found out City of Heroes was closing down. With that worry, […]

#139 Nebulus

Posted: 23rd February 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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219th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Triffix Entertainment Inc. Publisher: Hewson Consultants As, in Pong and Beyond time, holidays draw to a close and we get ready to get back to fruitful work. It’s been fun, but we’ve got to make money (if only because we need to […]

#979 Reflect Missile

Posted: 19th February 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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218th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: DS Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Q-Games Sure, we covered some famous games. A few days ago, we had Mass Effect, we started off the iconic Pong, and covered all sorts of big games in between – SimCity, Final Fantasy VII, Portal and more major games. […]

#768 Mass Effect

Posted: 15th February 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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217th played so far Genre: Action/Role-Playing Platform: PC/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Bioware Publisher: Microsoft We’ve discussed my love for Bioware games before, starting with special pick Baldur’s Gate II, moving to Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire. Part of the reason for this fast tracking is, […]

#899 Demigod

Posted: 11th February 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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216th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Gas Powered Games Publisher: Stardock Okay, I can not believe it took me this long to play this game. I have always been a sucker for games that tap into the world of mythology. Whether it be God of War, Okami or […]

#858 Pure

Posted: 7th February 2013 by Mulholland in Games
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215th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Black Rock Studio Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios I am conflicted. On one hand I love Disney. They have provided me with a bucketful of childhood memories from their films and theme parks. I will hold my hands up […]

#739 Rayman Raving Rabbids

Posted: 3rd February 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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214th played so far Genre: Party Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft When we started, we figured we’d play the three party games as they’re supposed to be played – several people gathered around the TV, playing together, going against each other and having fun that way. That is, after all, […]

#248 Plok

Posted: 30th January 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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213th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Software Creations Publisher: Activision/Tradewest/Nintendo Just as nice as the new games we say we find sometimes, are the blasts of the past we get by playing games we haven’t played in decades. Plok is one of these. I never owned it – […]