Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

#848 LocoRoco 2

Posted: 19th April 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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139th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: Playstation Portable Year of Release: 2008 Developer: SCE Japan Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment On this blog we like to put forward the idea that there is some form of consistency in this list… well there is not. There are instances where most of a franchise are on […]

#402 Grand Theft Auto 2

Posted: 15th April 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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138th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PC/PS1 Year of Release: 1999 Developer: DMA Design Publisher: Rockstar Games Let’s be honest first. We’ve played Grand Theft Auto 38 games ago, which (in our perception by now) is fairly recent. Fair enough – we need to play one every 100 games if we want to spread […]

#882 Edge

Posted: 11th April 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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137th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: iPhone Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Mobigame Publisher: Mobigame The games featured on this list are not without some element of controversy. Reviewers of the actual list are not too happy that 10% of the list are dedicated to 2009-2010 and there is always the question of what […]

136th played so far Genre: Stealth/Action Platform: PlayStation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Kojima Productions Publisher: Konami The Metal Gear Solid series has never been a favourite of ours, whether it’s the first, second or third game, or a rather disappointing remake. There’s been a few that were better than others, with an increase […]

#86 Summer Games II

Posted: 3rd April 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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135th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Various Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Epyx Inc. Publisher: Epyx Inc. Epyx’s Games series – aside from this game, at some point in the future we’ll also cover World Games and California Games – is not the first collection of minigames (even in our book Tron comes first), […]

#166 SimCity

Posted: 30th March 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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134th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Maxis Publisher: Maxis It is hard to really remember a time before the market was completely saturated with managament simulation games. Whenever you go to a Game (or even a Morrisons) to peruse a special offer for PC games you will see […]

#372 Xenogears

Posted: 26th March 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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133rd played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Square Product Development Division 3 Publisher: Square The internet is great for many reasons. It allows us to order pizza without people laughing at your accent, it contains all the FAQs you could ever want and it brings people together. There […]

#311 Harvest Moon

Posted: 22nd March 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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132nd played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Pack-In-Video Publisher: Natsume If you have been gaming for a number of years you tend to accumulate a lot of the games on the ‘would like to try’ list. These are not necessarily blue ribbon titles like Xenoblade Chronicles and Gears […]

#931 Halo 3: ODST

Posted: 18th March 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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131st played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Bungie Publisher: Microsoft There are games where you know the moment you start playing that they are going to be enjoyable but they never live at the top of your list. Whilst this may sound odd for someone who loves […]

#575 Gregory Horror Show

Posted: 14th March 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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130th played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Capcom Studio 3 Publisher: Capcom When you have fallen for a lot of bad games there are a number of rules that you know to be true. One of them is never to buy a tie-in game because they universally […]