119th played so far Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Valve Publisher: Sierra Entertainment ย Oh, Half-Life, how happy I am to see you again. Imagine me, over a decade ago, seeing this game played over at my cousin’s place, and having some tries. Amazed at the graphics. Marvelling at the […]
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#378 Half-Life
Posted: 30th January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, first person shooter, pc, valve
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#871 Wipeout HD
Posted: 26th January 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, playstation 3, racing, SCE Studios
118th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: SCE Studio Liverpool Publisher: SCEE Remember when PSN broke down and people had their credit card numbers stolen? Good times, good times… anyway. As a holder of a PSN account so that I could register trophies on a former housemates PS3 […]
#864 Saints Row 2
Posted: 22nd January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, adventure, pc, playstation 3, shoot 'em up, thq, volition inc, xbox 360
117th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/PS3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Volition, Inc. Publisher: THQ Right, although this is really Peter’s pick for a game, I’m writing the intro. Now that means I don’t know as much of the game as he would, beyond what I’ve seen while playing. The […]
#947 One-Dot Enemies
Posted: 18th January 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, action, iphone, kenji eno
116th played so far Genre: Action Platform: iPhone Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Kenji Eno Publisher: Studio-Kura Today is going to be a bit of a short one since, with the exception of Little Computer People, this has very little for us to cover. Sorry if this seems lazy but… here’s One-Dot Enemies. Our Thoughts […]
#834 Far Cry 2
Posted: 14th January 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, first person shooter, pc, playstation 3, ubisoft, xbox 360
115th played so far Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Remember when we played a lot of shooting games in a row and then suddenly it all went quiet for a month on that front? Well the shooter is back and it […]
#119 Defender of the Crown
Posted: 10th January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, Kellyn Beck, Strategy, Various
114th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Kellyn Beck Publisher: Cinemaware Here’s a bit of a blast from the past for me. You see, Defender of the Crown is one of those games I played lots on the NES (borrowing it several times) and one of the games I […]
#258 Tekken
Posted: 6th January 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, arcade, fighting, namco, playstation
113th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade, Playstation Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Ah Tekken, you were the franchise that started my love for the humble beat ’em up game. Technically Tekken 2 is the game that got me into them… but since this is where the whole thing began I […]
#482 Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
Posted: 2nd January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, action, capcom, playstation 2
112th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom ย So from one knight to another. Today we’re discussing Maximo, a guy who went out on a quest, came back, found his kingdom taken over by an evil chancellor, his princess kidnapped, and tries to get all of […]
#77 Knight Lore
Posted: 29th December 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, action, Ultimate Play the Game, Various
111th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Ultimate Play the Game Publisher: Ultimate Play the Game And so we dive once again into the sea of old games, this time pulling out Knight Lore, one of the hallmark games by Ultimate Play the Game, the predecessor of Rare games, […]
#319 Tomb Raider
Posted: 25th December 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, action, core design, pc, playstation, saturn, tomb raider
110th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PC/Playstation/Sega Saturn Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Core Design Publisher: Eidos Interactive Merry Christmas sports fans Pong and Beyond readers! No, we are not doing a write-up on Christmas Day as we have been busy with presents, dinner and I have been personally been busy thinking of ways […]