Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

#805 Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure

Posted: 15th July 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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69th game played so far Genre: Adventure/Puzzle Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Another day, another Capcom game. Yet… we’re not bored yet. Gimme a high-five Capcom…*crickets*Fine, we’re never going to be invited to a game unveiling where we can rub shoulders with Capcom execs whilst we pocket the Hors d’oeurves […]

#671 Shadow of the Colossus

Posted: 11th July 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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68th game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Team Ico Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment I will be completely honest here: this was a game I was hoping to save for a more landmarky sounding number. Instead here it is at lucky sixty-eight. Few games sit in the same […]

#573 F-Zero GX

Posted: 7th July 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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67th game played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Amusement Vision Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo So here we are. It’s been some time since we covered F-Zero X (although on 1001 games, the gap is still small). And so we return to the high-speed futuristic racing of the F-Zero world. The […]

#772 No More Heroes

Posted: 3rd July 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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66th game played so far Genre: Action/Fighting Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Publisher: Marvelous Entertainment (JP), Rising Star Games (EU), Ubisoft (NA) When it comes to RPGs there is defining difference between those produced in the East and those from the West (as can be seen in our posts about Final […]

#480 Luigi’s Mansion

Posted: 29th June 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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65th game played so far Genre: Action Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo How has it been ten years since the sixth generation of gaming? I am being absolutely serious here. Maybe it’s because I was at a rather impressionable age in terms of gaming but the buzz surrounding the releases […]

#968 The Beatles: Rock Band

Posted: 25th June 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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64th game played so far (will someone PLEASE think of the children!) Genre: Music Platform: Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer:ย  Harmonix, Pi Studios (Wii Only) Publisher: MTV Games So, we spent some simoleons investing in a complete instrument set for the Xbox 360 and it is time to take them […]

#384 Sonic Adventure

Posted: 21st June 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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63rd game played so far Genre: Platformer Platform: Dreamcast Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Sonic. The second big mascot of the nineties, after Mario, and created to be its updated counterpart – blue, sleek and fast. Like Mario in Super Mario 64, Sonic too made a leap to 3D with this […]

#490 Super Smash Bros. Melee

Posted: 17th June 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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62nd game played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2001 Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo So here’s a game Peter absolutely adores, so I quickly thought I’d snag the intro before he’d unleash his torrent on words on you saying how great the game is. He’s already started about how it’s why […]

61st game played so far Genre: Platform/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Shiny Entertainment Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment/Virgin Interactive Despite how big it must have been in some points, Earthworm Jim seems to have only slightly hit my life, bypassing me most of the time.ย  There was a cartoon series […]

#539 Donkey Konga

Posted: 9th June 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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60th game played so far Genre: Music Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Namco Publisher: Nintendo Of all the Nintendo franchises to receive a music-based game I bet there are people who would have bet good money that it would have fallen on The Legend Of Zelda to produce some sort of outing with […]