Posts Tagged ‘2009’

#887 Mega Man 9

Posted: 6th May 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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328th played so far Genre: Platform/Action Platform: Playstation 3/XBox 360/Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom After the release of the list’s second edition, 20 games were removed, with twelve of them unplayed so far. For completeness and because we waned to try some of them, we decided to still play these twelve, […]

#970 Scribblenauts

Posted: 18th April 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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323th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Action Platform: DS Year of Release: 2009 Developer: 5th Cell Publisher: WB Games Now here’s a game we’ve been sitting on for a while. Scribblenauts was an early “you’ve got to try this” “Oh, I love it” shared experience between Peter and myself. We both got pretty far in. In […]

#918 Noby Noby Boy

Posted: 20th January 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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301st played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Namco Bandai Publisher: Namco Bandai So for our first game of the fifty, we go in for another off-beat game – not as indie this time, but certainly a different sort of thing. We’ve played the game a bit before, but […]

#945 Race Pro

Posted: 25th December 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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295th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: SimBin Publisher: Atari There’s not much more I can continue to say about these racers, to be honest. Car. Race on track. All sorts of classes and types. And supposed to be very realistic. Go! Our Thoughts Here’s the problem with […]

281st played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: SCE London Studio/Playlogic Game Factory Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Virtual pet games seem to be one of those love and hate things for me. Yeah, I’ve been there for the Tamagotchi craze (via, to be fair, one of its rip-offs), but […]

271st played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: PSP Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Marvelous Entertainment Publisher: Marvelous Entertainment/XSEED Games/Rising Star Games Some games just have an odd concept that leave you wondering, before you even boot the game, how it can work, with its basic concept being weird enough that you’re wondering where it goes […]

#943 NHL 10

Posted: 22nd August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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264th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: PS3/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports So here’s the thing. Unlike our American friends, when I think of hockey I think of grass or grass-like fields, sensible shoes and a brightly colour ball. This is probably a heritage thing, based on Dutch […]

#890 Bonsai Barber

Posted: 6th August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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260th played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Zoonami Publisher: Nintendo This is a game where you play a barber, giving haircuts to vegetables and fruit. While I’d like to give a longer introduction, there is just no way I can top the above. When we first got this book […]

#933 Machinarium

Posted: 1st July 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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251st played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Amanita Design Publisher: Amanita Design Recipe: Take a developer known for creating eclectic adventures like Samorost. Add in cute robots and rusty cities. Get some Rube Goldberg contraptions and make larger puzzles out of it. Put in a few bits of heart. […]

#951 Shatter

Posted: 11th June 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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246th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: PC/PS3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Sidhe Interactive Publisher: Sidhe Interactive Let me, as way of introduction for this game, discuss the genre decisions for the games we use. Rather than them being made up by us, they’re based on the genres listed in the book. This usually […]