Posts Tagged ‘adventure’

#748 Crackdown

Posted: 11th August 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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170th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Realtime Worlds Publisher: Microsoft This is so strange. Whilst on the train to Brighton we were talking about the possibly upcoming Sony answer to Super Smash Bros. and what characters would be included and we got onto the topic […]

#919 Flower

Posted: 24th June 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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157th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: thatgamecompany Publisher: Sony I don’t like downloadable games. This may make me a hypocrite since I laughed myself silly whilst playing Pain but I am still not convinced about XBLA, WiiWare and PSN. Still when there is a sale on and […]

#377 Grim Fandango

Posted: 16th June 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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155th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts Manuel Calavera (Manny) does not have a good life. He’s dead, first of all, but that’s not exactly a major worry. Following some bad decisions during life, he now has a depth to pay off to make up for […]

#601 Ninja Gaiden

Posted: 8th June 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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153rd played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Xbox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Team Ninja Publisher: Tecmo People tend to moan about how games have been getting easier when compared to many of the games released in the eighties and early nineties. To be fair this is a fair comment with save points being mostly […]

#958 The Path

Posted: 31st May 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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151st played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Tale of Tales Publisher: Tale of Tales Now for something completely different. In what we’ve decided will be tradition, after completing another batch of 50 we turn to something slightly different – indie and different from what we expect. We did it […]

#864 Saints Row 2

Posted: 22nd January 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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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 […]

#762 God of War II

Posted: 23rd November 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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102nd played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: SCE Studios Santa Monica Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Sometimes, thanks to the order in which we obtain these games, we have to play them out of order in a series. We’ve seen it before with games like Super Mario 64, where […]

#20 Zork I

Posted: 11th November 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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99th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Infocom Publisher: Personal Software Much like how The Mighty Boosh promises to take you on a journey through time and space it is time for us at Pong and Beyond to drag you kicking and screaming back to a time when adventure […]

#656 Killer7

Posted: 7th November 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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98th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Gamecube/PS2 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Publisher: Capcom Suda51 is one messed up dude. Yes, with three years of a psychology degree I have come to this conclusionย  that this huge figure in gaming probably has a screw loose somewhere in the depths of […]

#245 Sam and Max Hit the Road

Posted: 6th October 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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90th game played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1993 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts Take a smart-alec talking dog. Add a homicidial rabbit. Have them solve crime – preferably as violently and destructive as possible. Add to that plenty of (at times crude) humour, and you get Sam & Max. Starting off […]