256th played so far Genre: Survival Horror/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Xbox 360/Playstation 3/PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: EA Redwood Shores Publisher: Electronic Arts Sometimes you encounter a gem solely by chance. I originally obtained Dead Space before we started this blog, mostly on a whim. It was cheap, it looked interesting and different, and […]
Posts Tagged ‘pc’
#830 Dead Space
Posted: 21st July 2013 by Mulholland in GamesTags: pc, playstation 3, steam, survival horror, xbox 360
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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. […]
#839 Left 4 Dead
Posted: 15th June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, pc, shoot 'em up, survival horror, turtle rock studios, valve corporation, xbox 360
247th played so far Genre: Survival Horror/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Turtle Rock Studios Publisher: Valve Corporation A while ago, when talking about Alone in the Dark, we discussed how all survival horrors had their own second genre. We quoted that game as an adventure, Dead Rising as an […]
#951 Shatter
Posted: 11th June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, pc, ps3, sidhe interactive, sports
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 […]
#587 Everquest 2
Posted: 26th May 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, MMORPG, pc, sony, sony online entertainment
242nd played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Sony Online Entertainment Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment Sequels are fairly common in videogames – if a formula works, why not tweak it and try again? As a lot of engine work and assets can be reused, it can even be cheaper, or […]
#636 Darwinia
Posted: 24th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, introversion software, pc, Strategy
234th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Introversion Software Publisher: Introversion Software Some time ago – about two years by now, in fact – we covered a lovely game called Uplink. Interesting in its own way, it was a hacking simulation, in a way that felt like it emphasised […]
233rd played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: CCP Games Publisher: CCP Games Eve Online is an odd game. As I mentioned, I often speak with people who know a thing or two about video games, and today the subject of Eve Online happened to come up. An article about […]
#489 Runescape
Posted: 16th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, jagex games studio, MMORPG, pc
232nd played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Jagex Games Studio Publisher: Jagex Games Studio ย This MMORPG is a bit of a different one. Probably one of the first of free to play, later taken on by smaller and larger MMORPGs including even World of Warcraft – a fact we’ve […]
#562 Planetside
Posted: 8th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, first person shooter, pc, sony online entertainment
230th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Sony Online Entertainment Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment Here’s a novelty. Rather than an MMORPG, we’ve got an MMOFPS. It’s like an MMORPG, but you run around shooters and such. But wait, you ask, most FPS games have a multiplayer component, co-op […]