46th game played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Lionhead Studios Publisher: Activision Despite being quite a profitable genre of gaming it is surprising to note that that in the course of this blog we will only be covering ten titles. Very few games have allowed the player to […]
Posts Tagged ‘pc’
#673 The Movies
Posted: 14th April 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, lionhead, management simulation, pc
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#295 The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
Posted: 6th April 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1995, brøderbund, edutainment, pc
44th game played so far Genre: Edutainment Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Brøderbund Software Publisher: Brøderbund Software Everyone has their own story when it comes to learning software. I was mostly brought up on Mindmaze in Encarta as well as the games present in Dorling Kindersley titles. For example I played a version […]
#605 Second Sight
Posted: 2nd April 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2004, action, free radical, gamecube, pc, playstation 2, xbox
43rd game played so far Genre: Action Platform: Gamecube/PC/Playstation 2/Xbox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Free Radical Designs Publisher: Codemasters Can you quite believe that we have covered a game from every year in the last 15 years with the exception of 2004? It’s a bit of a strange oversight to be honest so I […]
36th game played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC/iPhone Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Area/Code Sometimes all you need is a decent puzzle game. Today’s blog post, Drop7, is our first puzzle game in a while. It also helps that since Final Fantasy VIII took us an age that we could spend an afternoon on […]
#416 Planescape: Torment
Posted: 11th February 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, black isle studios, pc, RPG
28th game played so far Genre: RPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Black Isle Studios Publisher: Interplay Entertainment Vigilant readers of this blog may have realised that the last six games that we covered were all exclusively found on a Nintendo-made console. As you can probably guess we both felt the need for […]
#657 Lego Star Wars
Posted: 21st January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, action, adventure, game boy advance, gamecube, pc, playstation 2, traveller's tales, xbox
21st game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Traveller’s Tales Publisher: Eidos Interactive/LucasArts It’s the game that came as a result of the accumulated wishes of every lonely child the union between the genius Lego toys with the now legendary Star Wars (the original trilogy… since the prequel trilogy […]
#810 Audiosurf
Posted: 9th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, dylan fitterer, music, pc, puzzle, steam
17th game played so far Genre: Puzzle/Music Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Dylan Fitterer Publisher: Steam (online), Ascaron (hard-copy) Many games have been released that have tried to capitalise on visualisations of music. We will be covering a bunch of these later on but Audiosurf already does something that they can not; create […]
#494 Uplink
Posted: 6th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2001, introversion software, pc, simulation
16th game played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Introversion Software Publisher: Introversion Software Ever wanted to feel like one of those hackers in the movies? Well now you can in Uplink; a hacking simulation which was the first release by the UK-based company Introversion Software. Whilst I am personally […]
#231 Dune II
Posted: 31st December 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, pc, Strategy, Virgin Interactive, Westwood
14th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Westwood Studios Publisher: Virgin Interactive Three houses fight for control of Arrakis, or Dune, the only planet in the galaxy where the elusive Spice can be found. In the mean time, they also have to avoid sandworms and deal with the […]
#356 The Last Express
Posted: 28th December 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, adventure, pc, smoking car
13th game played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Smoking Car Productions Publisher: Brøderbund “The best game nobody ever played”, a commercial failure, and yet it’s found in the book. What’s up with that? Well, The Last Express is an adventure game that takes place in real-time. You’re Doctor Cath, […]