103rd played so far Genre: Action Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Silicon Knights, Konami Publisher: Konami In the course of this blog we always enjoy debating whether or not a particular game belongs on the list but we were in complete agreement about this one: a resounding no. We are so adament about […]
Archive for November, 2011
#597 Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Posted: 27th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2004, action, gamecube, konami, silicon knights
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#762 God of War II
Posted: 23rd November 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, action, adventure, playstation 2, SCE Studios
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 […]
#645 Façade
Posted: 19th November 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, independent, interactive fiction, pc
101st played so far Genre: Interactive Fiction Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Michael Mates and Andrew Stern Publisher: N/A After all that celebrating and big names, we now go to something more experimental. Facade (please ignore the lack of cedilla from now on – while it’s in the name, it’s more work for […]
100 games in… where has the time/my life gone. Best Game I Had Not Previously Played This is always a very hard one to do. For a while I believed it would be Prototype since I loved it utterly. However, after I played Infamous I was hooked line and sinker. The whole idea of controlling […]
Okay… 1oo… Wow…. We’ve now played (and discussed on here) 1 in 10 games in the book. While there is a niggle in the back of my mind saying we still have 901 games to go, this is where things get serious. Persistence proven, point made… now it’s time for fun. More ups and downs, […]
#357 Grand Theft Auto
Posted: 15th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1997, action, DMA Design, pc, playstation
100th played so far!!! Genre: Action Platform: Playstation, PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: DMA Design Publisher: ASC Games They thought we would never make it this far. They said we were crazy to even start this blog (and by they I mean me) but here we are at Game 100 which means that we […]
#20 Zork I
Posted: 11th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1980, adventure, Infocom, Various
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 GamesTags: 2005, adventure, capcom, gamecube, Grasshopper Manufacture, playstation 2, shoot 'em up
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 conclusion that this huge figure in gaming probably has a screw loose somewhere in the depths of […]
#624 World of Warcraft
Posted: 3rd November 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, Blizzard Entertainment, MMORPG, pc, Warcraft
97th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Here it is. The big one. The elephant in the room. That one game everyone in the modern day has heard of. Sure, other games may be more famous. More iconic. But also, to be fair, older. […]