166th played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Various Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom As we approach the one-in-six mark, there’s only one of the major franchises (at least five games on the list) that we haven’t covered yet. We’ve played some Grand Theft Auto, plenty of Legend of Zelda games and […]
Archive for July, 2012
#314 Resident Evil
Posted: 30th July 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, capcom, resident evil, survival horror, Various
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165th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse There’s some games that, when they come up in our random selection, fill me with both anticipation and dread. We had a good time playing Civilization, but it took a long time… partially a ‘one more turn’ thing, partially […]
#889 Borderlands
Posted: 22nd July 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, first person shooter, gearbox interactive, pc, playstation 3, RPG, xbox 360
164th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter/Role-Playing Game Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Gearbox Interactive Publisher: 2K Games The two of us had a discussion a few days ago about role-playing games. This is a fairly regular occurrence seeing how Jeroen’s favourite games to play whilst I am out […]
#626 Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
Posted: 18th July 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, DS, nintendo, puzzle, Strategy
163rd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo We have been focusing a lot on arcade shoot ’em ups lately. Due to this we have really fallen behind on handheld games for the sheer reason that… well I don’t really know why to be perfectly honest […]
#297 Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Posted: 14th July 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, Blizzard Entertainment, pc, Strategy
162nd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment While the Warcraft universe is mostly known these days for its MMORPG World of Warcraft, the series originated as a strategy game, putting the Orcs versus the Humans (as the subtitle of Warcraft 1 said). The first […]
#998 Heavy Rain
Posted: 10th July 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2010, interactive fiction, playstation 3, quantic dream
161st played so far Genre: Interactive Fiction Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release:ย 2010 Developer: Quantic Dream Publisher: Sony This is really old news by now but those of you who are yet to see Kara need to scooch over to Youtube (click here for the clip). I saw both this and another video by […]
160th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Tim and Chris Stamper Publisher: Ultimate Play The Game Following Galaxian and Space Harrier, we finish the shoot ’em up weekend with this game. I know it took over a week for it to go up, but we don’t generally […]
#125 Space Harrier
Posted: 2nd July 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1985, arcade, sega, shoot 'em up
159th played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega 15% of games on this list are shoot ’em ups. Since this is not a genre either of us usually think of when it comes to picking games we are probably going to splurge on these every […]