Archive for August, 2013

#813 Afrika

Posted: 30th August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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266th played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Rhino Studios Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment/Natsume Following Bonsai Barber, today another one of the weirder games we have to play. A game I’ve been more interested in, and that I’ve been encouraged to play after some other recent events. Afrika (known […]

#71 Kung-Fu Master

Posted: 26th August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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265th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Some games are games where I really have no proper justification why we played them. They’re on the list, they’re a genre we need, but they’re not a big name and we’re hard-pressed to see why it’s so special. […]

#943 NHL 10

Posted: 22nd August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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264th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: PS3/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports So here’s the thing. Unlike our American friends, when I think of hockey I think of grass or grass-like fields, sensible shoes and a brightly colour ball. This is probably a heritage thing, based on Dutch […]

#715 Just Cause

Posted: 18th August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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263rd played so far Genre: Action/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Avalanche Studios Publisher: Eidos Interactive Some games seem to just pigeon hole themselves. An action sandbox game like Saints Row 2 (because, well, we’ve not yet played the original big name in the genre, GTA3 and beyond, yet), set on […]

#819 Braid

Posted: 14th August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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262nd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: PC/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Number None Inc. Publisher: Number None Inc., Microsoft Game Studios Some games have an initial concept and description that make the game more interesting from that alone. Braid is one of those. While essentially a platformer, the game introduces manipulation of […]

#703 Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

Posted: 10th August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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261st played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Stardock Publisher: Stardock We like 4X-strategy games, Civilization and its successors. I also like Sci-Fi. Galactic Civilizations II, which pretty much combines the two, sounds like a good game for that very reason. Despite possible appearance, this game has little in common […]

#890 Bonsai Barber

Posted: 6th August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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260th played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Zoonami Publisher: Nintendo This is a game where you play a barber, giving haircuts to vegetables and fruit. While I’d like to give a longer introduction, there is just no way I can top the above. When we first got this book […]

#153 Forgotten Worlds

Posted: 2nd August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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259th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom When playing the most recent three games (we spent a Sunday afternoon catching up with some smaller games), we somehow managed to play through a chronological progression of shoot ’em ups. Both Gorf and Juno First were […]