Archive for October, 2013

281st played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: SCE London Studio/Playlogic Game Factory Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Virtual pet games seem to be one of those love and hate things for me. Yeah, I’ve been there for the Tamagotchi craze (via, to be fair, one of its rip-offs), but […]

#90 Gauntlet

Posted: 25th October 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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280th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Atari Games Publisher: Atari Games Regular readers may remember that this set of fifty games are all games I haven’t played before. And today we get a game where we are very strict about this, as I’ve played the hell out of […]

279th played so far Genre: Action/Platform Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Insomniac Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America The systems of Sony seem littered with attempts at mascots. While Microsoft never set out to get one (focusing on shooters and characters like Master Chief more) and Nintendo and Sega were set with […]

278th played so far Genre: Strategy/Role-Playing Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Irrational Games Publisher: Digital Jesters/Electronic Arts Time for some more insanity. Today’s installment, Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich, fits in with the recent rise of superhero movies, and plays with its stereotypes. Speechbubbles, comic book looks, hammy acting and over the […]

#468 Devil May Cry

Posted: 13th October 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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277th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PlayStation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Sometimes the dice just roll your way. To keep variety, we occasionally pick a random game to go into our ‘next game’ pile and this time, it came up with an interesting one. I’ve been interested in Devil […]

#244 Syndicate

Posted: 9th October 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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276th played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Bullfrog Productions Publisher: Electronic Arts One of the game studios we admire and miss is Bullfrog. They’ve made some games we spent way too much time on. We’ve played Dungeon Keeper for the blog before, are looking forward to Theme […]

#122 720ยฐ

Posted: 5th October 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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275th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Atari Games Publisher: Atari Games Right, let’s get this straight. Yeah, the game is officially called 720ยฐ. We believe 720 or 720 Degrees are also acceptable. We’ll call it that. Laziness! We recently got a copy of Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play, […]

#34 Joust

Posted: 1st October 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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274th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Williams Electronics Publisher: Williams Electronics The reason this game is (apparently) included in the list? Its pure insanity. The reason is simple: You’re a knight riding a flying ostrich, defeating other knights riding on buzzards. Player 2 if, they’re playing, rides a […]