Posts Tagged ‘pc’

#900 Aion: The Tower of Eternity

Posted: 4th April 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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229th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Aion Team Development Dept Publisher: NCSoft ย We’ve already covered several of MMORPG publisher NCSoft’s games in the past, with our first MMORPG Guild Wars and more recently the ill-fated City of Heroes. As that last game partially inspired our drive to complete […]

#358 Ultima Online

Posted: 23rd March 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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226th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Origin Systems Publisher: Electronic Arts And I suppose it’s about time we start with the granddaddy of them all. Ultima Online is one of the first MMORPGs, and with its rise being at the same time as the rise of the internet, […]

#410 Everquest

Posted: 19th March 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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225th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Sony Online Entertainment Publisher: Sonly Online Entertainment Wow, feels like it’s been a while since we played an MMORPG. Sure , there aren’t many on the list, so we should spread them out, but it just feels safer to finish more of […]

#811 Auditorium

Posted: 7th March 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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222nd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Cipher Prime Slightly more tenuous as an internet link, Auditorium is available for download on Steam, iOS and other places. It started out as a flash game though, and the demo is still available as such. For the reason why this matters, […]

#566 Samorost

Posted: 3rd March 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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221st played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Jakub Dvorsky Publisher: Amanita Design Another entry in our internet gallery, for reasons we discussed a few days ago. When leafing through the book, we see a lot of screenshots of the different games – not all have one, but a lot […]

#899 Demigod

Posted: 11th February 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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216th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Gas Powered Games Publisher: Stardock Okay, I can not believe it took me this long to play this game. I have always been a sucker for games that tap into the world of mythology. Whether it be God of War, Okami or […]

#858 Pure

Posted: 7th February 2013 by Mulholland in Games
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215th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Black Rock Studio Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios I am conflicted. On one hand I love Disney. They have provided me with a bucketful of childhood memories from their films and theme parks. I will hold my hands up […]

#194 Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon

Posted: 26th January 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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212th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 1990 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse A disadvantage of looking at statistics when determining games to play is that there are genres where we have to wait a long time before we feel (statistically) able to play them. Due to a missed connection over […]

#994 VVVVVV

Posted: 18th January 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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210th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: PC Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Terry Cavanagh Regardless of your thoughts of the Humble Indie Bundles they have been an absolute godsend for this blog. By being generous (oh we love to give) we have been able to grab a lot of games off of the 1001 […]

#167 Midwinter

Posted: 14th January 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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209th played so far Genre: Action/Role Playing Platform: PC/Amiga/Atari Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Maelstrom Games Publisher: Microplay Software Some games look and sound just a bit different – slightly off, with an interesting concept and mechanics that make you want to try them. Not necessarily a game that will become a favourite, not one […]