120th played so far Genre: RPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Bioware Publisher: Atari On this blog, as well as elsewhere, I’ve never made a secret of my fondness for the Bioware RPGs (as well as certain related spin-offs). Neverwinter Nights is no exception. In its single player standard campaign, you go to […]
Posts Tagged ‘pc’
#378 Half-Life
Posted: 30th January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, first person shooter, pc, valve
119th played so far Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Valve Publisher: Sierra Entertainment Oh, Half-Life, how happy I am to see you again. Imagine me, over a decade ago, seeing this game played over at my cousin’s place, and having some tries. Amazed at the graphics. Marvelling at the […]
#864 Saints Row 2
Posted: 22nd January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, adventure, pc, playstation 3, shoot 'em up, thq, volition inc, xbox 360
117th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/PS3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Volition, Inc. Publisher: THQ Right, although this is really Peter’s pick for a game, I’m writing the intro. Now that means I don’t know as much of the game as he would, beyond what I’ve seen while playing. The […]
#834 Far Cry 2
Posted: 14th January 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, first person shooter, pc, playstation 3, ubisoft, xbox 360
115th played so far Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Remember when we played a lot of shooting games in a row and then suddenly it all went quiet for a month on that front? Well the shooter is back and it […]
#319 Tomb Raider
Posted: 25th December 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, action, core design, pc, playstation, saturn, tomb raider
110th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PC/Playstation/Sega Saturn Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Core Design Publisher: Eidos Interactive Merry Christmas sports fans Pong and Beyond readers! No, we are not doing a write-up on Christmas Day as we have been busy with presents, dinner and I have been personally been busy thinking of ways […]
#740 Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Posted: 13th December 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2006, flight simulator, microsoft, pc
107th played so far Genre: Flight Simulator Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft And now for something COMPLETELY different. We have been playing a lot of games with guns recently (since to be fair many games have an affinity for guns or at least some form of weapon) so today’s game […]
#571 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Posted: 9th December 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, 3D Realms, Max Payne, pc, playstation 2, Remedy Entertainment, rockstar, shoot 'em up, xbox
106th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/PS2/XBox Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Vienna Publisher: 3D Realms In the previous installment of this series, we learned that Max Payne became an undercover agent, was accused of a murder he didn’t commit (although in the course of the game, he […]
#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 […]
#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 […]
#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. […]