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Anno 1503: The New World. Max Design (2003) PC

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

(Released in Germany 2002) Anno 1602 was a sedate game, but on the whole I enjoyed it, so when I was bored and looking for games on Good Old Games I thought i’d give the sequel a try. And yes,…

Tagged with: 2003, Anno 1503, Anno 1503: The New World, Max Design, PC, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, Trading Game
Posted in PC

Mutant Football League. Digital Dreams Entertainment (2018) PlayStation 4

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

Cards on the table, I helped Kickstart this game. I paid a not inconsiderable amount to have myself put in the game, that due to me actually forgetting about kickstarting, my player was named after my former band (Black Moon…

Tagged with: 2018, Digital Dreams Entertainment, Gaming, Kickstarter, MFL, Mutant Football League, Nintendo Switch, PC, Playstation 4, Review, Xbox One
Posted in Playstation 4

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. From Software (2019) PlayStation 4

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 4 Comments

I’ve played Sekiro for about 2 months now and after several false starts, a few rage quits and more than my fair share of childish meltdowns I finally beat the game on the easy ending and despite this, am slightly…

SEGA GT. Wow Entertainment (2000) Sega Dreamcast

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 8 Comments

The Sega Dreamcast odyssey continues this week as I pluck SEGA GT from the ever dwindling collection of Dreamcast games that I own. I am not the biggest racing sim fan, but I enjoyed the original Gran Turismo at the…

Tagged with: 2000, PC, Racing Game, Retro Gaming, Review, Sega Dreamcast, SEGA GT, Wow Entertainment
Posted in Sega Dreamcast

SEGA Bass Fishing. SEGA AM1 (1999) Sega Dreamcast

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

I once wrote a very little viewed opinion piece on what I thought were the worst trends in gaming history it was poorly written, it wasn’t the at all researched, but it was moments in history I had noticed that…

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV. Fireaxis Games (2005) PC

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

I really didn’t get on with Civilization III, it wasn’t a bad game, but it was fucking boring in end-game and the difficulty was a bit all over the place. So rather than dwell on it, and let CIV3 sour…

Tagged with: 2005, 4X, Civilization, Civilization IV, Fireaxis Games, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, Sid Meier, Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, Turn based Strategy
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Sid Meier’s Civilization III. Fireaxis Games. (2001) PC

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

I wouldn’t say I am the biggest fan of the Civilization series, I had CIV2 on the PS1 (god that was chuggy), I had Revolutions which was a fairly decent stripped back version on the consoles, and I dabbled in…

Tagged with: 2001, Civilization, Civilization III, Fireaxis Games, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Civilization III, Turn based Strategy
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Diablo. Blizzard North (1997) PC

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 8 Comments

(Released in 1996 in the US) I never actually played Diablo back in the day, I sank well over a thousand hours into Diablo 2, and maybe a hundred hours into Diablo 3, but the original game not a jot.…

Total War: Warhammer. Creative Assembly (2016) PC

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 7 Comments

Officailly known as Total War: Warhammer the cool kids simply refer to it as Total Warhammer. We all know that Total Warhammer is a 10056% better name. Now you may have noticed I am on a bit of a strategy…

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Sun. Westwood Studios (1999) PC

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

I have been looking forward to this. I never really played it back in the day. I remember my mate had it. He bought a top of the range PC in around 1997/98 and unlike him went out and bought…