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Psychonauts. Double Fine (2005) XBox

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Scrambles — 3 Comments

I’ve been putting off writing about Psychonauts for *checks notes* ever. Our relationship is…complicated. Layered. Not like an onion, but like a 3 tiered cake where the middle layer hates my guts but the outer layers love me and want…

Tagged with: 2005, Double Fine, platformer, Psychonauts, Raz, Retro Gaming, Review, Tim Schafer, Whispering Rock, XBOX
Posted in XBOX

Top 15 Light Gun Guns

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 10 Comments

I love Light Gun Games, but what about the guns themselves? are they any good? Well wonder no more, for I have gotten my hands on as many as I can and played as many games as possible with them,.…

Tagged with: 32X, 32X Sega CD, 3DO, Best Light Guns, Dreamcast Gun, G-Con 1, G-Con 2, Game lists, Gamegun, Gamegun 3DO, Konami Justifier, Konami Justifier Megadrive, Konami Justifier Playstation, light gun games, Light Guns, MadCatz Blaster, MadCatz Blaster Xbox, MadCatz Dreamcast Blaster, Megadrive, NES, NES Zapper, Nintendo Entertainment System, Peacekeeper Revolver, Peacekeeper Revolver Phillips CD-I, Phillips CD-I, PlayStation, Predator Logic 3, Retro Gaming, Sega CD, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Genesis, Sega Light Phaser, Sega Master System, Sega Menacer, Sega Menacer MegaDrive, Sega Saturn, Sega Saturn Stunner, SNES, SNES Super Scope, Super Nintendo, Super Scope, Wii, WII Plastic Adapter thingy, WII Zapper, XBOX
Posted in Lists, Opinion, Stuff

Fatal Frame (Project Zero) Tecmo (2003) XBox

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

Fatal Frame (in the US), known as Project Zero in PAL, and just “Zero” in Japan is a Survival Horror game that I refused to give a chance. I have always had issues with skeevy Japanese schoolgirl fetish/anime shite, so I…

Tagged with: 2003, Creepy schoolgirl fetish, Fatal Frame, Himuro Mansion, Horror, Mafuyu Hinasaki, Miku Hinasaki, Poop, Poop everywhere, Project Zero, Retro Gaming, Review, Survival Horror, Tecmo, XBOX
Posted in XBOX

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Bioware (2003) XBOX

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Van Rockingham — 8 Comments

There are games that come along every now and then that have blown my socks off. Silent Hill 2 is one of them, Final Fantasy VI is another. With that, Knights of the Old Republic is firmly in the socks blown asunder camp. I…

Tagged with: 2003, Aids Burger, Bastilla, Bastilla Shen, Bioware, Canderous Ordo, Carth Onasi, Dantooine, Dark, Darth Malak, Darth Revan, Ebon Hawk, Force, HK47, Jedi, Jolee Dindo, Juhani, Kashyyk, Knights of the Old Republic, KOTOR, Light, Manaan, Mission, Pazaak, Republic, RNGesus, RPG, Sith, Star Forge, Star Wars, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, T3-M4, Taris, Tatooine, Turn based Strategy, XBOX, Zaalbar
Posted in XBOX

Indigo Prophecy (AKA Fahrenheit). Quantic Dream. PS2 (2005)

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Scrambles — 3 Comments

Fahrenheit – the story of a lonely man with a passion for thermometer repair. Nah, just kidding, he’s done a murder.

Tagged with: 2005, Beyond:Two Souls, Carla Valenti, Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain, Indigo Prophecy, Interactive movie, Lucas Kane, Marcus Kane, Mayan prophecy, Playstation 2, Quantic Dream, Retro Gaming, Review, Tyler Miles, XBOX
Posted in PC, Playstation 2, XBOX

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell : Chaos Theory (2005), Ubisoft, Xbox

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Scrambles — 2 Comments

As “an overgrown adolescent who thinks himself clever”, I’ve got my fair share of opinions. One of those is that if you throw shade at somebody you’ve never met because they didn’t like your favourite game, well golly, you might…

Tagged with: 2005, Chaos Theory, PlayStation, Retro Gaming, Review, Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell, Stealth, Stealth games, Tom Clancy, XBOX
Posted in XBOX

Top 50 Games 2016

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Van Rockingham — 18 Comments

To celebrate our upcoming 2 year anniversary, we have put our heads together and come up with a TOP 50 games list of games we have featured since launch. 2018 List 2017 List Don’t be offended if your favourite game doesn’t…