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The times Resident Evil totally jumped the shark.

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 4 Comments

I love the Resident Evil series. It is honestly one of my favourite series despite the fact I spent an inordinate amount of time complaining about the games. But no matter how many times I am burnt by some shonkey…

Tagged with: Albert Wesker, Another Internet List, Arklay Mountains, Boulder Punching, Jump the Shark, Raccoon City, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6, Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Zombie T-Rex
Posted in Lists, Opinion

Shut Up, Scrambles : The Platform Games We Actually Want Remastered.

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Scrambles — 2 Comments

So the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy was a huge hit for Activision, and rightfully so. I played through it and had an absolute blast; it was challenging yet familiar, and looked better than YOUR MOTHER’S FINE ASS (edit…

Tagged with: Billy Hatcher, Bug!, Castlevania, Crash Bandicoot, Cult games, Gex, Goemon, Mischief Makers, N64, Nobody likes you Gex, Opinion, platformer, Silicon Valley, Spyro, underrated games
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Genres I just don’t “get”!

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 10 Comments

Sorry for the clickbait-ey title but I couldn’t think of anything witty for a title. Is there a genre out there that you just can’t get into?

Tagged with: American Football, Boring genres, Football, Gamer Problems, Gamer rambles, Genres you don't like, Ice Hockey, Opinion, racing games, Sports Simulator, What genres don't you "get"?
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Top 10 Hardest Games

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 40 Comments

Played a game that made you smash a pad? I know we have… Be it terrible design or frustrating gameplay, games can be hard for different reasons. But despite being hella difficult some games managed to retain their charm and…

Tagged with: Battletoads, Bucky O'Hare, Cannon Fodder, Comix Zone, Contra, Dr Robotonik's Mean Bean Machine, Earthworm Jim, Ghosts 'N Goblins, Hardest games list, Hardest retro gaming list, Instadeath, knockback, Lemmings, Ninja Gaiden, Retro Gaming, Sonic Adventure, Streets of Rage 3, Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels, Super Meat Boy, The Lion King, Top 10 hardest videogames, Total Carnage, X-Com Terror from the Deep, Zelda 2: Link's Adventure, Zombies, Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Posted in Lists, Opinion

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,.…

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E3 predictions

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 17 Comments

I am writing this in May, but will probably post it when everybody else is posting just before E3 or during because who doesn’t like a wall of noise? I used to get hyped around E3 and all the shiney…

Tagged with: Amiibos, Bathesda, E3, E3 Predictions, Half Life 3, Mario Oddyssy, Opinion, PS4, Red Dead Redemption 2, Remakes, Rerelease, Super Nintendo Mini, Ubisoft, Virtual Console, VR, WiiU ports
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Opinion: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo’s “Dreamcast Moment”

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 21 Comments

Everybody has had their 2 cents worth on this one, so I thought I’d jump on this derailed hype train.

Tagged with: Gaming, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo's "Dreamcast Moment", Opinion
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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…

Tagged with: AMIGA, Best games ever, Best Retro Games, Gamecube, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Gameboy, Opinion, PC, PlayStation, Retro Gaming, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Genesis, SNES, Super Nintendo, Top 50 Games, Top 50 Retro Games, XBOX, Xbox 360
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Opinion: Worst gaming trends

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

I am at an age now where I have lived through a number of gaming fads, that thankfully were consigned to the annals of history. I’m not talking about the quality of games, and story writing, I am also not…

Tagged with: amiibo, Dance Dance Revolution, Disney Infinity, Fishing Games, Freemium, Guitar peripheral games, Nintendo Wii, Opinion, Pinball games, Skylanders, Sports clones
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Opinion: What is the worst trope in zombie games?

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Van Rockingham — 3 Comments

This isn’t really an opinion piece, as I am more interested in your opinions on this. But what is the worst feature, trope, or cliche in a zombie game?

Tagged with: Conspiracy, Contrived plots, double cross, Opinion, Psychopaths, Tropes, Zombie cliches, Zombies
Posted in Opinion