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Category Archives: First Person Shooter

BioShock Retrospective

August 30, 2018by Nick the Gent 3 Comments

If you feel that politics have no place in video games, the developers of BioShock disagree: I am Andrew Ryan, and I’m here to ask you a question. Is a […]

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First Person Shooter, Retro

GoldenEye 20th Anniversary Retrospective

February 27, 2018by Nick the Gent 6 Comments

Originally posted on Deconstructing Video Games:
Source: http://www.gamefaqs.com Good news, folks – I replayed GoldenEye, and it’s still great. But twenty years ago we weren’t expecting anything from GoldenEye. As…

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First Person Shooter, Retro

GoldenEye 20th Anniversary Retrospective

December 24, 2017by Nick the Gent 6 Comments

Good news, folks – I replayed GoldenEye, and it’s still great. But twenty years ago we weren’t expecting anything from GoldenEye. As much as it is now revered as a […]

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First Person Shooter, Retro

Metroid Prime and Prometheus: A Comparison

May 12, 2017by Nick the Gent 4 Comments

Originally posted on Deconstructing Video Games:
SPOILER warning! (for both Prometheus and the Metroid games) Add another to the list of unanswered questions posed by Prometheus – how is 2012’s…

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First Person Shooter

Destiny: The Taken King Preview

July 5, 2015by Nick the Gent 2 Comments

Destiny was a frustrating game to review – there are hints of greatness that struggle to break through the repetitive action and leveling up. But more than Destiny’s limited gameplay, […]

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First Person Shooter, RPG

Destiny Review

July 5, 2015by Nick the Gent 1 Comment

If you are obsessive about collecting items and upgrades then Destiny may be the video game for you. There is, in fairness, a lot to like in Bungie’s first person […]

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First Person Shooter, RPG

Marathon 20th Anniversary Retrospective

April 14, 2014by Nick the Gent 1 Comment

Before Halo and Destiny, there was Marathon. In 1994, only a year after id Software’s Doom defined a genre, Marathon takes the template and runs with it. Released on the […]

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First Person Shooter, Retro

Metroid Prime and Prometheus: A Comparison

December 15, 2013by Nick the Gent 6 Comments

SPOILER warning! (for both Prometheus and the Metroid games) Add another to the list of unanswered questions posed by Prometheus – how is 2012’s sort-of Alien movie getting a sequel? […]

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First Person Shooter

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