The not-so-pro gaming blog
Good day readers and many thanks for joining me! I’m a little late with this but today I have the pleasure of sharing with you a few thoughts on the 2019 edition of the UK’s best anime film festival…Scotland Loves Anime! Continue reading “Scotland Loves Anime, Glasgow 2019”
Hello dear readers and welcome to this special edition of Shoot the Rookie! I want to use this post to say a few words (a speech, if you will) about the awesome experience of competing in Blogger Blitz and say a couple of thank-yous to some amazing people! Continue reading “Blogger Blitz: Shipping Wars, Thoughts and Thanks!”
Hello readers and welcome to today’s post! Despite the title, this post isn’t about the inner workings of my imagination, but rather is a follow on from an article I wrote way back in October 2018 as part of Adventure Rules ‘Charming and Open‘ series, where I tackled a question along the lines of: ‘what video game would I turn into an anime?’. I found choosing one an interesting process and whilst I was thinking about it I realised that there is already a lot of crossover between anime and video games. Wanting to explore this further, today I’m taking a look at some anime’s which are based on video games. Continue reading “When Video Games and Anime Collide!”
Hello readers! Are you excited? I’m excited! OK…more like TERRIFIED, but that’s OK! Why? Because today’s post is my entry for the Championship Match in the 2019 edition of award winning blogging competition – Blogger Blitz! Continue reading “Blogger Blitz, Championship Match: Prom Night Panic!”
Hello readers and welcome to my semi-final entry for Blogger Blitz – aka the best blogging competition on the internet! I scraped through round one with my darling Itsuki saving weddings left, right and centre and here we are back to do battle again! Continue reading “Blogger Blitz, Semi-Final 2: Childcare Chore!”
Hello readers and thanks for joining me for this slightly belated look at the Nintendo Direct which aired on Wednesday, September 4th! I know a lot of other bloggers have already written about the event but I’m going to take a slightly different angle, and instead of going over each game, I just want to talk about my reaction to the event as a whole with a focus on a couple of specific games. Continue reading “Nintendo: Direct to the Heart”
Hello readers and welcome to a Top 5! I know, I know, I don’t do Top 5’s anymore but 5 seemed like the perfect number to use to discuss my favourite anime films, so why not keep on reading and see what made it! Continue reading “Anime! Top 5 Films!”
So here it is readers! Shoot the Rookie’s first and quite possibly last entry in Blogger Blitz – the awesome (and award winning) annual blogging competition run by the incredible Adventure Rules. Continue reading “Blogger Blitz, round 1: Wacky Wedding!”
Hello readers! Please join me in welcoming back to the stage a (supposedly) regular feature here on Shoot the Rookie – My Favourite Series. Now onto part 4, today I will be taking a look at a fighting game series now in its seventh mainline iteration: Tekken! Continue reading “My Favourite Series, part 4: Tekken”
