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Good day dear readers and welcome to another post on Shoot the Rookie. I hope you’ve got your headphones handy because today I am putting a twist on my occasional ‘Songs That Remind Me of Games’ series and presenting you with an anime related musical extravaganza! Continue reading “Songs That Remind Me of Anime”
Hello dear readers and a very Happy Valentine’s Day! I know some of you hate Valentine’s Day, or at least try and willfully ignore it, but please don’t let that put you off! It is clear that Valentine’s is in many ways just a big corporate mess, but for me, having a day designed to celebrate love can hardly be the worst thing that could happen, particularly in these dark days. Therefore, I thought I’d get into the spirit of things and have a bit of fun celebrating love and romance in video games…
Hello dear readers and welcome to another anime post here on Shoot the Rookie. Today’s post is all about how I came to love a show I was certain I would hate, and that show is none other than hit series My Hero Academia, which is now Detroit-Smashing its way through season 4! Continue reading “The show that proved me wrong – how I fell in love with My Hero Academia”
Hello dear readers and welcome back to Shoot the Rookie! As you may know if you follow me on Twitter (that’s @pix1001 if you don’t!) I have recently completed Atlus’ heart-changing JRPG, Persona 5. You may also know that I am rather fond of it. As such I’m planning a couple of articles about the game but I wanted to kick off with a simple collection of facts and figures detailing what I achieved in the game, so please join me for this number crunching run through my time in Persona 5! Continue reading “Persona 5 – Facts, Figures & Favourites”
Hello readers and welcome back to another My Favourite Series post! Strictly speaking this feature was supposed to be wrapped up by now but ho-hum, I guess I got lazy! This time I’m taking a look at The Legend of Zelda and the things about this iconic series which make it one of my favourites! Continue reading “My Favourite Series, part 5: The Legend of Zelda”
Hello readers and welcome to the second edition of the Gamer’s Guide to Glasgow, now updated for 2020! A few things have changed in the city since I released the first edition (for better and worse), and there is a whole new calendar of events to attend this year so why not take a look and see if anything inspires you. Continue reading “The Gamer’s Guide to Glasgow 2020”
Hello dear readers! Well here it is. The end of the month, the end of the year, the end of the decade. To celebrate the last ten years of gaming I’ve put together a list of my top 15 games released in the 2010s. So before we get round to the bells (at least in my part of the world) lets take a look at my favourite games of the decade! Continue reading “The Rookie’s Games of the Decade!”
Hello dear readers! If you have been paying attention you will have noticed that we are quickly approaching the end of 2019. This is not just the end of a year but also the end of a decade. During 2019 I shook things up here at Shoot the Rookie by branching out into writing about anime. To celebrate I’ve put together a list of my favourite 15 animes from the last decade, so why not join me in diving into them! Continue reading “The Rookie’s Animes of the Decade!”
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas dear readers! I hope everyone is having a fantastic time doing whatever it is you choose to do at this time of year. For me, I am here to give a gift to a fantastic blogger whose name I drew in Lightning Ellen’s awesome Secret Blogger Santa event. That blogger’s name just so happens to be Jack from Screen Streams! Continue reading “Secret Blogger Santa!”
