The not-so-pro gaming blog
*mysterious voice crackles through the tannoy*
Here it is Blogovision fans, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The votes are in – the decision has been made. So why not join us for this most joyous of moments as we reveal the winner of Blogovision 2019! Continue reading “Blogovision 2019: The Results”
*A disco-ball is lowered in the darkness. Near silence fills the room. Beneath that silence a sense of ultimate anticipation lurks. The room is filled with the hopes of hundreds of lucky punters from video games far and wide who managed to get a ticket for tonight’s show. The spotlights start to flicker. Changing red, blue, green, purple, white…and the crowd bursts into life as the disco-ball begins to spin….* Continue reading “Blogovision 2019: The Final!”
Hello readers and welcome to the third edition of Shoot the Rookie‘s new feature, My Favourite Series. Today’s choice is unlikely to surprise many of you. If you’ve read the blog before, followed me on social media or met me in real life then you are probably already aware that my actual, all-time-favourite-series is Xenoblade Chronicles!
Continue reading “My Favourite Series, part 3: Xenoblade Chronicles”
Good afternoon, evening, morning or [no time zone specified], dearest readers! I, Jon Ola Sand Pix1001, am delighted to be here today in my role as Executive Co-Supervisor of The Video-Games Broadcasting Union™ to announce their most flamboyant and extravagant event to date: Blogovision! Continue reading “Announcing: Blogovision 2019!”
Hello dear readers and welcome, rather belatedly, to part 2 of Shoot the Rookie’s new feature – My Favourite Series. Today I will be looking at a series of games which was one of the first I ever played – the wonderful Monkey Island! Continue reading “My Favourite Series, part 2: Monkey Island”
Good day dear readers and welcome to this, a rare sight! A new blog post on Shoot the Rookie! I know I’ve kept you all waiting far too long for this but there is now some light at the end of the tunnel. Before I get back to posting my regular nonsense about video games and anime I wanted to write about the reasons for my silence and how this awesome community of bloggers has helped me to get over it. Continue reading “Writer’s Block: An Ode to the Blogging Community”
Hello readers and welcome to this post which is all about my gaming backlog. This article has been written in response to the #LoveYourBacklog tag created by the fabulous Kim of Later Levels and Ellen of Livid Lightning. The aim of this is to get us to embrace our gaming backlogs rather than seeing them as a negative. From my point of view this isn’t difficult as I have never viewed the backlog as a chore, but rather a reminder that the future still has many wonders to reveal. Continue reading “Tales of the Backlog”
Hello readers and welcome to the first in Shoot the Rookie’s new monthly feature, My Favourite Series. This is going to be a 12 part feature where each month I take an in-depth look at my favourite video game series. As you can see from the title, the first series I’m featuring is Resident Evil. No harm in being topical right…? Continue reading “My Favourite Series, part 1: Resident Evil”
Good day readers and welcome to Shoot the Rookie! If you have been following the blog for a while you will know that one of the regular features is a monthly Top 5 tackling anything and everything from the gaming world. I’m sad to say that this feature has now ended, however, before introducing it’s replacement I’m giving the Top 5s one last hoorah! Continue reading “The Year of Top 5s in Retrospect”
