The not-so-pro gaming blog
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”
Hello readers and welcome to this birthday edition of Shoot the Rookie! My little blog is 2 years old today so I just wanted to do a quick celebration/analysis of the last year. I hope you’ll join me for the fun and festivities! Continue reading “Happy 2nd Blogiversary To Meeee!”
*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”
