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Hello dear readers and welcome to another edition of Shoot the Rookie. Today I’m looking at the games featured in the Playstation Showcase which took place on September 9th, and sharing what my personal highlights were. Why not join me to see if you agree with my thoughts.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to an Olympic Special here on Shoot the Rookie! With the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics drawing to a close, I thought it would be good to put together a post about some of the medal winners from the competition but with an important twist – all the winners are video game characters! So come join me to see who won what at the Video Game Olympics.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to a long-overdue post here on Shoot the Rookie! As you may have noticed I have been quiet for a while so I thought I’d write a short post to update you all on what I’ve been up to!
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Hello dear readers and welcome back to Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post is the first in what will hopefully be a regular feature here on the blog. The idea of the In Focus series is to take an in-depth look at the career of some of the amazing people who work in video games and anime, and for the first one I’m going to be looking at the work of the incredibly talented composer Hiroyuki Sawano, so why not join me to find out more!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to a new Top 5 post here on Shoot the Rookie. Although I used to do lots of Top 5’s I haven’t done one recently so thought it would be a cool thing to resurrect. Today’s theme, which was inspired by a comment on my previous post, is my Top 5 games that came out in the last 5 years, so why not join me to see what makes the cut!
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Hello dear readers and thank you for joining me for another one of my quick fire posts where I take you on a whirlwind tour of a random video game or anime. Today’s instalment is about one of my favourite indie games – Untitled Goose Game – so why not join me to learn all about a horrible goose or two.
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Good day dear readers and many thanks for joining me for another edition of The Rookie Plays here on Shoot the Rookie. In this post I will be talking about Dontnod’s 2015 episodic drama-adventure, Life is Strange, so why not read on to find out my thoughts on this critically acclaimed game.
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Good day dear readers and welcome to a special post here on Shoot the Rookie in honour of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. For this occasion I thought I’d have a bit of fun and take a look at some of my favourite science-users from video games and anime so why not join me to see who makes the list!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to the latest of my quick-fire series Shoot from the Hip where I aim to distill my thoughts on a game or anime into around 500 words. Today I’m taking a look at the most recent entry in the Fatal Frame series, so why not join me to find out what this game has to offer!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to another one of my quick-fire posts here on Shoot the Rookie! This week I’m looking at the super slick action game Astral Chain, so why not join me for a quick overview of it and see if it sounds like something you would want to play yourself.
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