The not-so-pro gaming blog
Hello dear readers and welcome to the second of my collaboration reposts! If you missed my previous post, it was a repost of my piece originally written for the Normal Happenings collaboration – The Games That Define Us – and today I’m reposting my piece from last year’s collaboration – The Characters That Define Us. So come join me to find out who that is and why!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to something a bit different here on Shoot the Rookie. Back in 2018 I took part in one of the biggest and best collaborations ever created – The Games That Define Us – organised by the wonderful Matt from Normal Happenings. I’ve been thinking a lot about this and last year’s collaboration – The Characters That Define Us – and have decided to repost my entries here on my own blog. Continue reading “The Game That Defines Me”
Good day dear readers and welcome to the second edition of my ‘Shoot from the Hip’ series where I take a game or anime and attempt to convey my feelings about it in around 500 words. Today’s piece is on 2020 ‘survival horror’ game Deadly Premonition 2, so let’s jump right in and see what it’s all about!
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Hello dear readers and a happy new year to you all. It’s now time for Shoot the Rookie’s first post of 2021 and I’m kicking things off this year by taking part in a cool community event called EXP Share, created by the wonderful DanamesX over at Tales from the Backlog. This month the theme of the event is games you have just started for the first time, and for my part I’m going to be taking a look at Ring Fit Adventure. Come join me to find out more about this super fun fitness game!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to my final post of 2020. Here I’m taking a look at all the games I’ve enjoyed this year, so sit back, relax, and join me for Shoot the Rookie’s gaming review of the year.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to the final Seriously Geeky Sunday of 2020! Today we are doing a bit of a review of 2020 in fandoms, so why not join me as I share my highlights of the year!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to another festive post here on Shoot the Rookie! Today I am taking part in a fantastic Secret Santa event called the Creative Christmas Collab and this post is my gift to the wonderful blogger who is my Secret Santee (?). So come join me to find out all about this very cool person!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to an extremely festive edition of Shoot the Rookie. That’s right, today is the day where Seriously Geeky Sunday dons tinsel and holly and gets all Christmassy in the form of Seriously Geeky Santa! What this means is that for today only, a Secret Santa is delivering the questions, so why not join me on this jolly jaunt and find out what questions my Secret Santa posed for me.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to this week’s decidedly chilly Seriously Geeky Sundays post! We are once again embarking on our tour of the World and this week we arrive at Earth’s chilliest places. So why not come join me to learn all about the snowy and icy locations I love in fiction with a hint of Christmas added for good measure!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to another edition of my highly infrequent The Rookie Plays series in which I chat about a game I’ve played recently. This edition is all about my first delve into the world of Resident Evil with Resident Evil Zero, so why not come join me and find out what it’s all about!
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