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Hello dear readers and welcome to another dose of silliness here on Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post has been a long time coming, mostly because choosing this top 5 was so hard, but finally I’m here to share with you my top 5 anime haircuts. Come join me for a fun mix of hairspray and anti-frizz nonsense!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to Shoot the Rookie! Today is another post in my occasional ‘The Rookie Plays…’ series in which I take an in-depth look at a video game I’ve completed recently. Today’s game is a recent remake of a classic title, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, so come join me to find out what I thought!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post is sure to be a very silly one but it should be a lot of fun too because today I’m revealing my top 5 haircuts in video games. So why not grab the straightening irons and some Elnett and come join me for some hair-raising silliness!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post is a new Shoot from the Hip article, where I take a very short, speedy look at a video game or anime which I’ve enjoyed recently with the aim of helping you decide whether or not to try it! Today I’m looking at the most recent installment in the Metroid series, Metroid Dread, so come join me to find out all you need to know about it!
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Hello dear readers and thanks for checking out my new post here on Shoot the Rookie. Today is another instalment of my occasional series where I take an in-depth look at a game I’ve recently completed. Today’s game is the Xenoblade Chronicles spin-off, Future Connected, so let’s jump right in to see if I’ve been really feeling it.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to another post here on Shoot the Rookie. I know it has been forever since I last posted, but I wanted to write something today to celebrate the fifth anniversary of this little blog, so come join me for some reminiscing, some hopes for the future and possibly even some cake!
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Hello dear readers and welcome back to Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post is another in my occasional ‘The Rookie Plays…’ series where I take an in-depth look at a game I’ve played recently. The game for this edition is Civilization VI, the most recent entry in the legendary turn based strategy series, so let’s click one more turn and take a look shall we.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to another instalment of my quick-fire series Shoot from the Hip where I take a very quick and spoiler free look at an anime or video game to help you decide if you want to check it out yourself. This time I’m looking at Inu-Oh, the new film by director Masaaki Yuasa (Lu Over the Wall, Ride Your Wave), so come join me to find out what it’s all about.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post is a rather exciting one, as today is the day that I am revealing which JRPG the gaming community voted as their favourite. Come join me to find out the winners, the losers and the nearly-but-not-quiters!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to Shoot the Rookie, where today I’m sharing a very special guest post with you! A few weeks ago I launched The Great JRPG Showdown, and today my partner Seb has written a post telling us about his top 5 JRPGs. Huge thanks to Seb for writing such a wonderful post for my blog, I hope you’ll all enjoy it! Take it away, Seb…
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