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*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 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”
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”
Hello readers and welcome to the Twelfth Day of Blogmas as we join in with this fabulous Christmas sing-a-long, all brought to you by the fantastic mind of Athena from AmbiGaming. Yes folks…this is the last one! Continue reading “…On the Twelfth Day of Blogmas!”
Hello readers and welcome to the Ninth Day of Blogmas as we join in with this fabulous Christmas sing-a-long, all brought to you by the fantastic mind of Athena from AmbiGaming. Continue reading “…On the Ninth Day of Blogmas”
Hello readers and welcome to the Eighth Day of Blogmas as we join in with this fabulous Christmas sing-a-long, all brought to you by the fantastic mind of Athena from AmbiGaming Continue reading “…On the Eighth Day of Blogmas”
Happy New Year readers and welcome to both 2019 and the Seventh Day of Blogmas as we join in with this fabulous Christmas sing-a-long, all brought to you by the fantastic mind of Athena from AmbiGaming Continue reading “…On the Seventh Day of Blogmas”
Hello readers and welcome to the Sixth Day of Blogmas as we join in with this fabulous Christmas sing-a-long, all brought to you by the fantastic mind of Athena from AmbiGaming. Continue reading “…On the Sixth Day of Blogmas”
Happy September readers and welcome to this month’s Top 5 which is all about final bosses! Continue reading “Top 5 Final Bosses”
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