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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!
Continue reading “Top 5 Video Game Haircuts!”
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!
Continue reading “The Great JRPG Showdown: Results Post”
Hello dear readers and welcome to another Seriously Geeky Sunday here at Shoot the Rookie! This week we’re looking at all creatures great and small, so why not join me as I discuss some of my favourite fictional animals!
Continue reading “Seriously Geeky Sundays: Where the Wild Things Are”
Hello dear readers and welcome to another special edition of Shoot the Rookie. Last week me and fellow blogger Winst0lf revealed the results of The Great JRPG Character Face-Off. Although those posts marked the end of the event I wanted to do one more post in order to reveal every single character who was voted for in the event. So why not join me as I reveal the identity of all 86 characters!
Continue reading “The Great JRPG Character Face-Off: The Full List!”
Hello dear readers and welcome to an extremely exciting day here at Shoot the Rookie! Yes that’s right, today is the day you have all been waiting for as me and the best blogging collaborator, Winst0lf, reveal the results of The Great JRPG Character Face-Off! So come join me as I reveal the community’s favourite JRPG characters as voted for by you!
Continue reading “The Great JRPG Character Face-Off: The Results!”
Hello good readers and welcome to your early Christmas present! That’s right, this is December’s Top 5 and here we are going to be looking at which items from video games would make the most useless and rubbish Christmas presents. Sound random? Well…ok it is but who cares, it’s CHRISTMAS! Continue reading “Top 5 Useless Presents from Video Games!”
Hello readers and welcome to November’s Top 5! After the success of May’s Top 5 – The Songs That Remind Me Of Games I have revisited the topic but with one difference – this time all the songs remind me of games from the Final Fantasy series. Get your headphones at the ready folks, you’re going to want to listen in on this one! Continue reading “Top 5 Songs That Remind Me Of Games: The Final Fantasy Edition”
In this article I’m very pleased to be writing about the diverse roles that women play in the Final Fantasy XIII series. It is proudly published as part of the Final Fantasy: A Crystal Compendium project, a comprehensive blogging project dedicated to Final Fantasy, which has been envisaged, organized and built by The Well-Red Mage, with some help from OverThinker Y, heroes of the blogging community! I feel honoured to have the chance to take part, and look forward greatly to reading the other articles!
For my part in this wonderful exploration of the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy: A Crystal Compendium, I’m taking a look at the first Final Fantasy game to hit us at the turn of the millennium – Final Fantasy IX. Before I proceed though, I want to say a huge thank you to the excellent (and patient) organizers of this event – OverThinker Y & The Well-Red Mage for making this possible, and also to everyone else who is taking part, I really do feel honoured to be involved. Continue reading “Final Fantasy IX: Paths in the Mist”
On a cold and windy November night in London, I had the pleasure of witnessing one of gaming and music’s finest shows: Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy. It is now my pleasure to be able to present my review of their Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary show. Continue reading “Distant Worlds – The Rookie Review”
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