The not-so-pro gaming blog
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.
Continue reading “2020: My Year in Gaming”
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 Seriously Geeky Sunday! This week marks the start of an exciting voyage around the world, so why not join me to find out what location we’ll be visiting today!
Continue reading “Seriously Geeky Sundays: Around the World in 8 Sundays!”
Hello dear readers and welcome to another Seriously Geeky Sundays post here on Shoot the Rookie! I’ve missed the last couple of these but had to make a return for this one as today’s questions relate to fictional schools – one of my favourite locations for games and anime to take place. So why not join me to find out more about some of these wonderful educational establishments!
Continue reading “Seriously Geeky Sundays: Back to School!”
Hello dear readers and welcome to a historic day for Shoot the Rookie! What makes today so special is that for the first time we are welcoming a guest writer into the fray! I am extremely excited and happy to welcome @sebg2258 to Shoot the Rookie and I hope you all will give him a warm welcome!
Continue reading “The Great JRPG Character Face-off: Guest Post!”
Hello dear readers and welcome to Shoot the Rookie. Today I’m doing something I don’t think I’ve ever done before: I’m pitching a game to a developer. Yes, that developer is Atlus and yes I know they are not listening, but I think I’ve got a fantastic idea here and I’d really like to share it with you!
Continue reading “Dear Atlus… Please Make a Persona Fitness Game!”
Hello dear readers and welcome to another Seriously Geeky Sunday. As today is Father’s Day, the topic for today’s questions is fathers and father figures. There are SO many to choose from across geeky fandoms so let’s go on and have a look at who I’ve picked.
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Hello dear readers and welcome to another Seriously Geeky Sunday here on Shoot the Rookie. This week’s theme is food, which it turns out is a really fun thing to write about, so why not join me to find out all about my favourite foods in geekdom!
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Hello dear readers and a very Happy Valentine’s Day! I know some of you hate Valentine’s Day, or at least try and willfully ignore it, but please don’t let that put you off! It is clear that Valentine’s is in many ways just a big corporate mess, but for me, having a day designed to celebrate love can hardly be the worst thing that could happen, particularly in these dark days. Therefore, I thought I’d get into the spirit of things and have a bit of fun celebrating love and romance in video games…
Hello dear readers and welcome back to Shoot the Rookie! As you may know if you follow me on Twitter (that’s @pix1001 if you don’t!) I have recently completed Atlus’ heart-changing JRPG, Persona 5. You may also know that I am rather fond of it. As such I’m planning a couple of articles about the game but I wanted to kick off with a simple collection of facts and figures detailing what I achieved in the game, so please join me for this number crunching run through my time in Persona 5! Continue reading “Persona 5 – Facts, Figures & Favourites”
