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Hello dear readers and welcome to a new Top 5 post here on Shoot the Rookie. Although I used to do lots of Top 5’s I haven’t done one recently so thought it would be a cool thing to resurrect. Today’s theme, which was inspired by a comment on my previous post, is my Top 5 games that came out in the last 5 years, so why not join me to see what makes the cut!
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Hello dear readers and welcome once again to a Seriously Geeky Sunday! This time around we are looking at things that make us smile so why not join me to find out what geeky things put a smile on my face!
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Hello dear readers and welcome to another Seriously Geeky Sunday here on Shoot the Rookie! Tomorrow is Geek Pride Day (which is a new thing to me!) and in celebration today’s questions are all about what it means to be a geek, so why not join me to find out about my own personal brand of geekiness!
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Hello dear readers! Well here it is. The end of the month, the end of the year, the end of the decade. To celebrate the last ten years of gaming I’ve put together a list of my top 15 games released in the 2010s. So before we get round to the bells (at least in my part of the world) lets take a look at my favourite games of the decade! Continue reading “The Rookie’s Games of the Decade!”
Hello dear readers! Do you like video games? How about travel? Well today’s post is all about my recent visit to The Computerspiele Museum in Berlin, so why not join me for an exploration of the treasures this marvelous institution has to offer! Continue reading “The Computerspiele Museum, Berlin”
Hello readers and welcome to this birthday edition of Shoot the Rookie! My little blog is 2 years old today so I just wanted to do a quick celebration/analysis of the last year. I hope you’ll join me for the fun and festivities! Continue reading “Happy 2nd Blogiversary To Meeee!”
Hello readers and welcome to the third edition of Shoot the Rookie‘s new feature, My Favourite Series. Today’s choice is unlikely to surprise many of you. If you’ve read the blog before, followed me on social media or met me in real life then you are probably already aware that my actual, all-time-favourite-series is Xenoblade Chronicles!
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Good afternoon, evening, morning or [no time zone specified], dearest readers! I, Jon Ola Sand Pix1001, am delighted to be here today in my role as Executive Co-Supervisor of The Video-Games Broadcasting Union™ to announce their most flamboyant and extravagant event to date: Blogovision! Continue reading “Announcing: Blogovision 2019!”
Hello readers and welcome to the first in Shoot the Rookie’s new monthly feature, My Favourite Series. This is going to be a 12 part feature where each month I take an in-depth look at my favourite video game series. As you can see from the title, the first series I’m featuring is Resident Evil. No harm in being topical right…? Continue reading “My Favourite Series, part 1: Resident Evil”
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”
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