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A British history of popular video games, told one sales chart #1 at a time
Fifteen writers explore the most iconic era of Sonic in depth, through the games of Sonic Mega Collection Plus. All twenty of them.
[My journey through 2004 ends here with another guest post. I’m pleased to hand over again to Alexander Sigsworth, who you can find blogging at alexsigsworth.wordpress.com and who…
The list of UK #1s in the year of the sequel, 2004, ends with a triple hit of sequels to the biggest breakthrough games of the decade to…
In my journey through 2000, I talked about the unprecedented achievement of the game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in selling one million copies in the UK….
A little tweak here and there, some more evolution, and the best football sim around got better still. If there’s one detail to pick on to illustrate what…
FIFA Football 2004 spent five weeks at the top of the UK charts, consolidating the position of the series after its early 2000s wobble. Particularly with a new…
Amidst the year of sequels, Star Wars: Battlefront still provides something of a first in the list of UK #1 games. Online multiplayer has been a prominent component…
The Sims 2 took the series forward in its simulation of life and death. The death part was straightforward and nothing new for games at all. Many of…
[It’s guest post time again, and I have someone new to introduce! For this post I am happy to hand over to Iain of Iain Plays, who you…
Contemporary reviews of Conflict: Vietnam mention its position as part of a wave of games based on the Vietnam war, alongside Vietcong: Purple Haze and Shellshock: Nam ‘67,…
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