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“It’s just business” – The Godfather

In the mid-00’s, we were fully in the phase of others working out what they could learn from the success of Grand Theft Auto. Some of this came…

“Drop everything that moves” – Black

For all of Medal of Honor’s massive success for a couple of years, and the phenomenon of Halo, in early 2006 we still hadn’t quite reached peak First…

“Shrine of Worship” – Shadow of the Colossus

The Chart-track chart commentaries I have been putting at the end of each post tend not to get involved in matters of quality. From Juiced to Grand Theft…

“Chased by the 5-0” – Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Many of the popular games series of the early 2000s are still with us. As I continue on to 2006 and 2007 even more of today’s yearly regulars…

“A real slobber knocker” – WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2006

Sometimes a year in the name is just a year in the name. In 2005 it was not long until Pro Evolution Soccer would make the switch to…

“Space over Tatooine” – Star Wars: Battlefront II

Any questions about the rapid speed of the release this sequel are answered by the bubble on the back of the box proclaiming it the follow-up to the…

“Going at it hammer and tongs” – Pro Evolution Soccer 5

[For this guest post I welcome back Richard Moss, who previously wrote about Sonic Drift. Richard is creator of the documentary podcast The Life & Times of Video…

“Here comes the action” – FIFA 06

The ‘Football’ is gone from the title, as well as the 20: not just the millennium being old hat but a statement of confidence in the brand. What’s…

“It’s a car-crash-car world” – Burnout Revenge

As a child, I played with a lot of toy cars. I gave many of them names, but it was mostly as a way of distinguishing between them…

“Slow in and fast out” – Juiced

I’ve been through many examples of games rushed out for financial reasons, with varying levels of disaster as a result. Juiced is a rarer case of the opposite:…