We’re celebrating ten years of Games Asylum all month, but today is our actual birthday. Since YOU haven’t thrown us a SURPRISE PARTY, we have no choice but to present ten fun facts about Games Asylum. Enjoy. We’ll be in the corner singing Happy Birthday to ourselves. Games Asylum is ten years old, but its …
I’ve been looking back through the 200-plus reviews I’ve written over the last decade. It was definitely a couple of years before I remotely found my feet, but after that it’s not all bad. In an act of almost unconscionable self-indulgence, I present ten intros which I think bare repeating – an awkward mix of …
As part of 10 Years of Games Asylum, the site’s fine writers are each choosing one game to represent the last decade. Now it’s Adam’s turn. Despite Matt’s fondness for Viva Piñata and random budget games, it turns out we almost made the same selection for our ‘game of the decade’. Matt picked Fallout 3, …
Looking back through a decade of Games Asylum reviews makes for interesting reading, especially when the one of the first sentences I laid eyes on was: “Nintendo aren’t afraid to show their kind.†What? Exactly. Not all my reviews from the early days were filled with typos and grammatical errors, fortunately. Rather than blow my …
On our 5th birthday we ran a feature called ‘A Bunch of Fives’ – some lists of five. Never wanting to be too original, we’ll double that for our 10th birthday. Let’s start this off by remembering some of the things we’ve had to say goodbye to. Companies RIP Bizarre Creations (2011 – closed by …
As part of 10 Years of Games Asylum, the site’s fine writers are each choosing one game to represent the last decade. Now it’s Matt’s turn. Having to choose a ‘game of the decade’ was of course a colossal task. Shenmue II and Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic were both contenders but Fallout …
Ten years is a long time. But has much actually changed since Games Asylum was born into this world? Yes. And no. I’ve dredged the archives to illustrate. 1. Walls no barrier “Another technical marvel contained within is the RF module. With this you can play against up to three other players within a ten …
As part of 10 Years of Games Asylum, the site’s fine writers are each choosing one game to represent the last decade. Jake is up first. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was responsible for an unreasonable amount of unrestrained emotion flowing from my brain, through my fingers and keyboard, and onto the web. …
March 2011 sees Games Asylum turn ten years old. If you want to be precise, we launched on 26th March 2001. Surprised that we’ve been around for a decade? So are we. To celebrate ten glorious / anonymous / ignominious years (delete as appropriate), we have a month of hugely self-indulgent features planned. We’ll choose …