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An Ambitious Expansion of the Thief Universe

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About Babylon 5

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

In the 90's i watched TV a lot, not like nowadays. I can't even remember when was the last time i seriously watched TV. I think it was sometime in 2007 when i accident...

About Dead Space 1, 2 & 3

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

This segment of the horror games documentary pays homage to a revered trilogy—Dead Space. Although a newcomer in comparison to classics like Resident Evil, Alone in the Da...

About Doom 3 & Resurrection of Evil

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

Doom 3 introduced in it's mechanic a simple addition. A very dark environment and a flashlight that can only be equipped one at a time. Gameplay is very different in compa...

About F.E.A.R. 1, 2 & 3

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

Sure some of you may heard about NOLF series of course, and someone even about the Blood series that Monolith developed in the past. Those games were masterpieces of funny...

About Mass Effect

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

I already played Mass Effect many times and liked it very much. The second and third part took a little different direction in the series development, bringing a lot of Gear...

About Resident Evil 1, 2 & 3

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

The very first officially survival horror game appeared in 1996 by the name Resident Evil. Although the mechanic of that game was already present in Alone in the Dark in 1...

About Resident Evil 4, 5 & 6

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

Another game that i want to talk about is Resident Evil 4. This game deserves to be mentioned in a separate part of this documentary. It managed to bring next-gen formula ...

Alone in the Park or The last test drive of Edward Carnby

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 30-12-2023

The Central Park in New York, with its enduring charm, has a history that spans approximately 160 years, retaining much of its original character. Despite the park's significa...

An Ambitious Expansion of the Thief Universe

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 27-10-2024

Rediscovering Thief 4: An Ambitious Expansion of the Thief UniverseWhen Thief: Deadly Shadows released in 2004, it faced a mixed reception. For fans of the original two games,...

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 03-03-2016

B5' science-fiction plot takes place in the middle of the 23rd century on a diplomatic station Babylon 5. In detail, it tells about peace, wars, intrigue and unexpected plo...

Babylon 5 (in other media, lore stuff & extended universe)

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 14-12-2015

Vavel Catchy word "pandemonium", at one time had nothing to do with the considerable masses of people gathered in one place. Originally it meant a process of building...

Bethesda's Arena

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 06-05-2019

The dungeon masters from Bethesda Softworks indeed inscribed themselves into the pantheon of high caliber role playing game developers among the best. Too bad they didn't fix...

Bioware's Mass Effect or a deep dive into travesty

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 22-12-2023

Alright, let's take a delightful stroll down memory lane with the OG Mass Effect. Picture this: elevator rides, more elevator rides (just like Babylon 5, but less ...

Bygone science of the century

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 15-08-2024

In the midst of the bygone century, humanity harnessed the atom and embarked on the conquest of the cosmos, envisioning a future bathed in the luminosity of progress. There wa...

Cinemax's Inquisitor

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

Just try to think for a second what great underrated CRPG game you played in the last couple of years. A retro isometric style CRPG in the vein of Fallout, Baldur's Gate ...

Cosima Caminades

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 05-12-2014

Virtually every gamer globally who genuinely adores playing games has, at a minimum, heard of Hideo Kojima and his Metal Gear cosmos, including characters like Solid Snake ...

Different Kinds of Role-Playing Games

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 05-12-2014

Introduction Many individuals have, at least a couple of times, attempted to embody someone else or emulate their favorite character from a sci-fi novel. I bet everyone ha...

Fasa's BattleTech

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 05-03-2015

Immersing myself in the realms of speculative fiction during my formative years, science fiction emerged as a cherished genre—an intellectual refuge not only for me but fo...

GTA IV’s Lasting Legacy

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 01-09-2024

Shigeru Miyamoto and David Lynch: Two Sides of the Same CoinShigeru Miyamoto has always struck me as a wonderfully cheerful and creative individual, and in many ways, he remin...

Human Entertainment's Mizzurna Falls

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 28-04-2023

Mizzurna Falls is a unique and innovative game that was ahead of its time in many ways. The game was released in 1998 for the PlayStation 1 and was developed by Human En...

Mafia 1 is Not a GTA 3 Clone

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 11-05-2019

Pseudo Philosophy Regrettably, many casual gamers, who did not witness the dawn of the computer and video games industry, and particularly those who haven't played Mafia 1...

Midway's Area 51

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 05-05-2017

Almost right after the Suffering's success, Midway for the second time kicked the gaming industry's door yelling "your eyes will bleed, but we don't give a damn because th...

Misty Elevation: A Silent Hill Series Evaluation

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 05-12-2014

The Silent Hill EnigmaSilent Hill, a quaint American resort town where familiarity prevails among its denizens, stands as a notable archetype. Comparable locales manifest i...

Monolith's No One Lives Forever 2

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 02-06-2024

The crazy world of Craig HubbardIn the epoch-shaping year of 2001, two monumental works emerged, forever altering the landscape and perception of video games: Deus Ex and Meta...

Rockstar's Manhunt

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 06-05-2019

The master of horror movies - John Carpenter, to create suspense combines the use of sound design and lighting. His end goal is to evoke unsettling, dreamy, yet very morbid a...

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 05-12-2014

Sewer-Jacques (a classic cyberpunk novel written by me, work is still in progress) Hate. Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you since i began to live. Th...

Surreal Software's The Suffering

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 06-05-2019

The ultimate horror Usually to scare someone you don't have to be extremely creative about it, it's enough to jump from around the corner at the end of a long hallway...

Team Silent's Silent Hill

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 05-03-2015

The Silent Hill series are known for convoluted plots where a lot of thinking is required to completely comprehend the puzzle as a whole. And that is almost impossible to ...

Team Silent's Silent Hill 4: The Room

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 20-12-2014

The reason I incorporate a discourse about Silent Hill 4: The Room as a distinct part of this documentary is straightforward. Despite this game existing in the same realm ...

The concept of opinion (stuff about nostalgia)

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 05-12-2014

After the novel generations of gamers savored the phenomenon called the Internet, they scarcely bothered attempting to fathom the intricate universes of the game...

The Hidden Hubs of Gaming

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 31-08-2024

The Hidden Hubs of Gaming: Where Atmosphere Meets EmotionIn the vast and varied landscape of video games, some moments stick with us long after we’ve put down the contro...

The Legacy of Immersive Sims

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 30-08-2024

The Legacy of Immersive Sims: BioShock, Prey, and Their AncestryWhen we think about the most influential games of the past few decades, the BioShock series often stands ...

The tasty stew out of Ashton Clark

👤 Jacquouille💬 1📅 19-05-2024

In the realm of great yet underrated heavy metal musicians, one finds an analogy to the enigmatic H.P. Lovecraft. Much like the famed author, these musicians dwell in the shad...

TipsWork's Pascal's Wager

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 16-04-2023

People that actually play games usually believe that Play Market is a hellhole full of so-called free to play games that actually cost you more than a good AAA game boug...

Very Wanted Sequels

👤 Jacquouille💬 0📅 19-06-2017

Tales of the Unknown If you played games for many years, you surely felt that nostalgic urge to play "that special game" from your childhood that you never finished because i...

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Commander Keen in Episode 58: The Ruin of Roib
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Commander Keen 8: Dead in the Desert
"Shin Megami Tensei: If" English Patch
Mizzurna Falls English Patch
Ultima Underworld for the PlayStation in English
REDRIVER 2 (A Reverse-Engineered Driver 2)

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Jacquouille: A dude in his early thirties working with heavy machinery, installing triple-phase generators, annoying all people around with sci-fi techno-bable, and all his deeds are always accompanied by very loud thrash metal. Like Morbid Saint. Also very old gamer that always annoys people with tales of 80's and 90's gaming glory. His all time favourite games are: Ultima Underworld 1 & 2; Mafia 1; Silent Hill 1, 2, 3, 4; Ultima 6 & Martian Dreams; Manhunt 1, 2; Planescape Torment; The Bard's Tale 1, 2, 3; Bloodnet; Darklands; Inquisitor; Serpent in the Staglands, Metal Gear series and of course Viva Pinata.

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