Category Archives: Splinter Cell games

Splinter Cell Conviction was a bad purchase

I bought Splinter Cell Conviction as I felt that, as a Splinter Cell fan, I really should play it. Two levels in and I am incredibly angry at the game, the developers and mourning the loss of a fantastic series. … Continue reading

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Need more soundtracks. Need them now!

Having just started a “normal” 9-5 job again I have discovered I’m in need of more orchestral soundtracks from either films or games. Whilst my iPod has over 70GB of music, a large part of it is unsuitable as it’s … Continue reading

Posted in BioWare, Classical Music, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Fable, Gun - The game, Halo games, Harry Potter, Hitman, Howard Shore, Indiana Jones, Jesper Kyd, John Williams, Last.fm, Lord of the Rings, Lost, Mass Effect, Music, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, Pirates of the Caribbean, Robin Hood, Soundtrack, Splinter Cell games, Star Wars | 5 Comments

Where have all the gaming posts gone?

Amongst several others there’s a draft sitting in my, well, drafts, lamenting on how I jump from interest or hobby to another to come back to it at a later time thus effectively proving my nomadic nature. In that post … Continue reading

Posted in BioWare, Community and Games, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Fable, GTA, Halo games, KotOR, Mass Effect, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Splinter Cell games, Star Wars, Xbox360 | 4 Comments

Game Over Month 2010 – final update

It’s now far into May and the GOM month is long over, but I thought I’d update with how far I eventually got. To recap, the Married Gamers Game Over Month is every April and meant to give you a … Continue reading

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Blog Banter

Over two years ago bs angel started Blog Banter: Blog Banter is a group of bloggers passionate about video games. We enjoy getting together once a month to write about the same subject. You will be amazed at the different … Continue reading

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Splinter Cell Conviction demo

It’s no secret that I love the Splinter Cell series from the first one through to Chaos Theory and the natural progression through to Double Agent. SCDA is definitely my favourite one of the series, as it’s evolved just enough … Continue reading

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Links I’ve been meaning to blog about for too long [Part 2]

Just like my previous post I’ve again reached the point where my Firefox is slowing down due to the high number of open tabs with things I’ve been meaning to blog about in ages! Most of these are gaming related … Continue reading

Posted in Assassins Creed, BioWare, Community and Games, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, Splinter Cell games, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 6 Comments

Project365 week 2 – “The big freeze followed by the big thaw then some more snow followed by rain. What’s going on?”

It’s week two of my Project365 and another week featuring mostly pictures taken in and around the flat. The few times I have left the house I didn’t come across much worth taking a picture of and twice I nearly … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Community and Games, Friends, Life in general, Photos, Project365, Splinter Cell games, Tumblr, Twitter, Xbox360 | Leave a comment

#TwitLight: Who are you, @Zyber?

TwitLight is a Twitter Spotlight posted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Also have a look at all the previous TwitLights and you are more than welcome to take part, too! Welcome to another edition of TwitLight and today it’s all … Continue reading

Posted in #TwitLight, Blog community project, Community and Games, Ignition, Matchbox360, Splinter Cell games, Twitter, XL LAN | 6 Comments

Video Game soundtracks

JPLS’ post on his favourite game music got me thinking on what my favourite gaming soundtracks are and why. Game music is an integral part of the game playing experience so it’s hardly surprising that most of the game music … Continue reading

Posted in Assassins Creed, BioShock, BioWare, Buffy, Call of Duty games, Classical Music, Community and Games, Fable, GTA, Gun - The game, Halo games, Hitman, Jesper Kyd, KotOR, Mass Effect, Music, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, Rockstar, Soundtrack, Splinter Cell games, Star Wars, Stats, Ubisoft, Xbox, Xbox360 | 9 Comments

Signs that I’m more or less going crazy..

So yes, I’m not too sure just where this conversation went wrong, but it’s quite obvious that it did go very wrong. Sometimes I worry myself! Cat says (21:47): Germany is driving me completely insane Matt says (21:47): Oooh Matt … Continue reading

Posted in Alias, Community and Games, Films and TV, Life in general, MacGyver, MSN, Splinter Cell games, TV Shows | Leave a comment

November ’07 digest Part 1

Just incase you have missed it, this is what I’ve been blogging about in the first two weeks in November: In Gaming: Assassin’s Creed finally [?] out this week The wait is over and the game is finally out. Mass … Continue reading

Posted in Advert, Akismet, Assassins Creed, Blog, Blog community project, Community and Games, CSS, Ctrl-Alt-Del, Facebook, Films and TV, Funny Stuff, Halo games, Ignition, Life in general, Mass Effect, Meme, MySpace, One Tree Hill, Soundtrack, Splinter Cell games, TV Shows, Wordpress.com, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 6 Comments

Review: Splinter Cell Double Agent

Looking through old files on my PC, I’ve come across this, a review of Splinter Cell Double Agent I wrote for Ignition in November last year. To read the version with the pretty pictures [it’s worth it!], head over to … Continue reading

Posted in Community and Games, Game Review, Ignition, Splinter Cell games, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 12 Comments

Games

Everyone constantly asks me which games I’ll get, so this is a list of games I’ll get til the end of the year: Rainbow Six Vegas. I’ll aim to get this on release (24.11. or 1.12.) and can’t wait to … Continue reading

Posted in Community and Games, Condemned, Dead Rising, Halo games, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Splinter Cell games, Viva Pinata, Xbox Live | 17 Comments

Splinter Cell Double Agent revisited

I’ve noticed an increased number of people that find my blog by searching for the term ‘Splinter Cell Double Agent crashes’ and then end up at this post. There are a few things you can do in that case if … Continue reading

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Ignition issue 6 out now

Inside: Previews – Rainbow Six: Vegas. Reviews – NHL 07, Splinter Cell: Double Agent (written by my lovely self), Pro Evolution Soccer 6, Dead Rising, Xbox Live Vision Camera, Totem Ball, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and Doom. Features – An … Continue reading

Posted in Community and Games, Dead Rising, Ignition, Matchbox360, Splinter Cell games, Xbox Live, XL LAN | 20 Comments

5090…

In other news I finally reached 5k Gamerscore. Admittedly cheaply with King Kong, but the game punished me enoug as it really is crap. So I have won 2 bets. One with a Matt from work (I can’t wait until … Continue reading

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Xbl stalker…

Well, I have an Xbl stalker. Again. Yes, some of you may remember the last one I had a while back, but that was solved simply by blocking the guy. This one isn’t so easy to get rid of. He … Continue reading

Posted in Gears of War, Halo games, Splinter Cell games, Xbox Live | 12 Comments