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Mike has been playing video games since the 90s, where he cut his teeth on his dad's old ZX Spectrum for a while until he got a Super Nintendo in 1993. A long suffering Evertonian and fan of professional wrestling, Mike counts sports games, wrestling games and platform games amongst his favourite genres. Mike has written for Inside Pulse and Scott's Blog of Doom alongside his work for Gaming Respawn. He has also been published in Fighting Spirit and Mums & Dads magazine. Regular columns from Mike include Retro Respawn (a look at retro games of yore), Wrestle Respawn (features and reviews of wrestling events or storylines) and The Fitzgerald Scale (a look at more contemporary games and general musings on the video game industry).
Until Madden NFL 11 on the Xbox 360, I had never actually played a Madden game before. This was mostly down to the fact I didn’t...
Retro Respawn – Football Re-Heated – Yugoslavia Vs Spain: Euro 2000
Something a bit different this week as, instead of looking back at a Retro Video Game, I will instead step into my time machine and...
Retro Respawn – Pro Evolution Soccer 2
I’m a firm believer in the “fist pump factor” when it comes to video games. Whilst some games will scare you, make you laugh and,...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Viva FIFA
Once upon a time, there was a decade known as the 90s, and in the 90s there were a shedload of football/soccer games on the...
Retro Respawn – Top Ten ISS Deluxe Players
Regular visitors to this cheery video gaming outpost will be aware that I like myself a nice bit of togger now and then, be it...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Initial Impressions of Final Fantasy XV
“A Final Fantasy for Fans and First Timers” It is this message which greets you every time you boot up Final Fantasy XV. Arguments can...
N3 – Volume 4 – Virtua Striker 3: Version 2002
Previously in an edition of Retro Respawn, I covered Virtua Striker 2 on the Dreamcast. In some ways I should just direct you to read...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Thoughts on the Recent WWE 2K17 DLC
Regular visitors to this here ‘puter game inter web location will know by now that I’m a big fan of professional wrestling (please feel free...
N3 – Volume 3 – Wario World
Wario World is an interesting game that certainly kept my interest, though I’d stop short of calling it a killer piece of software for the...
N3 – Volume 2 – WWE Day of Reckoning 2
I continue to work my way through the games that came with my GameCube as I play Day of Reckoning 2 this week. Having really...
Wrestle Kingdom 11 Review
I’ve been a big fan of Japanese Wrestling, or Puroresu as it is also known, for a long time now, and recently on the 4th...
N3 – Volume 1 – WrestleMania XIX
As I mentioned in the introduction for N3, I didn’t play the GameCube that much while it was still an active console. This was down...
New For 2017! – N3 – An Introduction
First off, I’d like to thank Adam Turek for being a lamb and making the logo for me. He also made the Rings of Saturn...
Retro Respawn Year End Awards 2016
So, as I mentioned in last week’s Fitzgerald Scale, I won’t be partaking in the Game of the Year debate this year on Gaming Respawn....
The Fitzgerald Scale – Why Super Mario 3D World Is Chuffing Brilliant Sauce
Over a year ago now, I wrote in an edition of “Gaming Respawn Plays” that I’d recently bought a Wii U and bought quite a...
Retro Respawn – Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (Dreamcast Version)
In some ways Ready 2 Rumble Boxing feels a lot like that guy who’s trying so hard to be witty and wacky at the office...
Retro Respawn – South Park: Chef’s Luv Shack (N64 Version)
Chef’s Luv Shack is an utterly repugnant game that has literally no redeeming features whatsoever. It isn’t funny, it looks like arse and plays about...
Retro Respawn – WCW Vs The World
I wasn’t planning to do this feature so soon after I’d finished the saga of articles on the N64 wrestling games from AKI/THQ, as I...

