Author : Michael Fitzgerald
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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).
If I were a game developer, I’d hate to get stuck with making a launch title for a new console. Yes, it can be glamorous...
Retro Respawn – WWF No Mercy
It’s strange that I’m not really sure how to start this article, considering that if you added up all the minutes I’d spent playing video...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Mike Gushes About Battlefield 1 for a Bit
I’d never played a Battlefield game before, but numerous positive reviews for Battlefield 1 (including here on this very site) combined with the game’s interesting...
Retro Respawn – WWF WrestleMania 2000
It had to happen. It was inevitable. However, despite the writing being on the wall for a while, it still hurt a lot of WCW...
Retro Respawn – WCW/nWo Revenge
It’s been said in many different places, but I think it still bares true, one of the big reasons World Championship Wrestling eventually lost “The...
Retro Respawn – WCW vs nWo: World Tour
The N64 was a lauded hotbed of great wrestling games. Yes, it was home to the poor man’s versions of the Acclaim wrestling games such...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Just How Good Was Jim Hunter Anyway?
Those of you who have been playing the new FIFA soccer release will have no doubt had a chance to play the new “The Journey”...
Retro Respawn – Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle
Way, WAY back in my early days here at Gaming Respawn, I took the time to look back at Virtua Fighter 2 for the Sega Saturn,...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Thoughts on the FIFA 17 Demo
It’s a’ight. If anything, it might even be better than that. I’ll be honest and say that I downloaded the recent Demo for FIFA 17 with...
Wrestling Rivalries – Chris Jericho Vs Dean Malenko
So, as you can probably tell from some of the articles popping up around this place, Gaming Respawn is branching out a little bit into...
Retro Respawn – ISS Pro Evolution
Konami’s most recent foray into the videogame footie war will soon be on shelves in the form of PES 2017. As someone who has an...
The Fitzgerald Scale – No Man’s Sky Causes World War III, Many Dead, Mike Doesn’t Play It
Before I start today’s column, I would just like to say that it’s kind of ironic that Keith Vaz has always vocally been against violent...
Rings of Saturn Issue #18: “WWF in Your House” in ONE, TWO, HE GOT HIM! ER, NO, NO, HE DIDN’T
Longevity. I’m always wary of people who put a lot of importance on it when it comes to video games. I certainly wouldn’t discount it...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Why the Metal Gear Franchise Will Be Lucky to “Survive” the Latest Game in the Series
So chances are you’ve heard the news that Konami are going to be releasing the first Metal Gear game since Hideo Kojima finally dug his way out...
Rings of Saturn Issue #17: “Primal Rage” in JURASSIC PALETTE SWAP
They warn you never to go back. I should have listened. My memories of Primal Rage had always been pleasant ones. I’d always found prehistoric wildlife...
Retro Respawn – Legends of Wrestling II (UK Version)
We’ve all got one. A game from our youth that we sunk hours into, even if it was pretty mediocre when you take time to think...
Retro Respawn – Wipeout
What do you say about a game like this? I think I can say with confidence that most people in the 25-35 age bracket have...
Retro Respawn – Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium
Back to the warm bosom of Nintendo we go for some top class grapple action from our good friends at Human Entertainment. Super Fire Pro...

