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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).
I’ve written about Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty here on Gaming Respawn before and consider it one of my favourite games of all time....
Retro Respawn – Final Fight and the Coin-Op Beat-Em-Up in the Modern Age
Final Fight is a darn entertaining slice of 2D side-scrolling beat-em-up action. I think anyone who has played it will likely agree as it combines...
Retro Respawn – Mortal Kombat 30 Years On
Mortal Kombat first hit the arcades in October of 1992 (goodness me, am I old) and quickly stirred up a storm due to its, for...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Mike Plays LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Nintendo Switch Version)
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was something that piqued my interest early on once I first saw trailers for it, especially as I had...
Retro Respawn – The Great Fighting Game Showdown of 1995
Anyone who has read my work in the past will know that I enjoy myself a good fighting game sometimes. There’s just something about the...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2008
Hey there all. Welcome back to what will be, for the time being at least, our last trek down wrestling memory lane whilst I look...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2007
Back again to Retro Wrestling Alley, as we look at my Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2007. There were a number of excellent matches that...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2006
Welcome back to another trip down wrestling memory lane as I list my Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2006. This was actually quite a difficult...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2005
Welcome back to another edition of me selecting some matches I like, as we look at my Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2005. This was...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2004
Once again I dive into the Retro Wrestling well in order to select my Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2004. The WWE had a very...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2003
We’re back again with another Retro Wrestling feature, as I go back to list my Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2003. This was a year...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Matches of 2002
Back again with another list article, as I run through my Top 10 Matches of 2002. 2002 featured a lot of great wrestling, both on...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2001
We’re back again with another Retro Wrestling list, as I take a look at my own personal Top 10 Matches of 2001. This list was...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2000
Hello there! I’m back again with another match list, as this time out we’re taking a look at my Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2000....
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top Ten Favourite Matches of 1999
Last week I listed my Ten Favourite bouts from 1998 and had some good fun with it, so I decided to go with 1999 this...
Retro Wrestle Respawn – Mike’s Top 10 Matches of 1998
I thought I’d do something a bit different this week and dive into the days of wrestling past to come up with my personal favourite...
Wrestle Respawn – Some Of Mike’s Favourite Royal Rumble Matches
Last weekend WWE held its most recent Royal Rumble event to middling reviews for the most part. I don’t really follow WWE’s product on a...
The Fitzgerald Scale – How Rocket League Rocked My World
Rocket League was something I didn’t think I’d get into. I’m not sure why. Maybe I thought it was going to just be a fad...

