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).
When it comes to games from the third generation of home console gaming, Super Mario Bros. 3 is assuredly in the conversation when it comes to...
Retro Respawn – Is Super Punch-Out!! Still a Knock-Out?!
Super Punch-Out!! is probably the game from the Punch-Out series of games that I’ve played the most due to it coming to prominence in the...
Retro Respawn – How Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Tortures You
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (known as simply Super Mario Bros. 2 over in Japan) is an absolute bollock of a video game that...
Retro Respawn – International Superstar Soccer 98
I’ve spoken in the past about how much I love International Superstar Soccer Pro 98 here on Gaming Respawn before. It’s no secret that I consider...
Classic Holiday Wrestle Respawn – TNA Impact Silent Night, Bloody Night Match
Happy Holidays you wrestle fanatics! This week we’re setting the clock back to 2007 in order to watch one of the more ridiculous examples of...
Wrestle Respawn – Five More of Mike’s Favourite Finishing Moves
Hello again grapple gang! I’ve been enjoying going through the history of Professional Wrestling to select some of my all-time favourite bout ending manoeuvres, so...
Retro Respawn – Adidas Power Soccer 98
Adidas Power Soccer 98 answers the question of “what if you released a mediocre football in order to hock Adidas branded merchandise?”. Because ultimately that’s...
Retro Respawn – Astro’s Playroom Gets the Nostalgia Balance Right
I have yet to bother getting one of the ninth gen home consoles, mainly because there isn’t much on them that makes me think they...
Wrestle Respawn – Five More of Mike’s Favourite Finishing Moves
A few weeks back I decided to list five of my personal favourite professional wrestling Finishing Moves (“Finishers” if you enjoy yourself some grapple action...
Retro Respawn – Tommi Mäkinen Rally
When it comes to racing games, you can either lean into the more arcade-influenced style for pick up and play accessibility (Ridge Racer), or you...
Wrestle Respawn – Five of Mike’s Favourite Finishing Moves
A good Finishing Move, or “Finisher” as it is sometimes known in Professional Wrestling parlance, is a trademark manoeuvre or hold that a particular wrestler...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Five of Mike’s Favourite Smosh “Try Not to Laugh” Characters/Gags
I’ve become a pretty big fan of Smosh’s three YouTube channels (Smosh, Smosh Pit and Smosh Games) in recent months, with one of my favourite...
Retro Respawn – Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
Seeing as it’s Halloween in a couple of days, I decided to look at a game that features spooky baddies in the form of Super...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Playing FIFA 22 on the PS4
FIFA 22 represents the first time I’ve bought a game in the series since FIFA 20. I decided to step away from the series for a bit...
Wrestle Respawn – Five Wrestlers You Don’t Want to Play as in Wrestling Games
As someone who enjoys themselves some Video Game wrestling action, I’ve played many an electronic Grapple Em Up over the years. Some of these games...
Retro Respawn – Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III was one of the very first games that I played on the PS2 as I excitedly rented it from the video...
The Fitzgerald Scale – The Continued Joy of Super Mario World
Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo is one of those games that has been written about so many times that I’m unsure what more...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Eventually Playing MGS V: Ground Zeroes
I think it should be no surprise to any long time readers of my work here on Gaming Respawn that I’m not an especially big...

