Five Year Recap
Five years ago I started a review site, a Blogspot to be specific. I played some games, wrote a lot, and some people read it. After a year, I moved away from the Blogger platform to my own domain built on Drupal. I enjoy having control over all aspects of the site, but nothing beats writing about video games. Others started writing too: a few friends and some curious strangers who later became great friends. I've poured countless hours into First Hour, and it's been worth every minute.
Most of the effort has gone directly into first hour reviews, 240 of them total. 10 days, 240 hours, 14,400 minutes, 864,000 seconds. That's a lot of gaming, and here's the complete list. Enjoy.
- God of War II
- Earthbound
- Beyond Good and Evil
- Indigo Prophecy
- Half-Life 2
- Harvest Moon
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Bully
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Final Fantasy VII
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Streets of Rage 2
- Zombies Ate My Neighbors
- Portal
- Okami
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
- Kirby Super Star
- Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters
- SimCity Societies
- Jet Force Gemini
- Psychonauts
- Skies of Arcadia Legends
- Assassin's Creed
- Mass Effect
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Gears of War
- The Lost Vikings
- Tecmo Super Bowl
- Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
- Suikoden II
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
- The Lion King
- The Haunting: Starring Polterguy
- Homeworld
- Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
- Bible Adventures
- Bioshock
- Another World
- Pocky & Rocky
- Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden
- Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
- Night Trap
- Grand Theft Auto 2
- Pilotwings 64
- The World Ends with You
- Star Ocean: The Second Story
- Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Fallout
- Mutant League Football
- Ico
- Aladdin
- Diablo II
- Mother 3
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Katamari Damacy
- Pikmin
- Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
- Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Kung Fu Panda
- ActRaiser
- Lost Odyssey
- Braid
- Kudos 2
- World of Goo
- The Magic Toy Chest
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
- Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
- Suikoden Tierkreis
- Nintendo DS M-Rated Blitz
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Demon's Crest
- The Sims 3
- Enter the Matrix
- Freedom Fighters
- NetHack
- Hitman: Blood Money
- Mister Mosquito
- Battalion Wars
- Rogue Galaxy
- I Wanna Be The Guy
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Call of Duty: World at War
- 007: Everything or Nothing
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Scribblenauts
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- Jet Set Radio Future
- Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
- Chibi-Robo!
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Wheelman
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
- Beetle Adventure Racing!
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity
- The Wheel of Time
- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
- Dragon Age Journeys
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
- Fallout 3
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Phantasy Star Zero
- Overlord
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
- Final Fantasy IV
- Mass Effect 2
- Odin Sphere
- BioShock 2
- Major League Baseball 2K10
- Armada
- Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
- Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
- Borderlands
- Red Dead Revolver
- Infinite Space
- Assassin's Creed II
- XIII
- Trine
- The Saboteur
- Iron Man 2
- Aquaria
- 3D Dot Game Heroes
- Resident Evil
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
- God of War III
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Heavenly Sword
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Alpha Protocol
- Gears of War 2
- Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
- Split/Second
- Mafia II
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Killzone 2
- Metroid: Other M
- Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
- Halo 3: ODST
- Mega Man X8
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
- Civilization V
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
- Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Penumbra: Overture
- Dwarf Fortress
- GoldenEye 007
- Dance Central
- Sonic Colors
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Mirror's Edge
- Trauma Team
- Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
- Black
- Fable II
- Disney Epic Mickey
- Emergency Heroes
- Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
- Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
- Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
- The Hobbit
- Fable III
- Radiant Historia
- Tales of Legendia
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
- Okamiden
- Red Dead Redemption
- Burnout Paradise
- Illusion of Gaia
- Suikoden
- Portal 2
- Crysis 2 - Video
- L.A. Noire - Video
- Infamous 2 - Video
- Wii Play Motion - Video
- Dragon Age II
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Captain America: Super Soldier - Video
- Captain America Wii - Video
- Minecraft
- Magicka
- Kyotokei - Video
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - Video
- Bionic Commando and Bionic Commando
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- MotoHeroz [Video]
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
- Rage [Video]
- Professor Layton and the Last Specter
- Batman: Arkham City [Video]
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game
- Dark Souls
- Bastion
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword [Video]
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Suikoden III
- Dead Nation [Video]
- Knights Contract
- Heavy Rain
- Fluidity [Video]
- Rhythm Heaven Fever [Video]
- de Blob [Video]
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
- Mass Effect 3
- Tales of Graces f
- Crusader Kings II
- Icewind Dale II
- Rayman Origins
- Infamous
- Lost in Shadow
- The Sea Will Claim Everything
- Diablo III
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Link's Crossbow Training
- FlingSmash
- A Boy and His Blob
- F-Zero GX
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Valkyria Chronicles
- Our Five Year Anniversary - Revisiting God of War II