Games Freezer is 10! 10 Years Of Games Freezer "The Story So Far" 🥶 #TenYearsOfGamesFreezer @BrittRecluseuk @kingdomofcarts @transvaalgf @PixelHunted @Bhaal_Spawn

Today Marks The Ten Year Anniversary Of The Creation Of Our Humble Website and We Hope You Enjoy Our Story So Far...

Our 1st Post 10 Years Ago

https://www.gamesfreezer.co.uk/2013/05/games-freezer-switching-on.html

🥶ORIGIN

The year was 2012. I wanted to build a website because it felt like something productive to do with the very small amount of spare time that I had when my first child was born. I started a property buying guide website which is called propertynotepad.co.uk which still exists today. 

I used a service that I can't remember the name of to build it but then I wanted more customisation of the website to make it look unique so I found Blogger by Google which made customisation fairly simple. 

At this point, I realised that there was only so much I could write about the property buying process and decided that if I was using Blogger to build a website I should start something new that I could write forever about. 

I looked at football as something I could talk about forever but it felt overplayed with too many footy blogs. After compiling a list of potential topics I thought about video games as a potential but yet again it felt like there were heaps of other people blogging about video games. 

Although at this point in 2012 it didn't feel like the Retro Gaming scene had as many people blogging about it. So I went with a retro gaming-themed blog in order to rekindle my love of video games from my youth. 

📀 Hang on to Your Hat | Black Screen Records | Vinyl | Review | (A big band take on the music of Mario 64) 📀 @blackscreenrec #Vinyl #VGM

A huge part of Mario’s charm is in the music and you’d be stretched to find a more fondly remembered title in Mario’s canon than Mario 64, the 1996 release on the Nintendo 64.

Quite different from other vinyl orchestral releases that I’ve heard/covered, Hang on to Your Hat is recorded in a big band style by the Video Game Jazz Orchestra and is all the better for it with the original tunes completely fitting this particular swinging throwback style.

☆ Review: Demon's Crystals "Enter The Rainbow Graveyard!" ☆

Demon’s Crystals - PS4

One of our Resident Reviewers Bethany has had some time with the PS4 Video Game Demon's Crystals. 

Read on to see what Beth and her family thought of this colourful twin-stick shooter.

☆ Review: Sneaky Stealthy Mouthy 'Filthy Lucre' ☆ #GameDev

Filthy Lucre (PC)

With a premise involving an ignoble cause and a (rightfully grumpy) wronged man, Filthy Lucre starts out with no myth or facade that you are playing a hero. As a criminal working to re-steal the wealth of an elderly man who has been robbed, you must work your way through nonsequential missions of stealth, murder, and theft.

What’s not to love?

☆ The Deep Freeze Number 2 (Feb 2017) – Getting To Know The Games Freezer Staff! ☆

Welcome to Part 2 of the Deep Freeze, where we let you know what the Games Freezer staff have been up to over the last month. 

☆ Review: 8Days "Dud Or Dynamite?" - Beth Decides ☆ #GameDev #GamersUnite

There seem to be a fair few dual stick retro-styled shooters around at the moment and our resident reviewer Beth Gwynn has been getting her hands dirty with 8Days in a bid to see if this shooter is a dud or dynamite.......

Let's see what Beth has to say........

☆ "Gamer Geek Girl Is The Undisputed Chun Li Queen Of Street Fighter 2" ☆ #retrogaming #PS4 #GamersUnite

"Chun Li Looks Good For 48 Years Old!!"

When you come across the amount of awesome people I do within the video games community you tend to want to know their background and how they originally got into video gaming.

My favourite stories from people are the ones where they reminisce about early video games memories as I just love to wallow in the nostalgia of being blown away by a NES, SNES or SEGA Mega Drive.

To me and a whole generation of awesome dudes and dudettes these were the formative years of our love affair with video games.

Today I would like to introduce you all the Bethany who is the latest member of the Games Freezer family.

Bethany has agreed to share with us all her video games life story so far and I know a lot of this will bring smiles to all those people who were 80's & 90's kids....