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Jake Parr-List Writer

Jake Parr

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About Jake Parr

Jake is a voice actor, freelance writer, magazine curator, community radio DJ, dark ambience composer, and curry connoisseur.

After starting an English degree in university at 18, he began writing game reviews for websites, and has not stopped since. Along the way, he became a DJ on Siren Radio, started a career in voice acting and narrations, curated a popular video game magazine all about first-person shooters, and so much more.

Whatever project he was working on, he still found the time to keep writing and creating critical, in-depth reviews and other sorts of articles for various websites, publications, and so much more. Talking about video games on the radio has been a hobby he's taken part in for well over 80 years and counting, where he also interviews voice actors, developers, composers, etc.

Jake is an avid games and is always enthusiastic about dissecting the gasmes he plays, then sharing this analysises and thoughts on what makes or breaks a title.

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Jake is a voice actor, freelance writer, magazine curator, community radio DJ, dark ambience composer, and curry connoisseur.

After starting an English degree in university at 18, he began writing game reviews for websites, and has not stopped since. Along the way, he became a DJ on Siren Radio, started a career in voice acting and narrations, curated a popular video game magazine all about first-person shooters, and so much more.

Whatever project he was working on, he still found the time to keep writing and creating critical, in-depth reviews and other sorts of articles for various websites, publications, and so much more. Talking about video games on the radio has been a hobby he's taken part in for well over 80 years and counting, where he also interviews voice actors, developers, composers, etc.

Jake is an avid games and is always enthusiastic about dissecting the gasmes he plays, then sharing this analysises and thoughts on what makes or breaks a title.

Industry Focus

First-person shooters, retro titles, and all things quirky and humorous.

Favorite Games

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, DOOM (PlayStation), Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Yakuza 0, Splatoon 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and more.

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Fallout: New Vegas - Best Energy Weapons To Acquire

Zap enemies into dust with these super-powerful Energy Weapons in Fallout: New Vegas.

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Fallout 3 - 8 Ways To Get Rich Quick

Fallout 3's Capital Wasteland is there to plunder and barter one's way through, all in hopes of becoming rich.

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Fallout: New Vegas - Ways To Get Rich Quick

Time to make mega-bucks (or, should that be mega-caps?) in the Nevada Desert!

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7 Infamous Levels In First-Person Shooters
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From cruel traps and silly in-jokes to unfair level designs there's a host of reasons why these missions in legendary FPS games are so infamous.

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6 Obscure Video Games With Ridiculous Names

What's in a name? With these game titles, there's profanity, juxtapositions, toilet humor, and a plea to not even consider purchasing it at all.

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Strange Expansions And DLCs For First-Person Shooter Games

Peculiar FPS expansion packs often introduce bizarre, unusual twists and content. Expect Robo-Scorpions, aliens on holiday, and parodies galore.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cut Content You Probably Didn't Know About

Concept art, in-game audio, and unfinished coding reveal that Treyarch was cooking up many ambitious ideas that never got implemented in Black Ops.

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Left 4 Dead 2: 5 Worst Guns & Weapons That Should Be Avoided

When fighting off Infected in Left 4 Dead 2, players should usually grab any weapon that's nearby. Some, however, are best avoided.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - Cut Content You Probably Didn't Know About

So many game modes, weapons, and perks were removed from Black Ops 2, and some of them sounded very fun and ambitious.

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6 Best DOOM 64 Mods Worth Playing

DOOM 64 was much more atmospheric and challenging than the original titles. Fans have made amazing and wild projects for the cult classic title.

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6 Best POSTAL 2 Mods That Are Worth Playing

Lots of offensive, surreal content is available for POSTAL 2 from the twisted and talented modding community. Many still hold up well today!

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The Most Underwhelming Unlockables In The WarioWare Series

The WarioWare series has a wide collection of fun unlockable game modes, souvenirs, toys, and the like, but a few are not that great.

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6 Best Duke Nukem 3D Mods Worth Playing

Duke Nukem 3D has a wide collection of mods, from faithful recreations of console ports to gameplay remixes, and these are the best of the bunch.

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7 Command & Conquer Mods That Are Worth Playing

The Command & Conquer modding community have been at it for decades, creating brand new twists and unique takes on the RTS formula of the series.

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7 Best Hitman: World Of Assassination Mods That Are Worth Playing

For those looking to enhance their experience with World of Assassination, the Hitman fanbase have delivered selection of stellar mods to try out.

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Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal - 7 Tips For Getting The Best Ranks

To acquire a top rating in Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal, players must memorize strict requirements and leave no evidence behind whatsoever.

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8 Meta Tricks Implemented By Game Developers

From looking at the back of the game's box to deleting in-game files to win, game developers like to include clever metal tricks in their titles.

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The Best Unlockables In The WarioWare Series

Who wouldn't want to help a laser-firing cat shoot aliens or blast evil mandrakes as a witch? Both are possible thanks to these WarioWare unlockables.

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Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal - Best Upgrades To Purchase

Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal brings back the original game's iconic upgrades. Here are the best ones for players to buy.

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10 Video Game Weapons That Were Absolutely Shocking

These jaw-dropping weapons surprised numerous players for one reason or another in their heyday.

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