Shadow Gaming

The “Blobber” Returns: Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls is a Hardcore Delight

While the Wizardry series originally began as a Western PC phenomenon, its DNA essentially became the foundation for the entire JRPG genre. While Western audiences moved toward open-world action games…

Chris May 7, 2026

Gaming News

The Grandfather of RPGs Returns: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Remake

To understand where the modern Role-Playing Game truly began, you have to go back to a time when graphics were made of lines, "storage" meant a floppy disk, and difficulty…

Chris May 7, 2026

Modding

The Empire’s Finest: TIE Fighter Total Conversion is a Must-Play Masterpiece

For many of us, Star Wars: TIE Fighter, the 1994 masterpiece from Totally Games, remains the gold standard of space combat simulators, offering a rare and thrilling perspective from the…

Chris May 7, 2026

Gaming News

Cyber-Katanas and Lunar Dust: SOL Shogunate is a Unique Take on the Space Opera…with Samurai!

The concept of the "Space Knights" isn't exactly new—we’ve been swinging glowing laser swords in galaxies far, far away for decades—but every once in a while, a game comes along…

Chris May 6, 2026

Retro-Games

X-Wing: Alliance – The Greatest Flight Through a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Release Date: March 28, 1999 Developer: Totally Games Get It On: GOG There is a specific kind of magic that happens when a development team is at the absolute top…

Chris May 6, 2026

Gaming News

In The Black: The Hard-Science Space Sim from the Makers of X-Wing and MechWarrior

Space combat games have a bit of a reputation for being "planes in space." You know the vibe—banking into turns, constant engine noise, and a sense of friction that definitely…

Chris May 6, 2026

Retrospectives

Sea Dogs: A Deep-Dive Retrospective

The gaming landscape is surprisingly thin on the front of "serious" pirate games. Sure, we had the lighthearted fun of Monkey Island or the strategy-lite vibes of Sid Meier’s Pirates!,…

Chris May 5, 2026

Gaming News

Vindictus is Back (and Better Than Ever): Everything We Know About Defying Fate

If you spent any time in the early 2010s looking for the absolute peak of action combat in gaming, you probably stumbled across a little title called Vindictus. Back then,…

Chris May 4, 2026

Modding

Mutants, Mayhem, and Tiberium: Why You Need to Reinstall C&C3 for The Forgotten

If you grew up during the golden age of real-time strategy games, you probably have a core memory of the first time you saw a Tiberium field glow on your…

Chris May 3, 2026

Retrospectives

The Wizards of Kirkland: A History of Monolith Productions

If you’ve ever felt the sheer visceral satisfaction of nailing a cultist to a wall with a harpoon or felt your heart skip a beat when a creepy little girl…

Chris May 2, 2026