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Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition Is a Weird, Underrated Dark Fantasy Hack-and-Slash

Release Date: October 1, 2004 Developer: 3D People Get It On: GOG There is a particular flavor of mid-2000s PC RPG that only exists because some European studio decided the…

Chris August 26, 2026

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Westwood’s Blade Runner Still Hits Different After All These Years

Release Date: November 13, 1997 Developer: Westwood Studios Get It On: GOG Stepping into the neon-soaked rain of 2019 Los Angeles as Ray McCoy feels less like loading up a…

Chris August 24, 2026

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Revisiting Thief 3: Deadly Shadows and Its Atmospheric Magic

Release Date: May 25, 2004 Developer: Ion Storm Get It On: GOG There are few feelings quite like the moment the lights dim and the city starts breathing around you.…

Chris August 2, 2026

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Why Thief II: The Metal Age Is the Perfect Sequel

Release Date: March 23, 2000 Developer: Looking Glass Studios Get It On: GOG If you’ve ever felt the pure thrill of hugging a wall in total darkness while a guard…

Chris August 1, 2026

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The Game That Invented Stealth Games: Thief The Dark Project

Release Date: December 1, 1998 Developer: Looking Glass Studios Get It On: GOG If you have ever wanted to feel like a proper ghost drifting through a living, breathing city,…

Chris July 31, 2026

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Demonicon Review: A Gritty Dive into Das Schwarze Auge

Release Date: 25 October 2013 Developer: Noumena Studios Get It On: GOG If you’ve spent any time in the wider fantasy RPG scene, you’ve probably heard of The Dark Eye,…

Chris July 30, 2026

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Two Worlds: Big Dreams, Rough Edges, and a World Worth Exploring

Release Date: 9 May 2007 Developer: Reality Pump Get It On: GOG There’s something special about the games that arrive with big dreams, bigger budgets (for the time), and a…

Chris July 30, 2026

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Two Worlds II: Pirates, Rat People, and Nine Years of DLC

Release Date: 12 November 2010 Developer: Reality Pump Get It On: GOG If you were around gaming in the late 2000s, you probably remember Two Worlds. It was that ambitious…

Chris July 28, 2026

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UnderRail Review: The Ultimate Old-School Post-Apocalyptic RPG

Release Date: December 18, 2015 Developer: Stygian Software Get It On: GOG If you’ve ever wanted a game that feels like it crawled straight out of the 90s isometric RPG…

Chris July 27, 2026

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Torchlight II: The Sequel That Perfected Loot and Adventure

Release Date: September 20, 2012 Developer: Runic Games Get It On: GOG There is something special about Torchlight II. Released in September 2012 by Runic Games, this sequel took everything…

Chris July 26, 2026