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The Beautiful, Broken Masterpiece: Revisiting The Temple of Elemental Evil

Release Date: September 16, 2003 Developer: Troika Games Get It On: GOG The Most Authentic Tactical Combat If you’ve ever sat around a table with a bag of Cheetos and…

Chris April 12, 2026

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A Gem in the Rough: Why Torchlight Still Shines

Release Date: October 27, 2009 Developer: Runic GamesGet It On: GOG The Pedigree of Greatness If you were hanging around the gaming scene back in the late 2000s, you probably…

Chris April 10, 2026

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MMO-History 101: A Look Back at Ultima Online

In 1997, a game called Ultima Online (UO) dropped us into a world that felt less like a piece of software and more like a second life. Developed by Origin…

Chris April 3, 2026

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Twenty Years of Shaking the Spires: An EverQuest II Retrospective

It is hard to believe we have been wandering through the shattered remnants of Norrath for over two decades now. When EverQuest II launched in November 2004, it was the…

Chris March 30, 2026

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The Digital Wild West: When Norrath Ruled the World

If you were around in 1999, you probably remember a very different internet. It was a time of screeching 56k modems, AOL chat rooms, and a total lack of hand-holding…

Chris March 29, 2026

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The Only Thing They Fear is You: A Toast to the Hunter: The Reckoning Trilogy

Remember the early 2000s? It was a time of baggy jeans, nu-metal, and the glorious realization that the original Xbox was basically a heavy-duty space heater that also played games.…

Chris March 27, 2026

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Building an Empire One Rail at a Time: The Timeless Brilliance of Transport Tycoon

Release Date: October 1994 Developer: Chris Sawyer Get It On: GOG There is something strangely hypnotic about watching a tiny digital train chug across a pixelated landscape, carrying a load…

Chris March 14, 2026

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The Barbarians, the Beasts, and the Blunders: A Golden Axe Retrospective

If you grew up with a controller in your hand during the late eighties or early nineties, there is a very high probability that you spent a significant amount of…

Chris March 3, 2026

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Cybernetic Fever Dreams and Severed Limbs: BioForge is one of the Best Games You’ve Never Played

Release Date: March 29, 1995 Developer: Origins Systems Get It On: GOG In the mid-90s, every PC game box promised a "cinematic experience" that would melt your motherboard. Most of…

Chris March 2, 2026

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Strife Was the Doom Engine’s Forgotten Masterpiece

Release Date: May 1996 Developer: Rogue Entertainment Get It On: GOG The Game That Missed the Party Imagine it is 1996. The gaming world is vibrating with the hype of…

Chris February 26, 2026