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Blackguards 2 Review: Embracing Your Inner Villain Has Never Been This Gritty

Release Date: January 20, 2015 Developer: Daedalic Entertainment Get It On: GOG The fantasy genre is absolutely flooded with virtuous paladins, chosen ones, and grand prophecies about saving the realm…

Chris June 25, 2026

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The Last Great Unsung Post-Apocalyptic RPG: Why “The Fall: Last Days of Gaia” Deserves Your Respect

Release Date: 2004 Developer: Silver Style Entertainment There is a specific kind of magic that only exists in mid-2000s PC gaming. It is that glorious, unapologetic era of games that…

Chris June 20, 2026

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Retro Review: Looking Back at Hard to be a God (2007)

Release Date: 19 October 2007 Developer: Burut CT Long before The Witcher popularized gritty, choice-heavy European role-playing games globally, a wave of highly ambitious titles was quietly pushing boundaries from…

Chris June 18, 2026

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A Farewell to Dragons Review: The Flawed but Precious 2007 Steampunk RPG Gem Time Forgot

Release Date: 2007 Developer: KranX Productions If you look back at the late 2000s PC gaming landscape, you will find a treasure trove of incredibly ambitious, beautifully bizarre role-playing games…

Chris June 17, 2026

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Blackguards Review: A Punishing, High-Stakes Tactical Gem

Release Date: January 24 2014 Developer: Daedalic Entertainment Get It On: GOG Before Daedalic Entertainment threw their hat into the tactical strategy ring, they were universally known as the masterminds…

Chris June 16, 2026

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Why FIFA 98 is Probably the Greatest Football Game Ever Made

Release Date: 24 November 1997 Developer: EA Canada If you ask a modern football gamer to name the best entry in EA Sports’ flagship franchise, you will probably trigger a…

Chris June 12, 2026

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The Digital Archaeologists of 4X: How Blake00 and CivFanatics Keep Classic Civilization Alive

When corporate publishers abandon their historical masterpieces to the dustbin of "legal hell" and compatibility errors, the survival of gaming history falls squarely on the shoulders of the community. In…

Chris June 12, 2026

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Shaping the Destiny of Mankind from Your Desktop: A Love Letter to Civilization II

Release Date: March 1996 Developer: MicroProse There was a distinct magic to the mid-1990s PC gaming scene, a period where pixelated sprites and CD-ROM audio combined to create worlds that…

Chris June 11, 2026

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The River of Time Flows On: Why Drakensang’s Prequel and Phileasson’s Secret Still Hold Up

Release Date: February 19, 2010 Developer: Radon Labs Get It On: Steam If you missed out on the golden era of tactical, party-based computer role-playing games, you might look at…

Chris June 3, 2026

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Why The Dark Eye: Drakensang Is a Must-Play for Tactical RPG Fans

Release Date: August 1, 2008 Developer: Radon Labs Get It On: GOG If you grew up playing Western computer role-playing games in the late 2000s, your radar was probably dominated…

Chris June 2, 2026