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The Beautiful, Broken Tragedy of Ultima IX: Ascension
Release Date: October 30, 1999 Developer: Origin Systems Get It On: GOG Let’s take a trip back to 1999, a year when the world was terrified of the Y2K bug…
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Welcome Home, Outlander: Morrowind is Still the King of the RPG Hill
If you have spent any time in the RPG community over the last two decades, you have undoubtedly encountered a specific type of gamer. You know the one—they usually have…
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The Spy Who Bugged Me: Why Obsidian’s Alpha Protocol is the Best Disaster You’ll Ever Play
Release Date: June 1, 2010 Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Get It On: GOG The Most Influential Game You Never Played Let’s be honest for a second. If you were around in…
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The Conspiracy That Never Truly Ends: A Deus Ex Retrospective
Release Date: June 23, 2000 Developer Name: Ion Storm Buy It On: GOG The Simulation That Defined a Genre When people talk about the greatest games of all time, the…
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The Ultimate Hero’s Journey: Warlords Battlecry III is on of the Best of RPG-RTS Hybrids
Release Date: May 17, 2004 Developer: Infinite Interactive Get It On: GOG The early 2000s saw an absolute explosion of the Real-Time Strategy genre. It was the era of Warcraft…
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“More Gold, Your Majesty!”: Why We’re Still Obsessed with a Kingdom We Can’t Control
Release Date: March 21, 2000 Developer: Cyberlore Studios Get It On: GOG If you grew up gaming in the late nineties or early 2000s, you probably remember the stressful bliss…
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The Wizard’s Time Capsule: Dusting Off MicroProse’s 1997 Magic: The Gathering
Release Date: February 1997 Developer: MicroProse In the mid-nineties, if you wanted to play Magic: The Gathering, you had to physically locate another human being, sit across from them at…
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Slaying the Grout: Anachronox is the Best RPG You’ve Probably Never Finished
Release Date: June 27, 2001 Developer Name: Ion Storm Dallas Get It On: GOG You probably remember the name Ion Storm for two reasons: the masterpiece that was Deus Ex…
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Beyond Earth: Why Alpha Centauri Still Rules the Stars
Release Date: February 9, 1999 Developer: Firaxis Games Get It On: GOG When people talk about the "Golden Age" of strategy games, they usually point toward the late nineties. It…
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The Great Schism: Exploring the Legacy of Arcanum Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Release Date: August 21, 2001 Developer: Troika Games Get It On: GOG When discussing the golden age of Computer Role-Playing Games, few titles command as much reverence and cult fascination…