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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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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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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

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Dark Earth is the Coolest Post-Apocalypse You Forgot

Release Date: September 1997 Developer: Kalisto Entertainment A World Where the Sun Went on Vacation Before everything became a standardized open-world shooter, developers were taking massive swings at world-building. One…

Chris February 23, 2026

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Tanks, Thrusters, and Tin-Foil Hats: Why Battlezone 98 Redux is the Greatest Cold War You Never Knew You Were Fighting

Release Date: March 11, 1998 Developer: Activision (Original), Big Boat Interactive (Redux) Get It On: GOG The Cold War Just Got a Lot Colder Imagine for a second that the…

Chris February 23, 2026

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Virtual Bread and Cosmic Horrors: Ultima VII is Still One of the Best RPGs Ever Made

Release Date: April 16, 1992 (The Black Gate) / March 25, 1993 (Serpent Isle) Developer Name: Origin Systems Get It On: GOG The RPG That Ruined Every Other RPG If…

Chris February 21, 2026

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Staffs, Swords, and Shadows: Nightdive’s Heretic + Hexen Re-Release is Pure Magic

The Resurrection of the Dark Fantasy Kings For years, fans of the Boomer Shooter genre have been whispering into the void, begging for the same treatment given to DOOM and…

Chris February 21, 2026

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Slapping Imps and Hoarding Gold: Why Dungeon Keeper Still Rules the Underworld

Release Date: June 26, 1997 Developer: Bullfrog Productions Get It On: GOG It Is Good To Be Bad Let’s travel back to 1997 for a second. While every other game…

Chris February 21, 2026