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The Legend of the Sword Coast: A Retrospective on Baldur’s Gate

Release Date: December 21, 1998 Developer: BioWare Get It On: GOG In the late 1990s, the western role-playing game was widely considered a dying breed. The market was saturated with…

Chris January 18, 2026

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Frost-Bitten Glory: A Deep Dive into the Frozen North of Icewind Dale II

Release Date: August 27, 2002 Developer: Black Isle Studios Get It On: GOG When we look back at the "Golden Age" of computer role-playing games (CRPGs), the names that dominate…

Chris January 18, 2026

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Winter’s Heart: Why Icewind Dale Remains the Ultimate Tactical RPG

Release Date: June 29, 2000 Developer: Black Isle Studios Get It On: GOG In the pantheon of the "Greatest Hits" of the Infinity Engine era, Icewind Dale often finds itself…

Chris January 18, 2026

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Managing the Great Beyond: The Satirical Chaos of LucasArts’ Afterlife

Release Date: June 27, 1996 Developer: LucasArts In 1996, while the rest of the gaming world was preoccupied with the rise of 3D shooters and the burgeoning RPG craze, LucasArts…

Chris January 17, 2026

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The Glorious, Gritty, and Utterly Insane World of X-Piratez

If you’ve ever played the original 1994 X-COM: UFO Defense, you know the drill: Earth is being invaded, you’re the commander of a global defense force, and you spend your…

Chris January 12, 2026

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The 90s Called, and They Want Their Productivity Back (The HoMM2 Review)

Release Date: October 1, 1996 (North America) Developer: New World Computing Get It On: GOG If you spent any part of the late 90s hunched over a beige CRT monitor…

Chris January 10, 2026

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The Game That Changed Everything: A Tribute to Julian Gollop’s X-COM: UFO Defense

Release Date: March 1994 (EU) / May 1994 (NA) Developer: Mythos Games / MicroProse Get It On: GOG In the summer of 1994, a game arrived on the DOS platform…

Chris January 8, 2026

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The Immortal King: Why Heroes of Might & Magic III Still Reigns in 2026

Release Date: February 28, 1999 Developer: New World Computing Get It On: GOG If the history of PC gaming were written in stone, Jon van Caneghem's Heroes of Might &…

Chris January 7, 2026

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Mercenaries, Muds, and Masterpieces: Why Jagged Alliance 2 Still Reigns Supreme

Release Date: July 23, 1999 (North America) / April 19, 1999 (Germany) Developer: Sir-Tech Canada Get It On: GOG In the late 90s, the tactical strategy genre was defined by…

Chris January 6, 2026

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The Dawn of the Digital Empire: A Retrospective on Sid Meier’s Civilization

Release Date: September 1991 Developer: MicroProse In the early 1990s, the landscape of strategy gaming was dominated by flight simulators and hex-based wargames that focused on specific battles or skirmishes.…

Chris January 6, 2026