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The Wizards of Kirkland: A History of Monolith Productions
If you’ve ever felt the sheer visceral satisfaction of nailing a cultist to a wall with a harpoon or felt your heart skip a beat when a creepy little girl…
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Spiders: An RPG Studio’s Legacy
It is a bittersweet day for fans of the "AA" gaming space. For nearly two decades, the French studio Spiders has been the scrappy underdog of the RPG world, consistently…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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From Silicon to Storm: The Epic, Rollercoaster History of Blizzard Entertainment
If you’ve ever lost a weekend to the "just one more quest" loop or felt the frantic adrenaline of a Zerg rush, you’ve felt the "Blizzard Polish." But before they…