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StarCraft Retrospective: From Launch to Brood War and Beyond

StarCraft dropped in 1998 and somehow still feels like the blueprint for what a real-time strategy game should be. Blizzard took the lessons from Warcraft II, threw out the orcs-and-humans…

Chris August 7, 2026

Retro-Games

The Game That Invented Stealth Games: Thief The Dark Project

Release Date: December 1, 1998 Developer: Looking Glass Studios Get It On: GOG If you have ever wanted to feel like a proper ghost drifting through a living, breathing city,…

Chris July 31, 2026

Retro-Games

The Ultimate Flip-Side: World of Xeen is Still the King of the RPG Sandbox

Release Date: 1992 (Clouds), 1993 (Darkside), 1994 (World of Xeen) Developer Name: New World Computing Get It On: GOG If you’ve ever wanted a classic computer role-playing game that feels…

Chris February 11, 2026