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Westwood’s Blade Runner Still Hits Different After All These Years

Release Date: November 13, 1997 Developer: Westwood Studios Get It On: GOG Stepping into the neon-soaked rain of 2019 Los Angeles as Ray McCoy feels less like loading up a…

Chris August 24, 2026

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Revisiting Thief 3: Deadly Shadows and Its Atmospheric Magic

Release Date: May 25, 2004 Developer: Ion Storm Get It On: GOG There are few feelings quite like the moment the lights dim and the city starts breathing around you.…

Chris August 2, 2026

Retro-Games

Shadowrun Returns Review: When Cyberpunk and Classic Fantasy Collide

Release Date: July 25, 2013 Developer: Harebrained Schemes Get It On: GOG There is a very specific type of magic that happens when you mix rain-slicked cyberpunk streets with high…

Chris July 7, 2026

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Why Tyranny Remains One of Obsidian’s Most Interesting RPGs

Release Date: November 10, 2016 Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Get It On: GOG If you’re tired of the same old “chosen hero saves the world from darkness” trope in RPGs, Tyranny…

Chris July 4, 2026

Retro-Games

The Infinite Ambition of the Iliac Bay: A Daggerfall Retrospective

Release Date: September 20, 1996 Developer: Bethesda Softworks Get It On: GOG When Games Were Too Big for Their Own Good Back in the mid-nineties, the gaming industry was a…

Chris April 26, 2026

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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

Retrospectives

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…

Chris April 3, 2026

Retrospectives

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…

Chris March 29, 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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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