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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

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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

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Beyond the Shadow of Diablo: Why Nox Still Rules

Release Date: January 31, 2000 Developer: Westwood Studios Get It On: GOG Back in the year 2000, if you weren't clicking your mouse into oblivion playing Diablo II, you were…

Chris February 17, 2026

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The 20-Year Time Capsule: A Review of Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar

Release Date: August 4, 2017 Developer Name: Golden Era Games (Cleveland Mark Blakemore) Get It On: GOG In the fast-moving world of gaming, we usually measure "long-term projects" in five…

Chris February 15, 2026