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Warcraft 3: The RTS That Built Azeroth and Accidentally Invented MOBAs

If you only ever played World of Warcraft, it is easy to forget that the whole universe used to live inside a real-time strategy game. Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos…

Chris August 28, 2026

Retrospectives

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

Reviews

Back to the Future: Why Tempest Rising is the RTS Lightning Bolt We’ve Been Waiting For

For a lot of us, the 90s were defined by the golden age of Real-Time Strategy games. We lived for the "Unit Ready" announcements and the thrill of dragging a…

Chris March 8, 2026

Retro-Games

Tanks, Thrusters, and Tin-Foil Hats: Why Battlezone 98 Redux is the Greatest Cold War You Never Knew You Were Fighting

Release Date: March 11, 1998 Developer: Activision (Original), Big Boat Interactive (Redux) Get It On: GOG The Cold War Just Got a Lot Colder Imagine for a second that the…

Chris February 23, 2026