The demise of LucasArts didn’t go totally unnoticed here at FFG, but we were a little busy with other things to do much more than post a brief note (and a link to a clip from the Spanish-language version of Monkey Island). As it happens, though, around the time of the announcement, I did come […]
Archives for June, 2013
Out of the Shadows and into the sun, Dreams of the past as the old ways are done
Hello everyone. It’s been a long time since I wrote up a game here by myself, but here’s Shadowcaster. It’s an interesting and mostly forgotten little first-person title from Raven Games. Right now I playing: Ys: The Oath in Felghana for the sake of trying something a bit different, since Japanese RPGs are pretty rare […]
The worst ad I remember
So a while ago I picked up Daikatana because…. I was curious? Because I crave punishment for my sins? Because the JMan tells me it’s actually tolerable once you make it past the the awful, robo-frog infested early maps? And I was going to comment on the infamous “make you his bitch” poster, because apparently […]
Rattkin Bandit hit! 32 damage
A couple of weeks ago we had another one of those releases from gog, some classics of PC gaming, that reminds us why we’re grateful they exist. I don’t mind that they’ve added indie games to the lineup, if it helps keep them in good financial health, but I’m glad to see the commitment to […]
An actual review
Hi there. Don’t mind the mess – do come in. Yes, we have actually got a review for you this evening. It’s been written for a little while and was supposed to coincide with one of the big football finals that have all…happened already. Still, I guess the great thing about football is there’s always […]
upgrade complete
Hello everyone and welcome to the third incarnation of A Force For Good. That is, the site where Rik and I write about old PC games. The previous version was based on a basic scratch-built CMS I wrote eight years ago, and was rather in need of modernising. Unfortunately, that was going to take a […]