A while back I was saying, all this Star Wars stuff is great but can we have more classic Lucasarts graphic adventures please? Now gog have delievered! Along with a couple of other interesting non-SW titles Loom: A personal favourite of mine. A haunting, atmospheric fantasy tale in a world of dark magic. It was […]

After the graphics chip cooked itself for a second time, I’ve finally retired my 6 year old Acer and bought myself a new laptop. While deciding on the hardware configuration, one of the choices I had to make was what to put in the drive bays. A few years ago, it would have been very […]

If you follow gaming news at all you’ve probably already heard this: the headquarters of Maxis has been shut down by their corporate overlords at EA. Some satellite studios remain but it’s unsure what that means for the future of Maxis. It’s a sad moment particularly for those of us who have been gaming on […]

More Lucasarts on GOG. They’re delving further into the archives of Star Wars games, including Jedi Knight, the Quake-era sequel to Dark Forces where Lucasarts decided our hero really should have a lightsabre. There’s a bunch more I’m not greatly personally familiar with – Rebellion is Master-of-Orion style strategy. Republic Commando looks like some sort […]

A second wave of Lucasarts games has arrived on gog.com, this time all Star Wars related. Amongst these are the two followers of the classic space-sims X-Wing and Tie Fighter that were released in the first wave. X-Wing vs Tie introduced multiplayer to the series, neglected any real single player content but had that flaw […]

Hello everyone. This site is usually a two man effort – well, I say that, it’s more like 1.5 men given how inactive I’ve been lately. Still, we do sometimes have contributions from guests. So a big thanks today to RT, who has kindly written us a review of Serious Sam 2.

British gaming fans may remember Digitiser, published on teletext from 1993 to 2003. I don’t know if other countries had anything like teletext? It was an information service broadcast over the television signal. It was also known for artwork made from very basic graphics, that looked lot like what you might see on an BBC […]

I’ve mentioned Wizardry 7 a few times on this site – it’s a turn-based RPG from the early 90s which has consumed huge amounts of my life. It’s full of tough battles, right from the start when you find your pathetic newbies swarmed by rat-men. You’ll spend an awful lot of time either dying, or […]

So I finished Assassin’s Creed, finishing in couple of rather brutal ten-on-one fights, a disappointingly linear final sequence and a surprisingly easy Final Boss. Still a solidly enjoyable game overall. I’ve now moved onto Assassin’s Creed 2, and so far it looks like an all-round improvement. Which is pretty much what a sequel should be […]

So this Gamergate business appears to be still rumbling along. Ostensibly it’s about ethics in gaming journalism, and I’m sure that’s what some followers believed. Yet the movement is heavily tainted with reactionary anti-feminist attitudes, sometimes to the extent of threats and harassment. It’s getting pretty ugly out there, and a couple of GG’s prominent […]