So Gog promised “One of our most requested classic games is coming to @GOGcom on the 19th. Hint: its name starts with S.” Which immediately had me thinking SYSTEM SHOCK SYSTEM SHOCK SYSTEM SHO- oh wait, it’s Syndicate. That’s a classic too! But they’ve managed to set the good news up in the just about […]

Firaxis’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown announced 30-something PC (or former Amiga) gamers around the world are going to a special happy place in their heads, upon hearing this news. I for one fondly miss the days of my team of utter arseholes shooting each other in the back of the head and tripping over their own […]

I very rarely play new games. This isn’t just because I’m a retro fan, it’s also because I’m cheap. So my version of “latest games” is “couple year old games on sale on Steam”. What I’m currently working on is: Batman Arkham Asylum. Which I recall receiving huge amounts of gamer praise and critical acclaim […]

So I went and bought a Wii. Actually, I had to buy a TV to go with it too. First game purchased after such an extravagance: See, I’m a Nintendo fan who’s never actually owned a Nintendo. Or a console of any sort.* Just played on emulators a lot, from NES through to N64. But […]

Hello all. It might look once again like I’ve left Rik to run the show, but I’m back. With Titan Quest. Which is… alright. I hadn’t even been planning on reviewing it until I realised that, at 2006, it’s narrowly within our range. That’s not the most exciting return ever, is it? But at least […]

So Rockstar have announced GTAV. Here’s some speculation from PSM. My first thought is, will this be the sort of change we saw from GTAIII to Vice City – same technology but more features? After all there was much we saw cut from VC and San Andreas, like buying property or SA’s RPG style skills […]

So, we’ve managed ten years of this humble little site. We’ve never been quite as productive as the ideal I hold in my head, but we have in total churned out a lot of reviews of PC games from the past. I hope you’ve found our writing to be useful and interesting. Anyway tho, Rik […]

So I went and got Operation Flashpoint from Good Old Games, which may have been incredibly foolish. I bought it once already, the first time around nine-ish years ago. And I sucked. My attempts usually worked out as: 1: lie prone in cover 2: carefully line up shot against target silhouetted against sky 3: miss […]

Hello all. We’ve gone and covered another CSI game: this time it’s Miami. I do appreciate that’s the third this year. If you’re of the opinion that we should be playing more “worthy” titles rather than TV tie-ins then, well, some of that on the way soon I hope.

So I got the CSI Miami game. It’s… not very good. I was warned, of course, since it’s basically just Dark Motives with new missions and the Miami cast. I think I’m going to give myself RSI from mass-clicking every screen, and showing every bit of evidence to every suspect, so maybe I should just […]