A two month gap! Rik was off getting married, so congratz to him. Meanwhile I was meant to keep productive in his absence and, er, blatantly didn’t. Getting sucked into Grand Theft Auto IV didn’t help. Anyway though the retro-gaming wheels are turning again, and here’s a look at Serious Sam: The Second Encounter.

So, it was indeed a publicity stunt. Gog.com will be relaunched later today, finally out of beta. At the time of writing there are a few youtube videos telling us what to expect. The site doesn’t actually look all that different, just re-organised a bit. So being cynical you have to wonder if there was […]

So I surfed over to gog.com today and was greeted with this message: Dear GOG users, We have recently had to give serious thought to whether we could really keep GOG.com the way it is. We’ve debated on it for quite some time and, unfortunately, we’ve decided that GOG.com simply cannot remain in its current […]

In our “news you’ve already heard but I figured it needs mentioning here anyway” section Duke Nukem Forever out next year In it’s honour here’s a list (last updated last year) of developments in gaming, technology and the real world since the game was first announced 14 years ago. The entire GTA series has happened, […]

Apologies for the lack of retro-gaming activity lately. Having got myself a shiny widescreen monitor I felt the need for something more modern and grabbed myself Grand Theft Auto IV in a steam sale. So far I’m mostly loving it, with two caveats. One is, I can’t race for shit so I’m hoping you don’t […]

So Starcraft 2 is out. From what I’ve heard it’s not all that different to the first one – perhaps a disappointment to some in these days when RTS games try to be a bit more detailed, with features like morale and cover. Others will probably love having their old favourite return with a shiny […]

Oh dear where did June go? Well, Rik’s very busy with Important Real Life stuff and I’m… I’m just lazy really. However today the review machine lurches back into motion, with a look at the highly entertaining Blood.

A year or so ago I grumbled about the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection not being released on PC. Well, now they’ve gone and added a bunch of games to Steam. It’s not as big a collection as that console release, and Sonic (apart from 3D Blast) is conspicuous in his absence. No Streets Of […]

Well I thought that, since I’ve kinda failed to keep up with Rik’s output, it’s time to get cracking on more content. So I’d have another go at King’s Quest 6. This must be about the sixth attempt, somehow I’ve just never succesfully played through, but we really should get a King’s Quest on board […]

So I picked up Blood from gog.com, and sat through what has to be the ugliest, most plastic-looking pre-rendered cutscene I’ve yet encountered. Were we once impressed by this kind of thing? It’s aged horribly. In the interests of being positive, here’s a mid-90s intro done right: Yes we’re rocking out on midi music there. […]