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Back once again…

For those of you who haven’t noticed, The Abandonware Blog is back in business. Which is clearly a good thing, I’m sure you’ll agree. So anyone who’s been missing their semi-regular dose of abandonware-related news can now head over there and get it…

Serve the public trust

Meanwhile, over at Just Games Retro… “I never realized how many people were actually running sites like this until a few weeks ago. And if not their own sites, then talking over vid captures on YouTube, or swarming meta-review sites or Gamefaqs with their opinions. It’s a little disheartening, I suppose, that I’m not as […]

RIP space-sims?

Recently I was thinking about updating our Brief History of Space-sims – and something occured to me: what releases have there been in the past two or three years? The only significant one I can think of, off the top of my head, is X3. Back in the day I used to be a big […]

Stockpiling: good

Although supposedly an avid gamesplayer, I’m pretty bad at actually getting through games. I do like buying them though – especially if they’re cheap – so that they can sit on my shelves for weeks and months while I get around to playing them. I decided to steel myself and stop reckless purchasing of budget […]

Generic welcome!

Hello everybody, and welcome to our newest feature, the FFG journal. Some time ago now, in a bid to broaden the scope of the site beyond that of a sporadically-updated review site, we decided to include other general articles about gaming. Unfortunately, as regular visitors to the site (if there are any) will have noticed, […]