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stoo now finally owns a legal copy of Doom

So a week or two ago I went out and got the ID Super Pack on Steam. It covers pretty much iD’s entire back catalogue, bar a few obscure titles, from Commander Keen to Doom3. Plus there’s some of the iD-engine-powered titles from Raven, like Heretic and Hexen. Total cost is $69.95 – far less […]

A bullet in your f***ing head

Okay, so having steadfastly ignored RPGs since Dungeon Master (can’t remember much about that apart from that ‘oof, I’ve hit a wall’ noise when you, er, hit a wall), I’m currently making tentative progress through Fallout. It’s such a well-loved game I’m feeling under a bit of pressure to really love it. It’s slow going […]

knee deep in the classics

iD have added their back-catalogue to steam! Also Raven have added some of their iD-engine-powered games like Hexen. just look at the front page I’d still rather be able to buy these titles on a CD-compilation, but I’m old-fashioned like that. This is a good move on iD’s part, and I only hope other companies […]

I fail at old games

Since I’ve greatly enjoyed Warcraft 3, I look forward to writing about it for our site. However, while now a budget title and thus viable material for our attention, it’s still relatively young. So I thought we should do this properly and go right back to the first Warcraft, and play through them in order. […]

To Heir is Human

I recently discovered that Sierra have recently re-released a number of their old adventure games in Windows-friendly ‘Classic Collection’ packs. UK gamers can now get all of the Space, Police or King’s Quest games in one handy (and legal) collection for the reasonable(ish) sum of £10. This is the kind of thing that should happen […]