If you are curious about the evolution of PC games, then the world of Zork is a good starting point. Almost as old as the PC itself, the original Zork was a text-based game that molded the adventure game genre as we see it today. Zork Nemesis, the...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:03
There are four games, in my recollection, that have mixed economics and fun with great success. The first two, M.U.L.E. and Pizza Tycoon, are unfortunately out of print. The other two, Lavamind's Gazillionaire and Zapitalism, are shareware and hard...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:03
So you are inviting some friends over and having a party. To liven up the party, you think about pulling out that old board game where you buy and sell properties. Too long of a game you tell yourself. Then you think about playing the game where you...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:02
In the year of "Star Wars," it only makes sense that Lucasfilms' software division, LucasArts, would ride the wave with everyone else by releasing as many related games as possible. Big-name titles like Jedi Knight and XWing vs TIE Fighter...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:02
The challenge multimedia speaker designers constantly face is to deliver a well-balanced tonal spectrum for music, plus sonic Sturm und Drang for gaming. In this dual-purpose arena, Yamaha's YST-MS25 system falls somewhat short of both goalposts....
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:02
Our modern world is a puzzle. We can put a man on the moon and Sonny Bono in public office, but we can't put decent audio in a portable computer. It's a sad state of affairs, but one that Yamaha can correct.
Drop Yamaha's MU10 Sound Module in...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:02
These days, multiplayer capability is a given in just about every gaming genre, from giant robot games to RPGs. If you can't reach out and crush somebody, what's the use? Regardless of whether you consider this a good or bad trend usually an opinion...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:02
Any gamer that has been around for the past seven years will remember the Bitmap Brothers. These guys have made some great games that pushed the technology at the time. The two games that I can recall are Gods, a horizontal scroller, and Xenon 2, a...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:02
It's March of 2084, and the aliens are invading again. In the first X-COM, they came from Mars, then they showed up underneath our oceans, and now they're coming from another dimension. Earth isn't in good shape either; after the first two...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:01
The world is on the verge of nuclear war! Undersea leviathans are rising from the ocean floor, destroying oil tankers! Huge monsters are stalking our downtown streets, wrecking traffic patterns during afternoon rush hour! The cause of all this, of...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:01
I was quite skeptical when I was told about this game, after all, I'm not exactly a wrestling fan. I mean really, watching a bunch of guys wearing tight pants pop steroids, and then pretend to beat each other up is not my idea of an entertaining...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:01
The period of time between the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars has hardly ever been given the computer game treatment. There have been few land warfare games, such as Koei's Liberty or Death and SSI's Battles of Napoleon, and still fewer...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:01
A remake of Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant, Wizardry Gold is the first old-school RPG released in almost half a year. Sir-Tech employed a third party developer, Media Interactive Studios, to make this title. In many ways, Wizardry Gold is...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:01
Upon hearing that X-Wing versus TIE Fighter (XvT) had been released by LucasArts, one of my favorite gaming companies, I became giddy. But if you're a diehard Star Wars geek like me, hearing about anything related to Star Wars starts you up. So I...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:01
Witchaven 2 is another game in the slowing flow of Doom clones that is truly disappointing. Though on its own, Witchaven 2 is not necessarily a bad game, there are enough things wrong with it that I wouldn't go out and buy it by choice.
The...
fresh | 30 October, 2008 02:00
