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RELOADED 2 is finally here! You can download or read the free retro gaming zine here: dominuz.itch.io/reloaded-2 Many thanks to the contributors. I hope it makes a nice Christmas gift for all the retro gamers. Thank you!

Reviving the Ultima Underworld editor

Jeez. I just checked out the leaked Mass Effect Universe trailer that's now been confirmed as legit and in-dev right up to the closure. I really enjoyed exploring the grittier places of the Mass Effect universe in ME2 that added texture to its worldbuilding, so this would have been so up my alley.

We’ll announce the winners later that week. One or more winners (depending on how hard it is for the judges to agree) will get a Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse print featuring artwork by Steve Purcell!

Still my favorite game made with BioWare's Infinity Engine 🧡 #PlanescapeTorment #BlackIsleStudios #Interplay #InfinityEngine #BioWare #BigBoxGames #RetroGaming #RPG

this is a QUARTER CENTURY old now youtu.be/GAv1EwoRnec Back to 2001 on LGR today for a retrospective on Windows XP! Reminiscing on its release, unboxing and setting it up, new features, games, screensavers, and a bunch of nifty early 2000s things. Still a truly enjoyable eXPerience decades later!

I got some adventure game art framed, and I'm so so happy with it! @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social @timoflegend.bsky.social @doublefine.com

Having a blast at #mcmcomicconlondon! 🔥🤘

To mark the 35th anniversary of Civilization, Polygon spoke with some of the people who created and stewarded the series over the decades. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdfx...

The bards have composed songs about the battle! Enchanting music from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion OST is coming to vinyl. 🔥 26-track score 🔥 Specially remastered for vinyl 🔥 Laced-exclusive ‘Oblivion Gate’ discs  Pre-order: lnk.to/oblivion-vinyl @elderscrolls.bethesdastudios.com @bethesda.net

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Anyway, let's celebrate the people who made all this happen in the past 30 years, not a faceless corporation Can't recommend enough checking out the 25th Anniversary book they put out in 2020 - it's gorgeous, has the cancelled games, and ends teasing DA: Veilguard, so it's their full story really.

In 2016, we published potentially the largest single feature to ever appear in Game Informer magazine with a full oral history of the legendary studio, BioWare. We've made that feature available online following reports of the studio's impending closure. gameinformer.com/feature/2026...

My heart & mind are consumed by Brazil's elections, but a quick pause to pay respects to BioWare. Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 and Neverwinter Nights are pillars of CRPGs, extremely formative games. KotOR, Mass Effect & Dragon Age redefined RPGs for the modern era. Fuck EA, the people there deserve better.

To honor one of the studios that defined PC gaming, we've republished more than 20 articles about BioWare today. The pcgamer.com homepage is dedicated to interviews, retrospectives, and making-ofs about some of the best RPGs of all time.

As EA started to absorb Origin into their studio culture, an artist at Origin came up with this graphic and the studio made up shirts. It predates First Contact!

I didn't know that EA was going to shut down Bioware just a few hours after this image was posted, but it makes me so sad. Even though Bioware was recently just a small team, the studio's legacy—with or without LucasArts—is immortal.

Fun interview where I get to talk about the strange process of making imsims

Our Kickstarter for the “Guild of Writers” Deluxe Collection of the Myst Trilogy is NOW LIVE! 📚 Head here to make your pledge: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cya...

Magazine advertising for Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth by Chaosium & Bethesda in the issue #19 of GMR, in August 2004

Machinarium turns 17 today! Still got the moves 🎂💃

Enjoy a little tour of id Software back in the ’90s with John Romero!

It is said that today, Oct 14th, is the true 30th anniversary of the release of #BrokenSword. So here's me with a poster that is bigger than anyone else has! Who would have thought that it would still be growing in popularity 30 years later? Certainly not the publisher, haha!

Ambient music from Betrayal at Krondor youtu.be/wlKDJcTq06U

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Richard “Levelord” Gray. From his legendary work on Duke Nukem 3D to the countless players and developers he inspired, Richard leaves behind a lasting legacy. Rest in peace, Levelord.

An Ion Storm!, Part 1: The Ascent to Gamer Paradise. This article tells part of the story of @johnromero.bsky.social www.filfre.net/2026/10/an-i...

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Ambient tunes from the first Simon the Sorcerer game, a peaceful escape ideal for deep work, studying, reading, writing, or simply relaxing. (*Re-uploaded with an animated background!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Xe...

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The Original 1997 Diablo modded, running in first person. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkpL...

Ultima Underworld 1 and 2 were decompiled, rebuilt, and playable again as native ports for macOS, Windows and Linux. github.com/abedegno/und...

the operative: no one lives forever, the real life inspiration for cate archer, model mitzi martin, her likeness and image used in game (2000) web.archive.org/web/20000815... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzi_M...

In Command at E3 1998: Westwood Studio and Dune 2000's demo booth, as sufficiently grungy as the game's UI itself. One of my favourite remasters in all but name. And very cool to see it presented like this. 💿: PC-X December 1998 (IA)

32 years ago today, we held the launch party for DOOM II at the Limelight in NYC, a former church. Happy birthday to DOOM II, but also, happy birthday to the Super Shotgun, the be-all and end-all of many a monster.

happy 32 years of DOOM II

Seventeen years later… The time has come for Machinarium 2 🦾🔧 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1619280/...

The Wizard of Wizardry Brenda Romero www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZm-...

Full Throttle (LucasArts, 1995): Ben Throttle's bike, art by Peter Chan

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The Making Of: The Elders Scroll II - Daggerfall - "The Next Thing I Know, I'm Building One Of The Largest Procedurally Generated Games Ever"

www.kamremake.com After nearly 12 years since the last stable release, the new Knights and Merchants Remake Release Candidate version is available!

TIE Fighter (Totally Games/LucasArts, 1994): Box art, rough sketch by Jon Knoles Three decades later; the composition of this artwork is simply iconic.

My latest book is about more than the making of Age of Empires. It's a story of brothers, camaraderie, innovation, and dreams—the cost of chasing them, the passion that drives them, and the joy when they come true. Available for preorder from @bossfightbooks.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/gab...

We've passed over 5000 out-of-print magazines in our digital archive! This is a big milestone that wouldn't have been possible without our community of supporters, collaborators, and industry partners. And it's about to keep growing. Learn more...

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Thief: The Dark Project Remastered from Nightdive gets a new trailer at the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUNy...

Computer Gaming World magazine #132 - July 1995