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From the arcades of the past! Games of yesteryear – Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom

September 8, 2012by Reggie C. 2 Comments

The late eighties and early nineties saw an explosion of AD&D licensed video games as computer game developer, SSI, reaped the benefits via its series of “Gold Box” RPGs. These […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Magic Sword

June 16, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Magic Sword arrived in arcades in 1990 and parted more than a few brass tokens from my pocket. It is, at its heart, a hack ‘n slashers side-scrolling paradise pitting […]

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Ys ever-present hero, Adol Christin, heads off into danger

Ys: The Oath in Felghana is a great import

March 28, 2009by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Just a shout out for Ys: Oath in Felghana, the remake of Ys III for PCs. Awesome import fun!

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Tolkien fans will need to look past the flaming swords, lightning strikes, magic shields, and instant kill backstabs as they save or burn Middle Earth.

review: lord of the rings conquest for the xbox 360

January 25, 2009by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Conquest shreds the mythology and the movies, but at least the multiplayer works.

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This is the only art that I've seen so far for Black Legion, this one right from Crate Entertainment's site. That armored guy shows up in the Journal piece, too, whoever he is.

Iron Lore lives again?

January 9, 2009by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Iron Lore was the developer responsible for making Titan Quest, a hack ‘n slash loot quest along the lines of Diablo or Dungeon Siege that I enjoyed quite a bit […]

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London is Burning

October 20, 2007by Reggie C. 2 Comments

Played some of the Hellgate: London demo that was released on Thursday. It’s a pretty huge demo, weighing in at 1.5GB of demonslaying and dungeonbusting fun with a tutorial and […]

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