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Friday, May 1, 2009
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GOG Scores MegaRace

10:40AM Mike Fahey | CD Projekt’s DRM-free classic computer game download service has secured several titles from French publisher Microids, including Mega Race, one of the premier showcase titles for CD Rom technology. More »
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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GameTap Rolls Free Games Back Into The Vault

3:40AM Mike Fahey | After a year spent rolling out premium games for non-playing customers to play for free, online gaming service GameTap has announced that they’re now beginning to roll them right back in. More »
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Monday, November 10, 2008

On the Less Ambitious and More Accessible

6:30AM Maggie Greene | While I’m a fan of the fresh and innovative, I’m more likely — depending on time and monetary constraints — to run screaming for the safe, the familiar, the … boring games on my shelf? Well, there’s something to be said for the comfort of the familiar, and Tom Cross takes a look at why there’s something to celebrate in the less ambitious, safer and more familiar games out there. Cross looks at Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age. What it is about those well-worn, “uninventive” titles?: More »
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Friday, October 24, 2008
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Good Old Games Launches Open Beta

3:20AM Mike Fahey | CD Projekt’s classic gaming revival service has opened its doors to the public, as Good Old Games moves into the open beta phase. Now everybody can head over to the website at http://www.gog.com and spend their money on DRM-free versions of popular older titles, instead of just those select few privileged enough to attain a closed beta slot. More »
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Retro Sabotage’s 20th Edition: Missile Command

8:00AM Owen Good | Our disturbed friends at Retro Sabotage are all suspender-popping about their 20th sabotage since the site launched shortly before New Year’s Eve. Remember, these are flash games that play normally (or close to it) before something goes horribly, comically wrong and beyond your control. The latest is the “Missile Command Docudrama” although its message is, surprisingly, kind of serious. Tof from Retro Sabotage explained to me in an e-mail: “We wanted an “anti-sabotage” to celebrate the 20th release, and it’s kind of a mirror to Mockumentary (though we got mails of people who somehow believed in that one)”. In the past I know we’ve linked to some of their other clever redos of classic arcade games. The Xevious Autopsy in particular is worth a look, and I think it’s new since RetroSabotage last got a mention here. Missile Command Docudrama [Retro Sabotage] More »
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